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Term: detection

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

  1. Term
  2. detection

detection

Definitions

Noun

  1. The perception that something has occurred or some state exists
  2. The act of detecting something; catching sight of something
  3. The detection that a signal is being received
  4. A police investigation to determine the perpetrator
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "detection".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 detection 3 13

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "detection".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 discussion 3 94
2 discipline 3 27
3 depression 3 24
4 diffusion 3 24
5 dimension 3 15
6 deviation 4 14
7 deduction 3 12
8 adaptation 4 10
9 decoration 4 8
10 dominion 3 8
11 depletion 3 6
12 diocesan 4 5
13 damnation 3 3
14 davidson 3 3
15 dispersion 3 3
16 dissection 3 3
17 dissension 3 3
18 defection 3 2
19 detention 3 2
20 admonition 4 1
21 deception 3 1
22 depiction 3 1
23 dickinson 3 1
24 adrenaline 4 0
25 advocation 4 0
26 d'aviation 4 0
27 dadisman 3 0
28 dalmatian 3 0
29 darrington 3 0
30 davidian 4 0
31 deflation 3 0
32 delorean 4 0
33 demirjian 4 0
34 dennington 3 0
35 dentition 3 0
36 derderian 4 0
37 derickson 3 0
38 derrickson 3 0
39 derrington 3 0
40 develcon 3 0
41 devonian 4 0
42 dickenson 3 0
43 dictation 3 0
44 dietician 4 0
45 dietitian 4 0
46 digestion 3 0
47 digression 3 0
48 dirickson 3 0
49 dochterman 3 0
50 doddington 3 0
51 donalson 3 0
52 donelson 3 0
53 dunnington 3 0
54 edmondson 3 0
55 edmonston 3 0
56 edmundson 3 0
57 edwardian 4 0
58 edwardson 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 election 3 77
2 selection 3 39
3 destruction 3 38
4 execution 4 15
5 retention 3 12
6 rejection 3 11
7 detect 2 10
8 detecting 3 6
9 erection 3 5
10 detector 3 3
11 detention 3 2
12 defection 3 2
13 ejection 3 2
14 dereliction 4 2
15 desecration 4 1
16 detentions 3 0
17 deflection 3 0
18 defections 3 0
19 deletion 3 0
20 telaction 3 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 detection and 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 target detection 2 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 edge 1 2
2 automatic 4 2
3 target 2 2
4 reliable 4 2
5 increase 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 58

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 1

Statistically Associated: 5

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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