difficulties
Definitions
Noun
- An effort that is inconvenient
- A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result
- A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
- The quality of being difficult
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "difficulties".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deficiencies | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | dormitories | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | dignitaries | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | deformities | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | democracies | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | dictionaries | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | disparities | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | democracy's | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | doxologies | 4 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "difficulties".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | difficult | 3 | 161 |
| 2 | facilities | 4 | 100 |
| 3 | difficulty | 4 | 76 |
| 4 | duties | 2 | 34 |
| 5 | modifications | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | faculties | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | directives | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | divinities | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | disabilities | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | diffuses | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | difficultly | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | ridicules | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | infidelities | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | frailties | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | cruelties | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | disincentives | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | officiates | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | inoculates | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | inculcates | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | fidelities | 4 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "difficulties" in the same piece of text.
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Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 9
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 3
Consonant Matches: 0
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