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Term: tightens

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

  1. Term
  2. tightens

tightens

Definitions

Verb

  1. Make tight or tighter
  2. Become tight or tighter
  3. Restrict
  4. Narrow or limit
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "tightens".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tightens 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "tightens".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 stations 2 85
2 stevens 2 18
3 stalin's 2 5
4 stephens 2 5
5 station's 2 4
6 taverns 2 4
7 stiffens 2 2
8 tokens 2 2
9 stations' 2 1
10 steffens 2 1
11 stephen's 2 1
12 talons 2 1
13 titans 2 1
14 turbines 2 1
15 otterbein's 3 0
16 otterson's 3 0
17 ptomaines 2 0
18 stallone's 2 0
19 statin's 2 0
20 statins 2 0
21 stebbins 2 0
22 stephans 2 0
23 steven's 2 0
24 stevens' 2 0
25 stubbins 2 0
26 sturgeons 2 0
27 sturmans 2 0
28 taiwan's 2 0
29 tehran's 2 0
30 tehrans 2 0
31 tetons 2 0
32 thyssen's 2 0
33 timmins 2 0
34 timmons 2 0
35 tippens 2 0
36 tippins 2 0
37 toobin's 2 0
38 toppins 2 0
39 torrens 2 0
40 toughens 2 0
41 try-ons 2 0
42 turbans 2 0
43 tycoon's 2 0
44 tycoons 2 0
45 typhoons 2 0
46 tyson's 2 0
47 tysons 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tight 1 28
2 straighten 2 7
3 tightened 2 6
4 tightening 3 4
5 tighten 2 3
6 tightest 2 2
7 lightens 2 1
8 straightens 2 1
9 brightens 2 1
10 tighter 2 1
11 tights 1 0
12 tightenings 3 0
13 tightness 2 0
14 heightens 2 0
15 frightens 2 0
16 eighteens 2 0
17 lighten 2 0
18 enlightens 3 0
19 eighteen's 2 0
20 tighe 1 0

Words That Follow

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Words That Precede

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Statistically Associated

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Consonant Match

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

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Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 47

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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