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— English words —

• pretence n. (British spelling) An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext.
• pretence n. Something asserted or alleged on slight evidence; an unwarranted assumption.
• pretence n. (Obsolete) Intention; design.

— English words, defined in French —

• pretence n. Prétention.
• pretence n. Prétexte.

18 English words from 3 English definitions

act alleged asserted assumption British claim design evidence false Intention Obsolete pretending pretension pretext slight Something spelling unwarranted

2 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Prétention Prétexte

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

pretences pretenceless

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

false␣pretences

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

false␣pretence escutcheon␣of␣pretence escutcheons␣of␣pretence

11 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

enc -ence pre pre- pret. Prete ret Ret. rete ten TEN

11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ERP net Net NET .NET ter TER ter- terp Terp 'terp

10 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

epicenter epicentre pecan␣tree percenter Peteranec prætence precedent precented pretences repetency

10 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-nercept pentere percent per␣cent per␣cent. precent preteen pre-teen Terence terpene

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

presence pretense

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

prætence

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