wearing
Definitions
Noun
- (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
- The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
Verb
- Be dressed in
- Have on one's person
- Have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality
- Deteriorate through use or stress
- Have or show an appearance of
- Last and be usable
- Go to pieces
- Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- Put clothing on one's body
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "wearing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wearing | 2 | 47 |
| 2 | swearing | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | swearingen | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | swearingin | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "wearing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | working | 2 | 151 |
| 2 | waiting | 2 | 110 |
| 3 | watching | 2 | 76 |
| 4 | willing | 2 | 69 |
| 5 | walking | 2 | 54 |
| 6 | washing | 2 | 44 |
| 7 | swimming | 2 | 37 |
| 8 | wedding | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | winning | 2 | 31 |
| 10 | swinging | 2 | 16 |
| 11 | dwelling | 2 | 13 |
| 12 | sweeping | 2 | 13 |
| 13 | waving | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | swelling | 2 | 11 |
| 15 | waking | 2 | 11 |
| 16 | whirling | 2 | 10 |
| 17 | weeping | 2 | 8 |
| 18 | awaiting | 3 | 7 |
| 19 | switching | 2 | 7 |
| 20 | whipping | 2 | 7 |
| 21 | whining | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | wiping | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | twirling | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | wailing | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | weaving | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | wishing | 2 | 5 |
| 27 | worrying | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | quitting | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | sweating | 2 | 4 |
| 30 | swirling | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | wetting | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | wording | 2 | 4 |
| 33 | quoting | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | swearing | 2 | 3 |
| 35 | swooping | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | twitching | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | wagging | 2 | 2 |
| 38 | waning | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | weaning | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | wheeling | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | whiting | 2 | 2 |
| 42 | whooping | 2 | 2 |
| 43 | wiring | 2 | 2 |
| 44 | quaking | 2 | 1 |
| 45 | quelling | 2 | 1 |
| 46 | swiping | 2 | 1 |
| 47 | waging | 2 | 1 |
| 48 | warring | 2 | 1 |
| 49 | weighting | 2 | 1 |
| 50 | welling | 2 | 1 |
| 51 | whaling | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | wheezing | 2 | 1 |
| 53 | whizzing | 2 | 1 |
| 54 | whopping | 2 | 1 |
| 55 | winging | 2 | 1 |
| 56 | buening | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | quashing | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | quilling | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | quiring | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | quizzing | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | schwering | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | swapping | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | swatching | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | sweeting | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | swerling | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | swilling | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | swooning | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | tweaking | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | twining | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | wading | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | waiving | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | walling | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | wapping | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | wareing | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | waring | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | webbing | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | weeding | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | wehling | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | wenning | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | werking | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | werling | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | werning | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | whacking | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | whitting | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | widing | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | wieting | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | wiling | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | wining | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | wirsing | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | wissing | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | witching | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | witting | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | wooding | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | worthing | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | zwilling | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "wearing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hearing | 2 | 76 |
| 2 | warning | 2 | 44 |
| 3 | nearing | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | warming | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | tearing | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | weaving | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | warping | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | swearing | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | wearying | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | weaning | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | searing | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | rearing | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | warring | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | waring | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | werning | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | werling | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | werking | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | warling | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | wareing | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | warding | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "wearing" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "wearing" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "wearing" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | liverpool | 3 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 11
Fragments: 4
Sound Alikes: 95
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: this season’s big idea? Wear a skirt. It’s that simple
Nov 11, 2026 The Guardian
Nov 11, 2026 The Guardian
I’m a Million Months Pregnant. These Are the (Non-Maternity) Style Picks I’m Still Wearing. | Reviews by Wirecutter
Aug 14, 2026 The New York Times
Aug 14, 2026 The New York Times
Boy, 13, shot twice, wounded by gunman wearing all black while heading to NYC store
Nov 11, 2026 New York Post
Nov 11, 2026 New York Post
Cunk on Cinema, BBC Two review: Is the Philomena Cunk joke finally wearing thin?
Nov 12, 2026 The Telegraph
Nov 12, 2026 The Telegraph

