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Term: acting

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

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acting

Definitions

Noun

  1. The performance of a part or role in a drama

Verb

  1. Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
  2. Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
  3. Play a role or part
  4. Discharge one's duties
  5. Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
  6. Be suitable for theatrical performance
  7. Have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
  8. Be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
  9. Behave unnaturally or affectedly
  10. Perform on a stage or theater
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "acting".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 acting 2 61
2 attracting 3 4
3 enacting 3 4
4 extracting 3 4
5 reacting 3 4
6 contracting 3 3
7 subtracting 3 3
8 contacting 3 2
9 counteracting 4 2
10 exacting 3 2
11 distracting 3 1
12 interacting 4 1
13 subcontracting 4 1
14 detracting 3 0
15 impacting 3 0
16 overreacting 5 0
17 redacting 3 0
18 retracting 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "acting".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 carrying 3 71
2 asking 2 67
3 dancing 2 43
4 gathering 3 28
5 landing 2 26
6 camping 2 18
7 lasting 2 13
8 panting 2 9
9 taxing 2 9
10 rattling 2 7
11 chattering 3 6
12 handing 2 6
13 shattering 3 6
14 gasping 2 5
15 ranking 2 5
16 shadowing 3 5
17 casting 2 4
18 calving 2 3
19 thanking 2 3
20 banking 2 2
21 basking 2 2
22 battering 3 2
23 chanting 2 2
24 rallying 3 2
25 sanding 2 2
26 sapling 2 2
27 badgering 3 1
28 banding 2 1
29 lapsing 2 1
30 masking 2 1
31 waxing 2 1
32 yanking 2 1
33 allying 3 0
34 anding 2 0
35 damping 2 0
36 farrowing 3 0
37 fasting 2 0
38 faxing 2 0
39 gatling 2 0
40 hamling 2 0
41 hammering 3 0
42 lamping 2 0
43 lancing 2 0
44 lansing 2 0
45 lanting 2 0
46 mannering 3 0
47 nanjing 2 0
48 nanking 2 0
49 nattering 3 0
50 rafting 2 0
51 ramping 2 0
52 ranching 2 0
53 ranting 2 0
54 sandling 2 0
55 sansing 2 0
56 shafting 2 0
57 tackling 2 0
58 tallying 3 0
59 tamping 2 0
60 tanking 2 0
61 tasking 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 action 2 291
2 facing 2 34
3 eating 2 32
4 racing 2 22
5 rating 2 10
6 mating 2 8
7 pacing 2 7
8 aching 2 6
9 reacting 3 4
10 enacting 3 4
11 dating 2 4
12 citing 2 3
13 yachting 2 2
14 exacting 3 2
15 hating 2 2
16 actin 2 0
17 vacating 3 0
18 gating 2 0
19 ting 1 0
20 redacting 3 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 acting as 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 his acting 1 2
2 of acting 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 consummate 3 2
2 well 1 2
3 also 2 2
4 accused 2 2
5 various 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 11

Fragments: 18

Sound Alikes: 61

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 2

Statistically Associated: 5

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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