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Term: confounding

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

  1. Term
  2. confounding

confounding

Definitions

Verb

  1. Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
  2. Mistake one thing for another
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "confounding".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 confounding 3 1

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "confounding".

# 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 complaining 3 5
15 extracting 3 4
16 accomplishing 4 3
17 clarifying 4 3
18 comprising 3 3
19 accommodating 5 2
20 confusing 3 2
21 consorting 3 2
22 contacting 3 2
23 correlating 4 2
24 crumbling 3 2
25 economizing 5 2
26 expediting 4 2
27 classifying 4 1
28 coinciding 4 1
29 compounding 3 1
30 compressing 3 1
31 condensing 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 "confounding".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 founding 2 16
2 confronting 3 10
3 concluding 3 8
4 pounding 2 6
5 rounding 2 5
6 confining 3 3
7 sounding 2 3
8 confusing 3 2
9 confiding 3 2
10 confounded 3 2
11 compounding 3 1
12 foundling 2 1
13 funding 2 1
14 conning 2 1
15 foundering 3 1
16 contending 3 1
17 wounding 2 1
18 confound 2 0
19 confounds 2 0
20 conforming 3 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

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Consonant Match

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

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Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 60

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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