faults
Definitions
Noun
- A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- An imperfection in an object or machine
- The quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
- Responsibility for a bad situation or event
- (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
Verb
- Put or pin the blame on
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | effects | 2 | 108 |
| 2 | facts | 1 | 87 |
| 3 | affects | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | fists | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | flights | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | fruits | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | forts | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | flats | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | feasts | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | fritz | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | fleet's | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | fleets | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | floats | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | fasts | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | feltes | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | felts | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | feltz | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | fests | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | feutz | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | fiat's | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | first's | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | firsts | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | flight's | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | flirts | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | flouts | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | flutes | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | folts | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | foltz | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | fonts | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | frates | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | frets | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | fretz | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | frites | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | frits | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | fritts | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | fults | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | fultz | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | offsets | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | offshoots | 2 | 0 |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 8
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 39
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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