fumbling
Definitions
Verb
- Feel about uncertainly or blindly
- Make one's way clumsily or blindly
- Handle clumsily
- Make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- Drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "fumbling".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | financing | 3 | 34 |
| 2 | frightening | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | foreboding | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | fulfilling | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | flattening | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | floundering | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | frolicking | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | fermenting | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | forwarding | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | officiating | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | affiliating | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | filmmaking | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | findling | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | firebombing | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | firefighting | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | flustering | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | fomenting | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | fondling | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | footnoting | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | foretelling | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | forfeiting | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | forsaking | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | fracturing | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | freewheeling | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | freshening | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "fumbling".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stumbling | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | tumbling | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | fouling | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | rumbling | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | crumbling | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | numbing | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | fling | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | mumbling | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | fuming | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | grumbling | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | ambling | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | thumbing | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | humbling | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | bumbling | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | rumblings | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | tumblin | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | fueling | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | dumbing | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | rumbling's | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | grumblings | 3 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "fumbling" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "fumbling" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "fumbling" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "fumbling".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 25
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.
This Word in the News:
How the Pentagon Is Fumbling the Nuclear Energy Renaissance
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Mar 12, 2026 The Daily Beast
Mar 12, 2026 The Daily Beast