erring
Definitions
Verb
- To make a mistake or be incorrect
- Wander from a direct course or at random
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "erring".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | referring | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | herring | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | conferring | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | deferring | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | herrington | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | preferring | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | transferring | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | berringer | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | cherrington | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | derring | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | derringer | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | derrington | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | deterring | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | erring | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | errington | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | ferrington | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | gerringer | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | herrings | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | herringshaw | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | herrington's | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | inferring | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | red-herring | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | red-herrings | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | terrington | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "erring".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | getting | 2 | 164 |
| 2 | setting | 2 | 60 |
| 3 | telling | 2 | 52 |
| 4 | wearing | 2 | 47 |
| 5 | wedding | 2 | 32 |
| 6 | heading | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | letting | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | selling | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | bearing | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | sharing | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | daring | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | begging | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | caring | 2 | 10 |
| 14 | tearing | 2 | 9 |
| 15 | guessing | 2 | 8 |
| 16 | yelling | 2 | 6 |
| 17 | betting | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | checking | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | edging | 2 | 5 |
| 20 | wrecking | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | wetting | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | bedding | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | fetching | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | decking | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | ebbing | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | felling | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | herring | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | lessing | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | messing | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | petting | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | shedding | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | chairing | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | hemming | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | jetting | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | kenning | 2 | 1 |
| 36 | netting | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | pegging | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | redding | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | welling | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | airing | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | baring | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | behling | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | behning | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | behring | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | belling | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | bening | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | benning | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | bering | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | delling | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | deming | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | demming | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | denning | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | derring | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | egging | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | elling | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | epping | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | etching | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | fehling | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | fehring | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | fetting | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | garing | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | gehling | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | gehring | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | haring | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | hedding | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | hedging | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | helling | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | heming | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | henning | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | hessing | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | jenning | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | kaeding | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | kelling | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | legging | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | lemming | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | lenning | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | maring | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | mehling | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | mehring | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | meling | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | melling | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | menning | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | meshing | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | nehring | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | pairing | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | paring | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | pecking | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | penning | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | pfenning | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | rehling | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | revving | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | shelling | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | venning | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | vetting | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | wareing | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | waring | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | webbing | 2 | 0 |
| 98 | wehling | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | wenning | 2 | 0 |
| 100 | zaring | 2 | 0 |
| 101 | zehring | 2 | 0 |
| 102 | zeringue | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "erring".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | 1 | 47 |
| 2 | perrin | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | earrings | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | herring | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | earring | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | derring | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | herrings | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | ferrying | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | merrin | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | herrin | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | herrig | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | hering | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | gering | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | ferrin | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | eyring | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | erving | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | erling | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | derrig | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | dering | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | bering | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "erring" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "erring" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "erring" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "erring".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 24
Sound Alikes: 102
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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