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Term: defending

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

  1. Term
  2. defending

defending

Definitions

Verb

  1. Argue or speak in defense of
  2. Be on the defensive; act against an attack
  3. Protect against a challenge or attack
  4. Fight against or resist strongly
  5. Protect or fight for as a champion
  6. Be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
  7. State or assert
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "defending".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 defending 3 13

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "defending".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 advertising 4 50
2 depending 3 32
3 demanding 3 19
4 destroying 3 17
5 discussing 3 16
6 disturbing 3 16
7 declaring 3 10
8 departing 3 10
9 descending 3 10
10 declining 3 9
11 delivering 4 9
12 advocating 4 6
13 decreasing 3 6
14 depicting 3 6
15 detecting 3 6
16 displaying 3 6
17 depressing 3 5
18 dangling 3 4
19 darkening 3 4
20 decorating 4 4
21 denouncing 3 4
22 despairing 3 4
23 decanting 3 3
24 depriving 3 3
25 diffusing 3 3
26 disarming 3 3
27 dismissing 3 3
28 dispatching 3 3
29 dissolving 3 3
30 debunking 3 2
31 debuting 3 2
32 dictating 3 2
33 digesting 3 2
34 disdaining 3 2
35 dissenting 3 2
36 drizzling 3 2
37 admonishing 4 1
38 dampening 3 1
39 daydreaming 3 1
40 deducting 3 1
41 degrading 3 1
42 despising 3 1
43 deviating 4 1
44 disliking 3 1
45 disobeying 4 1
46 dispersing 3 1
47 distilling 3 1
48 divulging 3 1
49 darjeeling 3 0
50 dealmaking 3 0
51 debriefing 3 0
52 deciphering 4 0
53 decoupling 3 0
54 defaulting 3 0
55 defecting 3 0
56 deflating 3 0
57 defrauding 3 0
58 defunding 3 0
59 defusing 3 0
60 delisting 3 0
61 depleting 3 0
62 deploring 3 0
63 deporting 3 0
64 digressing 3 0
65 disallowing 4 0
66 disavowing 4 0
67 disbursing 3 0
68 disguising 3 0
69 dishwashing 3 0
70 dislodging 3 0
71 dispelling 3 0
72 disposing 3 0
73 dissecting 3 0
74 divesting 3 0
75 divorcing 3 0
76 downloading 3 0
77 downplaying 3 0
78 downsizing 3 0
79 dribbling 3 0
80 idealizing 5 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 depending 3 32
2 ending 2 31
3 extending 3 29
4 defend 2 21
5 demanding 3 19
6 descending 3 10
7 defining 3 10
8 offending 3 1
9 deferring 3 1
10 defunding 3 0
11 deafening 3 0
12 fending 2 0
13 denuding 3 0
14 befriending 3 0
15 relending 3 0
16 refunding 3 0
17 expending 3 0
18 deterding 3 0
19 dendinger 3 0
20 demeaning 3 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 defending the 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the defending 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 forces 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 defunding 3 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 7

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 80

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 1

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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