plantains
Definitions
Noun
- Any of numerous plants of the genus plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally
- A banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
- Starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "plantains".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | positions | 3 | 54 |
| 2 | specimens | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | possessions | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | petitions | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | appalachians | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | appellations | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | opposition's | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | oppositions | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | paradyne's | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | parisians | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | pathogens | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | patterson's | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | pecanins | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | pecanins' | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | pelican's | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | pelicans | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | penguins | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | permissions | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | peruvians | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | petersen's | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | peterson's | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | pigskins | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | plebeians | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | poseidon's | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | postpones | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | preston's | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | pumpkins | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "plantains".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | plants | 1 | 59 |
| 2 | plantation | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | maintains | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | explanations | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | plains | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | plantations | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | planting | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | plantain | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | plantings | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | implantation | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | planas | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | latins | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | lantis | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | plantiffs | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | planarian | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | lanting's | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | duplantis | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | atlantans | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | playstations | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | plating | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "plantains" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "plantains".
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 27
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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