afflicts
Definitions
Verb
- Cause great unhappiness for; distress
- Cause physical pain or suffering in
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "afflicts".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consists | 2 | 43 |
| 2 | attempts | 2 | 38 |
| 3 | deposits | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | completes | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | conducts | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | suspects | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | attracts | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | computes | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | compacts | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | solicits | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | affronts | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | alliant's | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | conflates | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | congrats | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | consents | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | consults | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | contorts | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | defollets | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | supplants | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | suspect's | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | willamette's | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "afflicts".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | affect | 2 | 35 |
| 2 | affects | 2 | 19 |
| 3 | conflicts | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | afflicted | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | afflictions | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | affliction | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | affiliates | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | flicks | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | afflict | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | affricates | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | afflicting | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | inflicts | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | affiliates' | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | affiliate's | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | flirts | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | flints | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | alices | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | afflik | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | traffic's | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | offlimits | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "afflicts" in a sentence.
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Words that often precede the term "afflicts" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "afflicts" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "afflicts".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 21
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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