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"FERRETS" is a plural of: ferret. |
Date "FERRETS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1865. (references) |
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Health | Semidomesticated variety of European polecat much used for hunting rodents and/or rabbits and as a laboratory animal. (references) |
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Crosswords: FERRETS |
| English words defined with "FERRETS": family Mustelidae, ferret, Ferreter ♦ Mustelidae. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FERRETS": Distemper Virus, Canine. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | "The kill" - rats killed by ferrets. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Health | Keep vaccinations up-to-date for all dogs, cats and ferrets. (references) | |
Many people now have ferrets as pets. Pet ferrets can be vaccinated against rabies. (references) | ||
Unvaccinated dogs, cats, and ferrets exposed to a rabid animal should be euthanized immediately. (references) | ||
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| "FERRETS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 98.15% of the time. "FERRETS" is used about 162 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 98.15% | 159 | 24,860 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.62% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.62% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.62% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 162 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "FERRETS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Finnish | hillerit ja fretit. (various references) | ||||
French | furets. (various references) | ||||
German | spürt auf. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | erretsfay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"FERRETS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: farrens, farret, Ferards, feret, Fereys, ferket, Fernet, ferrantis, ferras, ferrat, ferratr, ferrett, ferrit, ferrot, Forret, Merrets, terrets, terretts. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "FERRETS" (pronounced fe"ruts) |
| 5 | -e" r u t s | berets, carats, demerits, garrets, inherits, merits, parrots. |
| 4 | -r u t s | carrots, culprits, interprets, invertebrates, pirates, portraits, secrets, spirits. |
| 3 | -u t s | advocates, affidavits, affiliates, affricates, agates, aggregates, amulets, animates, anklets, approximates, articulates, associates, audits, Babbitts, ballots, bandits, banquets, barbiturates, baronets, baskets, bigots, billets, biscuits, blankets, bluebonnets, booklets, bracelets, brackets, branchlets, buckets, budgets, buffets, bullets, cabinets, carpets, caskets, certificates, chariots, chestnuts, cheviots, chocolates, ciliates, circuits, climates, closets, comets, compatriots, composites, conduits, conglomerates, consulates, coordinates, correlates, covets, credits, crickets, deficits, degenerates, deposits, diets, digits, discredits, dockets, doctorates, droplets, edits, electorates, electromagnets, elicits, Emirates, ergots, estimates, exhibits, exits, eyelets, facets, faucets, favorites, fillets, frigates, gadgets, gaskets, graduates, guesstimates, habits, hamlets, hatchets, helmets, helots, hermits, hornets, hypermarkets, idiots, illiterates, inaugurates, ingots, inhabits, inhibits, initiates, intermediates, intimates, islets, jackets, jesuits, junkets, laminates, lancets, laureates, leaflets, legates, limits, limpets, maggots, magnets, markets, microcircuits, microclimates, midgets, millets, minutes, moderates, nonprofits, nuggets, nutlets, omelets, opiates, opposites, orbits, packets, palates, pallets, pamphlets, particulates, patriots, peanuts, pellets, perquisites, pickets, pickpockets, piglets, pilots, planets, platelets, plaudits, plummets, pockets, poets, posits, prelates, prerequisites, privates, profits, prohibits, prophets, puppets, quiets, quintuplets, rackets, racquets, requisites, revisits, rickets, riots, rivets, rockets, russets, sextuplets, silicates, snippets, sockets, solicits, spigots, starlets, summits, supermarkets, surrogates, tablets, targets, tenets, thickets, tickets, toilets, trinkets, triplets, trumpets, turrets, underestimates, undergraduates, unfortunates, units, violets, visits, wallets, wastebaskets, whats, wickets, widgets, zealots. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ferret, fester, freers, freest, freres, refers, rester, terser. | |
-2 letters: ester, feres, fetes, freer, frees, frere, frets, reefs, reest, refer, reset, serer, steer, stere, terse, trees. | |
-3 letters: efts, errs, erst, fees, feet, fere, fete, fets, free, fret, reef, rees, refs, reft, rest, rete, rets, seer, sere, serf, tees, tree, tref. | |
-4 letters: efs, eft, ere, err. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: ferrates, ferrites, forester, fosterer, fretters, reforest, refuters. | |
+2 letters: defroster, falterers, ferreters, fetterers, filterers, foresters, fosterers, referents, refilters, reforests, rooftrees, surfeiter, terrifies, torrefies. | |
+3 letters: aftercares, certifiers, defrosters, feretories, fermenters, fermentors, ferretings, ferrotypes, feverworts, firewaters, flatterers, flutterers, forecaster, forestries, forfeiters, forgetters, fortressed, fortresses, freestyler, freighters, freshwater, fritterers, fruiterers, furtherers, hereafters, interferes, perfecters, perforates, profiteers, reafforest, rectifiers, reflectors, reforested, reformates, restfuller, retransfer, retrofires, surfeiters, transferee. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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