heartening
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Verb
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "heartening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heartening | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | disheartening | 4 | 1 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "heartening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | housekeeping | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | homecoming | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | horrifying | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | hemorrhaging | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | harnessing | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | headlining | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | hardening | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | harmening | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | helbling | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | heralding | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | hitchhiking | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | hobnobbing | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | homemaking | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | houseraising | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | housewarming | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | humbling | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | wholesaling | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "heartening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hearing | 2 | 76 |
| 2 | threatening | 3 | 26 |
| 3 | heating | 2 | 24 |
| 4 | earning | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | yearning | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | shearing | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | shortening | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | sharpening | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | hastening | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | heartbreaking | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | disheartening | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | threateningly | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | harmening | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | hardening | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | herting | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | hearten | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | harting | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | smartening | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | cheapening | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | chartering | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "heartening" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "heartening" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "heartening" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "heartening".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 1
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 17
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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