pontificates
Definitions
Noun
- The government of the roman catholic church
Verb
- Administer a pontifical office
- Talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
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Words that sound like the term "pontificates".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protestants | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | participates | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | predominates | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | optometrists | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | pathologists | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | postscripts | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | pragmatists | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | prevaricates | 4 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "pontificates".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | potatoes | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | orifices | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | pontifical | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | certificates | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | pontificaters | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | pontificate | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | pontificater | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | pontificated | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | pontifications | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | pontification | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | pontificating | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | prognosticates | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | potentates | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | officiates | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | confiscate | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | prognosticate | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | notifications | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | pontikes | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | pontiacs | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | notifies | 3 | 0 |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 8
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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