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Term: cant

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "cant": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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cant

Definitions

Noun

  1. Stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
  2. A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
  3. A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
  4. Insincere talk about religion or morals
  5. Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

Verb

  1. Heel over
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "cant".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 significant 4 86
2 significantly 5 17
3 vacant 2 11
4 applicants 3 10
5 applicant 3 8
6 insignificant 5 5
7 scant 1 5
8 canterbury 4 4
9 scanty 2 4
10 canto 2 3
11 decanting 3 3
12 canteen 2 2
13 cantor 2 2
14 incantation 4 2
15 lubricant 3 2
16 cant 1 1
17 cantaloupe 3 1
18 canter 2 1
19 cantonese 3 1
20 recanted 3 1
21 acantha 3 0
22 alcantar 3 0
23 alcantara 4 0
24 applicant's 3 0
25 applicants' 3 0
26 cantaloupes 3 0
27 cantalupo 4 0
28 cantankerous 4 0
29 cantara 3 0
30 cantata 3 0
31 canteens 2 0
32 cantel 2 0
33 canterbury's 4 0
34 cantero 3 0
35 canterra 3 0
36 cantey 2 0
37 cantin 2 0
38 cantina 3 0
39 cantle 2 0
40 cantley 2 0
41 cantlin 2 0
42 cantlon 2 0
43 canton 2 0
44 cantonal 3 0
45 cantone 3 0
46 cantons 2 0
47 cantor's 2 0
48 cantore 2 0
49 cantors 2 0
50 cantrall 2 0
51 cantrell 2 0
52 cantrelle 2 0
53 cantu 2 0
54 cantv 3 0
55 cantwell 2 0
56 canty 2 0
57 coelacanth 3 0
58 decant 2 0
59 fabricant 3 0
60 incant 2 0
61 incantatory 5 0
62 lubricants 3 0
63 marcantel 3 0
64 marcantonio 5 0
65 mccants 2 0
66 mercantil 3 0
67 mercantile 3 0
68 mercantile's 3 0
69 mercantilism 5 0
70 mercantilist 4 0
71 mericantante 5 0
72 picante 3 0
73 recant 2 0
74 recantation 4 0
75 recanting 3 0
76 reciprocant 4 0
77 reciprocants 4 0
78 scantily 3 0
79 scantiness 3 0
80 scantlin 2 0
81 supplicant 3 0
82 traficant 3 0
83 traficante 4 0
84 traficants 3 0
85 vacanti 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "cant".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 can't 1 169
2 account 2 117
3 count 1 49
4 kent 1 14
5 scant 1 5
6 kant 1 2
7 conte 1 0
8 cunt 1 0
9 kandt 1 0
10 kindt 1 0
11 kint 1 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "cant".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 can 1 1772
2 can't 1 169
3 cat 1 23
4 vacant 2 11
5 conant 2 7
6 ant 1 6
7 scant 1 5
8 scanty 2 4
9 canto 2 3
10 chants 1 3
11 chant 1 2
12 cantor 2 2
13 canty 2 0
14 cantv 3 0
15 cantu 2 0
16 recant 2 0
17 incant 2 0
18 decant 2 0
19 canton 2 0
20 cantle 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "cant" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "cant" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "cant" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "cant".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 cent 1 155
2 cunt 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 85

Sound Alikes: 11

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 2

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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