wails
Definitions
Noun
- A cry of sorrow and grief
Verb
- Emit long loud cries
- Cry weakly or softly
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "wails".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walls | 1 | 70 |
| 2 | wheels | 1 | 21 |
| 3 | wells | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | wales | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | swells | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | wiles | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | dwells | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | wales' | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | whorls | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | wills | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | quails | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | qualls | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | quayle's | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | quayles | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | swailes | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | swails | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | swales | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | swirls | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | twirls | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | wailes | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | wall's | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | walles | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | walz | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | weil's | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | weill's | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | welles | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | welles' | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | welz | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | whale's | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | whales | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | whiles | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | wil's | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | will's | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | willes | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | wolz | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | wools | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | wyles | 1 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "wails".
Words That Follow
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 37
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 5
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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