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Term: complaining

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

  1. Term
  2. complaining

complaining

Definitions

Adjective

  1. Expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment

Verb

  1. Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
  2. Make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "complaining".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 complaining 3 5

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "complaining".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 considering 4 47
2 consisting 3 27
3 controlling 3 23
4 questioning 3 21
5 accompanying 5 17
6 completing 3 13
7 conducting 3 13
8 consulting 3 13
9 computing 3 11
10 convincing 3 11
11 concluding 3 8
12 cooperating 5 7
13 accelerating 5 6
14 extracting 3 4
15 accomplishing 4 3
16 clarifying 4 3
17 comprising 3 3
18 accommodating 5 2
19 confusing 3 2
20 consorting 3 2
21 contacting 3 2
22 correlating 4 2
23 crumbling 3 2
24 economizing 5 2
25 expediting 4 2
26 classifying 4 1
27 coinciding 4 1
28 compounding 3 1
29 compressing 3 1
30 condensing 3 1
31 confounding 3 1
32 consenting 3 1
33 contending 3 1
34 convicting 3 1
35 corroborating 5 1
36 executing 4 1
37 extirpating 4 1
38 qualifying 4 1
39 scrambling 3 1
40 castrating 3 0
41 cataloging 4 0
42 cataloguing 4 0
43 chronicling 3 0
44 clearcutting 3 0
45 clendening 3 0
46 clendenning 3 0
47 cohabiting 4 0
48 commissioning 4 0
49 composting 3 0
50 concocting 3 0
51 conforming 3 0
52 conspiring 3 0
53 contesting 3 0
54 copycatting 4 0
55 costcutting 3 0
56 countersuing 4 0
57 excavating 4 0
58 screenwriting 3 0
59 skateboarding 3 0
60 skyrocketing 4 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 containing 3 45
2 companion 3 19
3 accompanying 5 17
4 complaint 2 14
5 explaining 3 13
6 complain 2 11
7 combining 3 10
8 comparing 3 9
9 campaigning 3 4
10 compiling 3 4
11 complying 3 3
12 complains 2 3
13 comprising 3 3
14 complimenting 4 1
15 complainant 3 1
16 complicating 4 1
17 complainants 3 0
18 opining 3 0
19 coining 2 0
20 implanting 3 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 still 1 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 60

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

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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