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Term: failing

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

  1. Term
  2. failing

failing

Definitions

Noun

  1. A flaw or weak point
  2. Failure to reach a minimum required performance

Verb

  1. Fail to do something; leave something undone
  2. Be unsuccessful
  3. Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
  4. Stop operating or functioning
  5. Be unable
  6. Judge unacceptable
  7. Fail to get a passing grade
  8. Fall short in what is expected
  9. Become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
  10. Prove insufficient
  11. Get worse
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "failing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 failing 2 17
2 unfailing 3 2
3 unfailingly 4 2
4 failings 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "failing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 feeling 2 172
2 fighting 2 72
3 flying 2 43
4 filling 2 36
5 facing 2 34
6 falling 2 33
7 fishing 2 32
8 feeding 2 26
9 firing 2 24
10 filing 2 19
11 fitting 2 17
12 flowing 2 17
13 fleeing 2 10
14 foaming 2 6
15 fading 2 5
16 fanning 2 5
17 fearing 2 5
18 fetching 2 3
19 fooling 2 3
20 footing 2 3
21 fouling 2 3
22 freeing 2 3
23 affirming 3 2
24 felling 2 2
25 fussing 2 2
26 fawning 2 1
27 feigning 2 1
28 affining 3 0
29 effacing 3 0
30 faking 2 0
31 fasching 2 0
32 fehling 2 0
33 fehring 2 0
34 fetting 2 0
35 fining 2 0
36 finning 2 0
37 firming 2 0
38 foaling 2 0
39 foiling 2 0
40 fraying 2 0
41 frying 2 0
42 fucking 2 0
43 fudging 2 0
44 pfenning 2 0
45 phasing 2 0
46 phishing 2 0
47 phoning 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 filling 2 36
2 falling 2 33
3 sailing 2 20
4 filing 2 19
5 mailing 2 8
6 wailing 2 5
7 flailing 2 3
8 railing 2 3
9 ailing 2 2
10 unfailing 3 2
11 nailing 2 1
12 filming 2 1
13 failings 2 0
14 tailing 2 0
15 jailing 2 0
16 hailing 2 0
17 foiling 2 0
18 foaling 2 0
19 filings 2 0
20 farling 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 locate 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 feeling 2 172
2 filling 2 36
3 falling 2 33
4 fooling 2 3
5 fouling 2 3
6 felling 2 2
7 farling 2 0
8 fehling 2 0
9 foaling 2 0
10 foiling 2 0
11 fryling 2 0
12 fueling 2 0
13 furlong 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 13

Fragments: 4

Sound Alikes: 47

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 13

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

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