effacing
Definitions
Verb
- Remove completely from recognition or memory
- Make inconspicuous
- Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "effacing".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "effacing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teaching | 2 | 67 |
| 2 | reaching | 2 | 43 |
| 3 | facing | 2 | 34 |
| 4 | racing | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | pacing | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | reacting | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | menacing | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | enacting | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | effecting | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | exacting | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | defacing | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | beaching | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | offing | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | facings | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | leaching | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | fasching | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | effinger | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | resurfacing | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | refinancing | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | faxing | 2 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "effacing" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "effacing" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "effacing" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "effacing".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 85
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.
📰 This Word in the News:
Shy, self-effacing, milk-drinking Bake Off champ Rahul proves it's what's on the inside that counts
Oct 31, 2018 The Telegraph
Oct 31, 2018 The Telegraph
Colin Firth plays the self-effacing literary editor Maxwell Perkins in ‘Genius’
Jun 9, 2016 The Washington Post
Jun 9, 2016 The Washington Post
British Jews have always been self-effacing, but we’re starting to show our chutzpah | Hadley Freeman
Mar 13, 2021 The Guardian
Mar 13, 2021 The Guardian

