maternity
Definitions
Noun
- The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- The kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
- The quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "maternity".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | majority | 4 | 57 |
| 2 | maturity | 4 | 39 |
| 3 | minority | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | mobility | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | modernity | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | moriarty | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | immobility | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | impunity | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | impurity | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | immaturity | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | mccafferty | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | modality | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | marciante | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | maserati | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | mazzanti | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | mazziotti | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | mcafferty | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | mcavity | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | mcclarty | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | mcgarity | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | mcgarrity | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | mcginnity | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | mcgroarty | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | mclarty | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | mcnulty | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | micheletti | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | michelotti | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | monforte | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | montante | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | morgante | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | morganti | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | motility | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "maternity".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | maturity | 4 | 39 |
| 2 | merit | 2 | 29 |
| 3 | mastery | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | fraternity | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | eternity | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | modernity | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | trinity | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | materially | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | austerity | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | immaturity | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | paternity | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | matern | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | materiality | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | mattern | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | mathern | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | matheny | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | materna | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | eternit | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | amenity | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | matty | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "maternity" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "maternity".
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 32
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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