dilation
Definitions
Noun
- A lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic
- The act of expanding an aperture
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "dilation".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | direction | 3 | 134 |
| 2 | decision | 3 | 119 |
| 3 | determine | 3 | 107 |
| 4 | division | 3 | 107 |
| 5 | doctrine | 2 | 46 |
| 6 | devotion | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | duration | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | admiration | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | dilution | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | diversion | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | donovan | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | drunken | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | delusion | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | desertion | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | donation | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | doberman | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | dunston | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | adkinson | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | adolphson | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | advection | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | dairymen | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | dakotan | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | daleiden | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | dammerman | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | davison | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | davisson | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | dehaven | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | delavan | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | deletion | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | delphian | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | demotion | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | denison | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | denizen | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | dennison | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | derington | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | determan | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | dickason | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | dickerman | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | dickerson | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | dickeson | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | dickison | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | dietzman | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | divison | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | dollison | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | donathan | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | donigan | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | dorfman | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | druckman | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | dubuisson | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | ducommun | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | duerksen | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | duitsman | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | dunnigan | 3 | 0 |
| 54 | dunstan | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | duriron | 3 | 0 |
| 56 | dustman | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | dyansen | 3 | 0 |
| 58 | dyatron | 3 | 0 |
| 59 | edmonson | 3 | 0 |
| 60 | edmonton | 3 | 0 |
| 61 | edrington | 4 | 0 |
| 62 | o'donovan | 4 | 0 |
| 63 | odonovan | 4 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "dilation".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | radiation | 4 | 97 |
| 2 | edition | 3 | 37 |
| 3 | violation | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | isolation | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | deviation | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | dilution | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | diction | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | inflation | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | dilatation | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | distillation | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | violations | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | elation | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | dislocations | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | dislocation | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | adulation | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | mediation | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | dictation | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | deflation | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | disinflation | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | dillion | 2 | 0 |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 63
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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