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Term: building

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

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  2. building

building

Definitions

Noun

  1. A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
  2. The act of constructing something
  3. The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
  4. The occupants of a building

Verb

  1. Make by combining materials and parts
  2. Form or accumulate steadily
  3. Build or establish something abstract
  4. Improve the cleansing action of
  5. Order, supervise, or finance the construction of
  6. Give form to, according to a plan
  7. Be engaged in building
  8. Found or ground
  9. Bolster or strengthen
  10. Develop and grow
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "building".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 building 2 160
2 buildings 2 76
3 rebuilding 3 6
4 shipbuilding 3 3
5 building's 2 2
6 homebuilding 3 1
7 non-building 3 0
8 nonbuilding 3 0
9 overbuilding 4 0
10 shipbuildings 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "building".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 bringing 2 38
2 breaking 2 25
3 breathing 2 21
4 binding 2 20
5 bleeding 2 16
6 brooding 2 15
7 bursting 2 13
8 observing 3 13
9 blessing 2 10
10 blooming 2 10
11 bouncing 2 9
12 obtaining 3 9
13 borrowing 3 8
14 bending 2 7
15 breeding 2 7
16 browning 2 7
17 brushing 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 "building".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 buildings 2 76
2 guiding 2 10
3 rebuilding 3 6
4 beguiling 3 3
5 shipbuilding 3 3
6 bulging 2 3
7 building's 2 2
8 homebuilding 3 1
9 builtin 2 1
10 budding 2 1
11 biding 2 0
12 nonbuilding 3 0
13 wilding 2 0
14 overbuilding 4 0
15 non-building 3 0
16 gilding 2 0
17 burling 2 0
18 bugling 3 0
19 budging 2 0
20 bolding 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 building a 1 6
2 building blocks 1 2
3 building in 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 the building 1 5
2 liver building 2 2
3 work building 1 2
4 industries building 3 2
5 apartment building 3 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 base 1 2
2 assembly 3 2
3 promote 2 2
4 cost 1 2
5 started 2 2
6 gathering 3 2
7 live 1 2
8 began 2 2
9 shifted 2 2
10 housing 2 2
11 largest 2 2
12 development 4 2
13 facilitated 5 2
14 work 1 2
15 focused 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 building's 2 2

Results:

Term

Definitions: 14

Fragments: 10

Sound Alikes: 117

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 3

Words that Precede: 5

Statistically Associated: 15

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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