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Term: retaining

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

  1. Term
  2. retaining

retaining

Definitions

Verb

  1. Hold back within
  2. Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
  3. Secure and keep for possible future use or application
  4. Keep in one's mind
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "retaining".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 retaining 3 7

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "retaining".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 providing 3 59
2 remaining 3 41
3 processing 3 38
4 producing 3 35
5 returning 3 35
6 receiving 3 34
7 reducing 3 31
8 preceding 3 30
9 threatening 3 26
10 promising 3 24
11 preparing 3 22
12 relating 3 20
13 traveling 3 19
14 prevailing 3 17
15 reasoning 3 16
16 frightening 3 14
17 promoting 3 13
18 proceeding 3 12
19 rendering 3 11
20 revealing 3 11
21 rotating 3 11
22 preserving 3 10
23 presiding 3 10
24 reviewing 3 10
25 broadening 3 9
26 repeating 3 9
27 removing 3 8
28 retiring 3 8
29 recalling 3 7
30 crippling 3 6
31 proposing 3 6
32 residing 3 6
33 reversing 3 6
34 receding 3 5
35 retailing 3 5
36 irritating 4 4
37 reacting 3 4
38 rejoicing 3 4
39 reserving 3 4
40 resuming 3 4
41 travelling 3 4
42 bristling 3 3
43 rationing 3 3
44 rebelling 3 3
45 reckoning 3 3
46 regaining 3 3
47 ripening 3 3
48 rippling 3 3
49 rummaging 3 3
50 drizzling 3 2
51 frolicking 3 2
52 preceeding 3 2
53 presuming 3 2
54 professing 3 2
55 prolonging 3 2
56 rambling 2 2
57 reciting 3 2
58 refining 3 2
59 releasing 3 2
60 reliving 3 2
61 repairing 3 2
62 retelling 3 2
63 reviving 3 2
64 rewriting 3 2
65 troubling 3 2
66 wrongdoing 3 2
67 christening 3 1
68 crusading 3 1
69 groveling 3 1
70 propelling 3 1
71 prospering 3 1
72 redeeming 3 1
73 rehearing 3 1
74 rehearsing 3 1
75 rejoining 3 1
76 relieving 3 1
77 relishing 3 1
78 remaking 3 1
79 replying 3 1
80 researching 3 1
81 resigning 3 1
82 retouching 3 1
83 reveling 3 1
84 revising 3 1
85 rollicking 3 1
86 throttling 3 1
87 trampling 2 1
88 traversing 3 1
89 airlifting 3 0
90 breitling 3 0
91 brightening 3 0
92 cradling 3 0
93 crediting 3 0
94 creveling 3 0
95 critiquing 3 0
96 dribbling 3 0
97 earmarking 3 0
98 fracturing 3 0
99 freewheeling 3 0
100 freshening 3 0
101 grambling 2 0
102 grimacing 3 0
103 groundling 2 0
104 premiering 3 0
105 presaging 3 0
106 previewing 3 0
107 profiling 3 0
108 profiting 3 0
109 prompting 2 0
110 provoking 3 0
111 rankling 2 0
112 rappelling 3 0
113 ratcheting 3 0
114 ravaging 3 0
115 raveling 3 0
116 ravishing 3 0
117 rearming 3 0
118 rebuffing 3 0
119 rebutting 3 0
120 recapping 3 0
121 recessing 3 0
122 recouping 3 0
123 redrawing 3 0
124 refitting 3 0
125 regaling 3 0
126 rehashing 3 0
127 rehiring 3 0
128 reichling 3 0
129 reissuing 4 0
130 renaming 3 0
131 reneging 3 0
132 reoffering 4 0
133 repealing 3 0
134 repelling 3 0
135 replaying 3 0
136 rereading 3 0
137 rerouting 3 0
138 rerunning 3 0
139 reselling 3 0
140 reseting 3 0
141 reshaping 3 0
142 resurging 3 0
143 retaking 3 0
144 retooling 3 0
145 retrying 3 0
146 reusing 3 0
147 revering 3 0
148 reverting 3 0
149 revoking 3 0
150 rewatching 3 0
151 rewiring 4 0
152 reworking 3 0
153 rezoning 3 0
154 rivaling 3 0
155 riveting 3 0
156 robling 3 0
157 rocketing 3 0
158 ruffling 3 0
159 rupturing 3 0
160 shriveling 3 0
161 trafficking 3 0
162 tregoning 3 0
163 tripling 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 training 2 156
2 remaining 3 41
3 staining 2 37
4 retiring 3 8
5 restraining 3 7
6 raining 2 7
7 retailing 3 5
8 pertaining 3 5
9 regaining 3 3
10 reigning 2 3
11 repainting 3 2
12 retraining 3 1
13 realigning 4 1
14 detaining 3 0
15 reining 2 0
16 rethinking 3 0
17 refraining 3 0
18 tainting 2 0
19 retaking 3 0
20 reinking 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 retaining the 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 difficulty 4 2
2 contracting 3 2
3 carriers 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 returning 3 35
2 rationing 3 3

Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 163

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 3

Consonant Matches: 2

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

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