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Term: asking

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

  1. Term
  2. asking

asking

Definitions

Noun

  1. The verbal act of requesting

Verb

  1. Inquire about
  2. Make a request or demand for something to somebody
  3. Direct or put; seek an answer to
  4. Consider obligatory; request and expect
  5. Address a question to and expect an answer from
  6. Require as useful, just, or proper
  7. Require or ask for as a price or condition
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "asking".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 asking 2 67
2 askington 3 5
3 basking 2 2
4 masking 2 1
5 multitasking 4 0
6 tasking 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "asking".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 carrying 3 71
2 acting 2 61
3 dancing 2 43
4 gathering 3 28
5 landing 2 26
6 camping 2 18
7 lasting 2 13
8 panting 2 9
9 taxing 2 9
10 rattling 2 7
11 chattering 3 6
12 handing 2 6
13 shattering 3 6
14 gasping 2 5
15 ranking 2 5
16 shadowing 3 5
17 casting 2 4
18 calving 2 3
19 thanking 2 3
20 banking 2 2
21 basking 2 2
22 battering 3 2
23 chanting 2 2
24 rallying 3 2
25 sanding 2 2
26 sapling 2 2
27 badgering 3 1
28 banding 2 1
29 lapsing 2 1
30 masking 2 1
31 waxing 2 1
32 yanking 2 1
33 allying 3 0
34 anding 2 0
35 damping 2 0
36 farrowing 3 0
37 fasting 2 0
38 faxing 2 0
39 gatling 2 0
40 hamling 2 0
41 hammering 3 0
42 lamping 2 0
43 lancing 2 0
44 lansing 2 0
45 lanting 2 0
46 mannering 3 0
47 nanjing 2 0
48 nanking 2 0
49 nattering 3 0
50 rafting 2 0
51 ramping 2 0
52 ranching 2 0
53 ranting 2 0
54 sandling 2 0
55 sansing 2 0
56 shafting 2 0
57 tackling 2 0
58 tallying 3 0
59 tamping 2 0
60 tanking 2 0
61 tasking 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 making 2 255
2 taking 2 175
3 waking 2 11
4 skiing 2 7
5 basing 2 4
6 baking 2 4
7 easing 2 3
8 basking 2 2
9 masking 2 1
10 tasking 2 0
11 askin 2 0
12 raskin 2 0
13 raking 2 0
14 pasing 2 0
15 laskin 2 0
16 haskin 2 0
17 gaskin 2 0
18 faking 2 0
19 casing 2 0
20 baskin 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 asking for 1 3

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 whites 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 8

Fragments: 6

Sound Alikes: 61

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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