barnacles
Definitions
Noun
- Marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
- European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "barnacles".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buttonholes | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | backpedals | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | balmorals | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | bluebottles | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | bojangles' | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | bookmobiles | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | boondoggles | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | brazzaville's | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | brooksville's | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | observables | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "barnacles".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | races | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | brace | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | barnes | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | braces | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | barns | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | oracles | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | brace's | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | bangles | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | tabernacle | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | barnacle | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | barnicle | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | barnas | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | bracelets | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | maracle | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | canales | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | bartles | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | barneys | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | branchlets | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | banalities | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | rales | 1 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "barnacles" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "barnacles" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "barnacles" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "barnacles".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 10
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.
📰 This Word in the News:
Dallas to use ‘barnacles’ on vehicles with unpaid parking tickets
Aug 18, 2026 FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
Aug 18, 2026 FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas to deploy ‘Barnacle' immobilization devices on cars with unpaid parking tickets
Aug 19, 2026 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Aug 19, 2026 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Turtle Covered in Hundreds of Barnacles Fights Her Way Back to the Ocean After 92 Days
Apr 7, 2026 ParadePets
Apr 7, 2026 ParadePets
Stranded sea turtle smothered in barnacles spent 6 months healing, then swam free
Aug 1, 2026 The Cool Down
Aug 1, 2026 The Cool Down
Barnacles offer genetic clues on how organisms adapt to changing environments
Mar 16, 2020 Brown University
Mar 16, 2020 Brown University