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Term: balking

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

  1. Term
  2. balking

balking

Definitions

Verb

  1. Refuse to comply
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "balking".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 balking 2 1

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "balking".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 burning 2 49
2 bearing 2 25
3 boating 2 23
4 blowing 2 19
5 bathing 2 15
6 batting 2 15
7 beating 2 13
8 begging 2 10
9 boiling 2 9
10 backing 2 8
11 bidding 2 7
12 beaming 2 6
13 biting 2 6
14 booking 2 6
15 buzzing 2 6
16 abiding 3 5
17 betting 2 5
18 bombing 2 5
19 boring 2 5
20 baking 2 4
21 banging 2 4
22 basing 2 4
23 billing 2 4
24 bucking 2 4
25 bailing 2 3
26 barring 2 3
27 bedding 2 3
28 bobbing 2 3
29 bugging 2 3
30 balling 2 1
31 banning 2 1
32 beaching 2 1
33 bluing 2 1
34 booming 2 1
35 brewing 2 1
36 budding 2 1
37 burrowing 3 1
38 butting 2 1
39 abating 3 0
40 abetting 3 0
41 abutting 3 0
42 bagging 2 0
43 baiting 2 0
44 baling 2 0
45 baring 2 0
46 bashing 2 0
47 beefing 2 0
48 beeping 2 0
49 behling 2 0
50 behning 2 0
51 behring 2 0
52 belling 2 0
53 bening 2 0
54 benning 2 0
55 bering 2 0
56 berling 2 0
57 berning 2 0
58 bicking 2 0
59 biding 2 0
60 biking 2 0
61 binning 2 0
62 birthing 2 0
63 bitching 2 0
64 bitting 2 0
65 blueing 2 0
66 blurring 2 0
67 boeding 2 0
68 boehning 2 0
69 bogging 2 0
70 bohling 2 0
71 bohning 2 0
72 boling 2 0
73 bolling 2 0
74 boning 2 0
75 booting 2 0
76 boozing 2 0
77 botting 2 0
78 bowling 2 0
79 bowring 2 0
80 bowsing 2 0
81 budging 2 0
82 bunning 2 0
83 burling 2 0
84 burping 2 0
85 busing 2 0
86 bussing 2 0
87 ebeling 3 0
88 eberling 3 0
89 ebling 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 talking 2 100
2 walking 2 54
3 backing 2 8
4 baking 2 4
5 bailing 2 3
6 basking 2 2
7 barking 2 2
8 banking 2 2
9 balding 2 2
10 stalking 2 2
11 balling 2 1
12 balkin 2 0
13 baling 2 0
14 braking 2 0
15 bilking 2 0
16 bialkin 3 0
17 abalkin 3 0
18 balin 2 0
19 chalking 2 0
20 caulking 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 bilking 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 89

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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📰 This Word in the News:

BLM seeks comments on e-bike proposal, other agencies still balking
Apr 28, 2020 Idaho State Journal
Companies Are Balking at the High Costs of Running Electric Trucks
May 8, 2024 WSJ
Atlanta FBI boss ousted after balking at 2020 election probe
Jan 30, 2026 MS NOW
Leavitt flips script on media for balking at Fulton election probe after years of promoting Russia claims
Feb 5, 2026 930 WFMD Free Talk
President Biden and Zelensky try to keep US Congress from balking
Dec 22, 2022 France 24
Fire commander balks at dismissing 11 firefighters accused of ‘gang rape’
Nov 26, 2025 Portugal Resident
West Ham close to Pablo deal after balking at £40m fee for Wolves' Strand Larsen
Dec 31, 2025 Irish Examiner

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