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Term: grating

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

  1. Term
  2. grating

grating

Definitions

Noun

  1. A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
  2. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire
  3. Optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum

Verb

  1. Furnish with a grate
  2. Gnaw into; make resentful or angry
  3. Reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
  4. Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
  5. Scratch repeatedly
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "grating".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 integrating 4 2
2 disintegrating 5 1
3 emigrating 4 1
4 grating 2 1
5 migrating 3 1
6 denigrating 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "grating".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 gathering 3 28
2 guarding 2 9
3 glaring 2 7
4 goulding 2 7
5 grinning 2 7
6 gleaming 2 6
7 gripping 2 6
8 gasping 2 5
9 grabbing 2 5
10 greeting 2 5
11 groping 2 5
12 grouping 2 4
13 ignoring 3 4
14 glowering 3 3
15 grazing 2 3
16 grieving 2 3
17 exerting 3 2
18 glazing 2 2
19 greening 2 2
20 golfing 2 1
21 grading 2 1
22 groaning 2 1
23 grooming 2 1
24 growling 2 1
25 exiting 3 0
26 exuding 3 0
27 garling 2 0
28 gatling 2 0
29 gaulding 2 0
30 gerding 2 0
31 gifting 2 0
32 gilding 2 0
33 gladding 2 0
34 gliding 2 0
35 gloaming 2 0
36 gloating 2 0
37 golding 2 0
38 goodling 2 0
39 googling 2 0
40 gracing 2 0
41 grayling 2 0
42 greasing 2 0
43 griffing 2 0
44 grilling 2 0
45 griping 2 0
46 gritting 2 0
47 grossing 2 0
48 grousing 2 0
49 grouting 2 0
50 grudging 2 0
51 grussing 2 0
52 gulping 2 0
53 gusting 2 0
54 guttering 3 0
55 igniting 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 grain 1 27
2 rating 2 10
3 ratings 2 9
4 granting 2 8
5 graduating 4 7
6 graying 2 4
7 grazing 2 3
8 gratifying 4 3
9 migrating 3 1
10 grading 2 1
11 gyrating 3 0
12 grafting 2 0
13 gating 2 0
14 ranting 2 0
15 rafting 2 0
16 gracing 2 0
17 gatting 2 0
18 gatling 2 0
19 crating 2 0
20 gring 1 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

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Statistically Associated

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

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Consonant Match

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

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Results:

Term

Definitions: 8

Fragments: 6

Sound Alikes: 55

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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Man falls through sidewalk grate in Boston
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