purifying
Definitions
Adjective
- Serving to purge or rid of sin
- Freeing from noxious matter
Verb
- Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- Make pure or free from sin or guilt
- Become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "purifying".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | practicing | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | programing | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | pretending | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | presenting | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | preventing | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | protesting | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | predicting | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | projecting | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | programming | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | proclaiming | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | specializing | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | postponing | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | protecting | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | protruding | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | perplexing | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | progressing | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | appreciating | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | painstaking | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | paralleling | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | pinpointing | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | politicking | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | pronouncing | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | apologising | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | apologizing | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | apprehending | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | papermaking | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | parachuting | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | paralyzing | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | pasteurizing | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | penalizing | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | percolating | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | persevering | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | petitioning | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | piggybacking | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | podcasting | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | portending | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | positioning | 4 | 0 |
| 38 | postdating | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | prearranging | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | precluding | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | preempting | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | preplanning | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | pressurizing | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | procuring | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | proofreading | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | pussyfooting | 4 | 0 |
| 47 | speedskating | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | spellbinding | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "purifying".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pouring | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | pricing | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | unifying | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | purring | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | praying | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | purify | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | purging | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | puffing | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | priming | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | prying | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | personifying | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | rifling | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | preying | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | verifying | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | ratifying | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | purveying | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | surfing | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | riffing | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | purifoy | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | pitying | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "purifying" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "purifying".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 48
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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