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Term: confining

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

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  2. confining

confining

Definitions

Verb

  1. Place limits on (extent or access)
  2. Restrict or confine,
  3. Prevent from leaving or from being removed
  4. Close in; darkness enclosed him"
  5. Deprive of freedom; take into confinement
  6. To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "confining".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 confining 3 3

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "confining".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 concerning 3 62
2 containing 3 45
3 extending 3 29
4 expanding 3 28
5 expressing 3 24
6 expecting 3 18
7 excluding 3 16
8 competing 3 15
9 collecting 3 13
10 explaining 3 13
11 commanding 3 11
12 combining 3 10
13 counseling 3 10
14 comparing 3 9
15 comforting 3 8
16 commencing 3 8
17 compelling 3 8
18 exploding 3 7
19 connecting 3 6
20 crippling 3 6
21 exercising 4 6
22 commenting 3 5
23 commuting 3 5
24 consuming 3 5
25 exploring 3 5
26 quarreling 3 5
27 campaigning 3 4
28 compiling 3 4
29 condemning 3 4
30 exclaiming 3 4
31 cascading 3 3
32 collapsing 3 3
33 complying 3 3
34 composing 3 3
35 conceding 3 3
36 confessing 3 3
37 exchanging 3 3
38 scaffolding 3 3
39 carpeting 3 2
40 cavorting 3 2
41 clustering 3 2
42 commending 3 2
43 conceiving 3 2
44 confiding 3 2
45 confirming 3 2
46 conserving 3 2
47 convening 3 2
48 converting 3 2
49 quickening 3 2
50 acknowledging 4 1
51 activating 4 1
52 canceling 3 1
53 cancelling 3 1
54 canvassing 3 1
55 carloading 3 1
56 christening 3 1
57 combating 3 1
58 concealing 3 1
59 consoling 3 1
60 conversing 3 1
61 crusading 3 1
62 equalizing 4 1
63 exploiting 3 1
64 exporting 3 1
65 expounding 3 1
66 extruding 3 1
67 kidnapping 3 1
68 scavenging 3 1
69 squabbling 3 1
70 accrediting 4 0
71 auctioneering 4 0
72 captaining 3 0
73 captioning 3 0
74 caregiving 3 0
75 carjacking 3 0
76 cartooning 3 0
77 cauterizing 4 0
78 coalescing 4 0
79 coarsening 3 0
80 codifying 4 0
81 colorizing 4 0
82 combatting 3 0
83 communing 3 0
84 condoning 3 0
85 converging 3 0
86 corpening 3 0
87 cradling 3 0
88 crediting 3 0
89 creveling 3 0
90 critiquing 3 0
91 excusing 3 0
92 expending 3 0
93 expensing 3 0
94 extorting 3 0
95 kesselring 3 0
96 kidnaping 3 0
97 kimberling 3 0
98 oxidizing 4 0
99 quibbling 3 0
100 scapegoating 3 0
101 scorekeeping 3 0
102 scribbling 3 0
103 sculpturing 3 0
104 squandering 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 continuing 4 61
2 containing 3 45
3 convincing 3 11
4 confronting 3 10
5 combining 3 10
6 conflicting 3 8
7 confiding 3 2
8 confirming 3 2
9 convening 3 2
10 confusing 3 2
11 unconvincing 4 2
12 convincingly 4 2
13 conning 2 1
14 confounding 3 1
15 constraining 3 1
16 coining 2 0
17 fining 2 0
18 configuring 4 0
19 conniving 3 0
20 condoning 3 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

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Statistically Associated

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

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Consonant Match

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

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Results:

Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 104

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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