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Term: brushing

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

  1. Term
  2. brushing

brushing

Definitions

Noun

  1. The act of brushing your teeth
  2. The act of brushing your hair

Verb

  1. Rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
  2. Touch lightly and briefly
  3. Clean with a brush
  4. Sweep across or over
  5. Remove with or as if with a brush
  6. Cover by brushing
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "brushing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 brushing 2 7

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "brushing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 building 2 160
2 bringing 2 38
3 breaking 2 25
4 breathing 2 21
5 binding 2 20
6 bleeding 2 16
7 brooding 2 15
8 bursting 2 13
9 observing 3 13
10 blessing 2 10
11 blooming 2 10
12 bouncing 2 9
13 obtaining 3 9
14 borrowing 3 8
15 bending 2 7
16 breeding 2 7
17 browning 2 7
18 blazing 2 6
19 bothering 3 6
20 boarding 2 5
21 blushing 2 4
22 bickering 3 3
23 blocking 2 3
24 boasting 2 3
25 boosting 2 3
26 bracing 2 3
27 bulging 2 3
28 balding 2 2
29 banking 2 2
30 barking 2 2
31 basking 2 2
32 basting 2 2
33 battering 3 2
34 belching 2 2
35 bellowing 3 2
36 blaming 2 2
37 bleaching 2 2
38 blotting 2 2
39 bounding 2 2
40 braving 2 2
41 breaching 2 2
42 briefing 2 2
43 bruising 2 2
44 bumping 2 2
45 abounding 3 1
46 badgering 3 1
47 banding 2 1
48 barging 2 1
49 belting 2 1
50 bettering 3 1
51 blaring 2 1
52 bluffing 2 1
53 bolting 2 1
54 bonding 2 1
55 bragging 2 1
56 braiding 2 1
57 browsing 2 1
58 buckling 2 1
59 bullying 3 1
60 aborting 3 0
61 abridging 3 0
62 abusing 3 0
63 beadling 2 0
64 belding 2 0
65 belying 3 0
66 bensing 2 0
67 benzing 2 0
68 bergling 2 0
69 besting 2 0
70 bilking 2 0
71 billowing 3 0
72 binging 2 0
73 bisbing 2 0
74 bisping 2 0
75 blading 2 0
76 blaesing 2 0
77 blasing 2 0
78 bleeping 2 0
79 bloating 2 0
80 blogging 2 0
81 bobbling 2 0
82 boening 3 0
83 bolding 2 0
84 boxing 2 0
85 braking 2 0
86 branning 2 0
87 brawling 2 0
88 breading 2 0
89 breeching 2 0
90 breining 2 0
91 brenning 2 0
92 bribing 2 0
93 bridging 2 0
94 brimming 2 0
95 brining 2 0
96 broaching 2 0
97 broiling 2 0
98 broking 2 0
99 brooking 2 0
100 bruening 2 0
101 bruning 2 0
102 bruting 2 0
103 buehring 2 0
104 buening 2 0
105 buesing 2 0
106 buffering 3 0
107 buffeting 3 0
108 bunching 2 0
109 bunting 2 0
110 burbling 2 0
111 burgling 2 0
112 burying 3 0
113 busting 2 0
114 butchering 3 0
115 buttering 3 0
116 obliging 3 0
117 obsessing 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 pushing 2 17
2 rushing 2 10
3 rousing 2 8
4 crushing 2 7
5 blushing 2 4
6 bruising 2 2
7 onrushing 3 1
8 rusting 2 1
9 bushings 2 0
10 rushin 2 0
11 busing 2 0
12 ambushing 3 0
13 reusing 3 0
14 gushing 2 0
15 cushing 2 0
16 busting 2 0
17 bussing 2 0
18 bushong 2 0
19 bushkin 2 0
20 buesing 2 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

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Statistically Associated

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

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Consonant Match

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

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Results:

Term

Definitions: 8

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 117

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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