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Term: balking

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

  1. Term
  2. balking

balking

Definitions

Verb

  1. Refuse to comply
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "balking".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 balking 2 1

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "balking".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 burning 2 49
2 bearing 2 25
3 boating 2 23
4 blowing 2 19
5 bathing 2 15
6 batting 2 15
7 beating 2 13
8 begging 2 10
9 boiling 2 9
10 backing 2 8
11 bidding 2 7
12 beaming 2 6
13 biting 2 6
14 booking 2 6
15 buzzing 2 6
16 abiding 3 5
17 betting 2 5
18 bombing 2 5
19 boring 2 5
20 baking 2 4
21 banging 2 4
22 basing 2 4
23 billing 2 4
24 bucking 2 4
25 bailing 2 3
26 barring 2 3
27 bedding 2 3
28 bobbing 2 3
29 bugging 2 3
30 balling 2 1
31 banning 2 1
32 beaching 2 1
33 bluing 2 1
34 booming 2 1
35 brewing 2 1
36 budding 2 1
37 burrowing 3 1
38 butting 2 1
39 abating 3 0
40 abetting 3 0
41 abutting 3 0
42 bagging 2 0
43 baiting 2 0
44 baling 2 0
45 baring 2 0
46 bashing 2 0
47 beefing 2 0
48 beeping 2 0
49 behling 2 0
50 behning 2 0
51 behring 2 0
52 belling 2 0
53 bening 2 0
54 benning 2 0
55 bering 2 0
56 berling 2 0
57 berning 2 0
58 bicking 2 0
59 biding 2 0
60 biking 2 0
61 binning 2 0
62 birthing 2 0
63 bitching 2 0
64 bitting 2 0
65 blueing 2 0
66 blurring 2 0
67 boeding 2 0
68 boehning 2 0
69 bogging 2 0
70 bohling 2 0
71 bohning 2 0
72 boling 2 0
73 bolling 2 0
74 boning 2 0
75 booting 2 0
76 boozing 2 0
77 botting 2 0
78 bowling 2 0
79 bowring 2 0
80 bowsing 2 0
81 budging 2 0
82 bunning 2 0
83 burling 2 0
84 burping 2 0
85 busing 2 0
86 bussing 2 0
87 ebeling 3 0
88 eberling 3 0
89 ebling 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 talking 2 100
2 walking 2 54
3 backing 2 8
4 baking 2 4
5 bailing 2 3
6 basking 2 2
7 barking 2 2
8 banking 2 2
9 balding 2 2
10 stalking 2 2
11 balling 2 1
12 balkin 2 0
13 baling 2 0
14 braking 2 0
15 bilking 2 0
16 bialkin 3 0
17 abalkin 3 0
18 balin 2 0
19 chalking 2 0
20 caulking 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 bilking 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 89

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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Russia’s former soldiers may face a locked EU border—if France and Italy stop balking
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Second Circuit balks at 1990s Chinatown gang leader’s compassionate release request
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Kim Jong-un balks at grasping fleeting opportunity
Aug 20, 2026 Asia Times
Opposition balks at Doug Ford government’s record $244.2-billion budget
Mar 26, 2026 Canada's National Observer

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