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Term: needling

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

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  2. needling

needling

Definitions

Verb

  1. Goad or provoke,as by constant criticism
  2. Prick with a needle
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "needling".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 needling 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "needling".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 neighboring 3 24
2 engaging 3 8
3 inviting 3 8
4 announcing 3 7
5 unwilling 3 7
6 insuring 3 6
7 incoming 3 5
8 unloading 3 5
9 enacting 3 4
10 inducing 3 4
11 invoking 3 4
12 narrowing 3 4
13 endearing 3 3
14 invading 3 3
15 snarling 2 3
16 unending 3 3
17 ensuring 3 2
18 nesting 2 2
19 oncoming 3 2
20 unfailing 3 2
21 enriching 3 1
22 enrolling 3 1
23 enticing 3 1
24 inciting 3 1
25 infighting 3 1
26 inhaling 3 1
27 nourishing 3 1
28 onrushing 3 1
29 unceasing 3 1
30 underling 3 1
31 unleashing 3 1
32 unlocking 3 1
33 unpacking 3 1
34 unwitting 3 1
35 annexing 3 0
36 enamoring 4 0
37 encoding 3 0
38 enjoining 3 0
39 enmeshing 3 0
40 ennobling 3 0
41 enraging 3 0
42 entailing 3 0
43 gnarling 2 0
44 indicting 3 0
45 inserting 3 0
46 intoning 3 0
47 invoicing 3 0
48 nanjing 2 0
49 nanking 2 0
50 nattering 3 0
51 neighbouring 3 0
52 neutering 3 0
53 nolting 2 0
54 norling 2 0
55 norming 2 0
56 nurturing 3 0
57 snickering 3 0
58 sniffling 2 0
59 snorting 2 0
60 uncaring 3 0
61 undocking 3 0
62 unfeeling 3 0
63 unfurling 3 0
64 unrolling 3 0
65 unseating 3 0
66 unveiling 3 0
67 unwrapping 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 feeling 2 172
2 feeding 2 26
3 peeling 2 6
4 needing 2 5
5 kneeling 2 5
6 seedlings 2 1
7 reeling 2 1
8 seedling 2 0
9 edling 2 0
10 unfeeling 3 0
11 weeding 2 0
12 teeling 2 0
13 seeling 2 0
14 seeding 2 0
15 kneeing 2 0
16 keeling 2 0
17 heeling 2 0
18 heeding 2 0
19 ebeling 3 0
20 neidlinger 4 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 nordling 3 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 67

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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