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Term: yawning

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

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yawning

Definitions

Noun

  1. An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom

Verb

  1. Utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
  2. Be wide open
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "yawning".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 yawning 2 2

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "yawning".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 using 2 145
2 yearning 2 7
3 yelling 2 6
4 yachting 2 2
5 curing 2 1
6 fuming 2 1
7 fusing 2 1
8 musing 2 1
9 buehring 2 0
10 buesing 2 0
11 duling 2 0
12 feuding 2 0
13 fueling 2 0
14 fuelling 2 0
15 huling 2 0
16 muting 2 0
17 yearling 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 yearning 2 7
2 awakening 4 4
3 owning 2 3
4 dawning 2 2
5 waning 2 2
6 yearnings 2 2
7 yanking 2 1
8 fawning 2 1
9 sawing 2 1
10 pawing 2 1
11 hawing 2 1
12 awning 2 0
13 spawning 2 0
14 wining 2 0
15 lawing 2 0
16 laning 2 0
17 haning 2 0
18 caning 2 0
19 anding 2 0
20 jawboning 3 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 dawning 2 2
2 downing 2 1
3 fawning 2 1

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 17

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 3

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

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