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Term: escalates

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

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  2. escalates

escalates

Definitions

Verb

  1. Increase in extent or intensity
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "escalates".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 escalates 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "escalates".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 elements 3 107
2 measurements 3 54
3 democrats 3 40
4 estimates 3 24
5 residents 3 20
6 restaurants 3 12
7 exports 2 11
8 elephants 3 10
9 exploits 2 4
10 sediments 3 4
11 tenements 3 3
12 celebrates 3 2
13 regiments 3 2
14 rembrandt's 2 2
15 therapist's 3 2
16 therapists 3 2
17 aircraft's 2 1
18 democrats' 3 1
19 derelicts 3 1
20 designates 3 1
21 elephant's 3 1
22 endpoints 2 1
23 ethicists 3 1
24 pessimists 3 1
25 requisites 3 1
26 terrorists 3 1
27 vestments 2 1
28 aeroflot's 3 0
29 aerolifts 3 0
30 aerostat's 3 0
31 aerostats 3 0
32 aircrafts 2 0
33 careunits 3 0
34 centrists 2 0
35 centrust's 2 0
36 decadents 3 0
37 democrat's 3 0
38 deprecates 3 0
39 eggplants 2 0
40 elephants' 3 0
41 emigrates 3 0
42 emulates 3 0
43 entrants 2 0
44 fahrenheit's 3 0
45 feminists 3 0
46 fetishists 3 0
47 gemcraft's 2 0
48 guesstimates 3 0
49 headstarts 2 0
50 lefkowitz 3 0
51 legislates 3 0
52 marymount's 3 0
53 medalist's 3 0
54 medalists 3 0
55 paramount's 3 0
56 penetrates 3 0
57 peronists 3 0
58 regulates 3 0
59 rembrandts 2 0
60 replicates 3 0
61 resident's 3 0
62 residents' 3 0
63 restaurant's 3 0
64 restaurants' 3 0
65 retrofits 3 0
66 telecasts 3 0
67 teleport's 3 0
68 terrorists' 3 0
69 therapists' 3 0
70 therapists's 3 0
71 weatherholtz 3 0
72 westcoast's 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 relates 2 8
2 scales 1 5
3 escapades 3 2
4 descartes 2 2
5 palates 2 1
6 escalate 3 0
7 escalated 4 0
8 escalante 4 0
9 escalators 4 0
10 escalade 3 0
11 slates 1 0
12 scates 1 0
13 elates 2 0
14 evaluates 4 0
15 escalator 4 0
16 slaters 2 0
17 scalese 3 0
18 salutes 2 0
19 salters 2 0
20 resales 2 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

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Statistically Associated

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

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Consonant Match

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

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Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 72

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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