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Term: dousing

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

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  2. dousing

dousing

Definitions

Noun

  1. The act of wetting something by submerging it

Verb

  1. Put out, as of a candle or a light
  2. Wet thoroughly
  3. Dip into a liquid
  4. Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
  5. Lower quickly
  6. Slacken
  7. Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "dousing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 dousing 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "dousing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 during 2 585
2 dealing 2 43
3 drawing 2 40
4 drying 2 29
5 dining 2 28
6 daring 2 12
7 digging 2 7
8 diving 2 5
9 editing 3 5
10 dashing 2 4
11 dating 2 4
12 doubting 2 3
13 dozing 2 3
14 ducking 2 3
15 dabbing 2 2
16 dawning 2 2
17 decking 2 2
18 dodging 2 2
19 doting 2 2
20 dotting 2 2
21 dueling 2 2
22 idling 3 2
23 auditing 3 1
24 damning 2 1
25 dipping 2 1
26 doffing 2 1
27 donning 2 1
28 downing 2 1
29 adoring 3 0
30 damming 2 0
31 dearing 2 0
32 deering 2 0
33 deigning 2 0
34 delling 2 0
35 deming 2 0
36 demming 2 0
37 denning 2 0
38 dering 2 0
39 derring 2 0
40 dicing 2 0
41 diesing 2 0
42 dilling 2 0
43 diming 2 0
44 dimming 2 0
45 dinning 2 0
46 dishing 2 0
47 dissing 2 0
48 ditching 2 0
49 docking 2 0
50 doehring 2 0
51 doering 3 0
52 dogging 2 0
53 doling 2 0
54 domingue 2 0
55 dooling 2 0
56 dooming 2 0
57 doring 2 0
58 dosing 2 0
59 dowding 2 0
60 dowling 2 0
61 dowsing 2 0
62 dubbing 2 0
63 dudding 2 0
64 duesing 2 0
65 duking 2 0
66 dulling 2 0
67 dumbing 2 0
68 dunning 2 0
69 durling 2 0
70 durning 2 0
71 dusing 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 doing 2 163
2 using 2 145
3 housing 2 59
4 rousing 2 8
5 doubling 3 7
6 dusting 2 6
7 focusing 3 6
8 doubting 2 3
9 arousing 3 3
10 ousting 2 1
11 coursing 2 1
12 dusing 2 0
13 dosing 2 0
14 duesing 2 0
15 dowsing 2 0
16 jousting 2 0
17 housings 2 0
18 grousing 2 0
19 duensing 2 0
20 defusing 3 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 diesing 2 0
2 dissing 2 0
3 dowsing 2 0
4 duesing 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 8

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 71

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 4

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

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