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Term: dismays

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "dismays": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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dismays

Definitions

Noun

  1. The feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
  2. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger

Verb

  1. Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
  2. Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "dismays".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 dismays 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "dismays".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 defrays 2 0
2 delhaize 2 0
3 dossiers 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "dismays".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 days 1 384
2 says 1 200
3 displays 2 21
4 mays 1 13
5 dismal 2 8
6 dismay 2 5
7 dismaying 3 3
8 dismally 3 2
9 dismayed 2 1
10 dimas 2 0
11 dimasi 3 0
12 dismutase 3 0
13 smay 1 0
14 isms 2 0
15 isay 2 0
16 diss 1 0
17 disa 2 0
18 dims 1 0
19 dias 2 0
20 kismayu 3 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "dismays" in a sentence.

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Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "dismays" in a sentence.

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Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "dismays" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "dismays".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 dismiss 2 5
2 desmids 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 3

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 2

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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