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Term: itching

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

  1. Term
  2. itching

itching

Definitions

Noun

  1. An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

Verb

  1. Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
  2. Have or perceive an itch
  3. Cause to perceive an itch
  4. Have a strong desire or urge to do something
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "itching".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 pitching 2 16
2 switching 2 7
3 itching 2 4
4 hitching 2 3
5 twitching 2 2
6 bitching 2 0
7 ditching 2 0
8 hitchings 2 0
9 kitching 2 0
10 kitchings 2 0
11 snitching 2 0
12 stitching 2 0
13 witching 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "itching".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 living 2 194
2 giving 2 96
3 sitting 2 96
4 willing 2 69
5 singing 2 47
6 filling 2 36
7 missing 2 33
8 fishing 2 32
9 winning 2 31
10 killing 2 23
11 shipping 2 19
12 milling 2 18
13 fitting 2 17
14 hitting 2 17
15 pitching 2 16
16 picking 2 14
17 inning 2 12
18 kicking 2 12
19 nearing 2 12
20 ringing 2 10
21 sipping 2 8
22 bidding 2 7
23 digging 2 7
24 kidding 2 7
25 shearing 2 7
26 whipping 2 7
27 chipping 2 6
28 kissing 2 6
29 chilling 2 5
30 fearing 2 5
31 ginning 2 5
32 wishing 2 5
33 billing 2 4
34 hissing 2 4
35 hitching 2 3
36 ripping 2 3
37 rearing 2 2
38 ridding 2 2
39 rigging 2 2
40 searing 2 2
41 thinning 2 2
42 veering 2 2
43 cheering 2 1
44 dipping 2 1
45 gearing 2 1
46 knitting 2 1
47 licking 2 1
48 pinging 2 1
49 pinning 2 1
50 ribbing 2 1
51 schilling 2 1
52 sinning 2 1
53 ticking 2 1
54 tilling 2 1
55 tipping 2 1
56 whizzing 2 1
57 winging 2 1
58 bicking 2 0
59 binning 2 0
60 bitching 2 0
61 bitting 2 0
62 dearing 2 0
63 deering 2 0
64 dering 2 0
65 dilling 2 0
66 dimming 2 0
67 dinning 2 0
68 dishing 2 0
69 dissing 2 0
70 ditching 2 0
71 earring 2 0
72 finning 2 0
73 gering 2 0
74 gigging 2 0
75 hibbing 2 0
76 hilling 2 0
77 issing 2 0
78 kitching 2 0
79 libbing 2 0
80 nipping 2 0
81 phishing 2 0
82 pilling 2 0
83 pitting 2 0
84 riffing 2 0
85 rilling 2 0
86 schimming 2 0
87 shilling 2 0
88 shitting 2 0
89 sieving 2 0
90 whitting 2 0
91 wissing 2 0
92 witching 2 0
93 witting 2 0
94 wringing 2 0
95 zipping 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 thing 1 333
2 pitching 2 16
3 switching 2 7
4 writhing 2 6
5 ching 1 5
6 hitching 2 3
7 twitching 2 2
8 kitchin 2 1
9 icing 2 1
10 witching 2 0
11 kitching 2 0
12 ditching 2 0
13 bitching 2 0
14 stitching 2 0
15 snitching 2 0
16 kitchings 2 0
17 hitchings 2 0
18 tithing 2 0
19 inching 2 0
20 etching 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 etching 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 5

Fragments: 13

Sound Alikes: 95

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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This Word in the News:

Feeling Itchy? It May Be Your Ozempic
Mar 6, 2026 Vogue
Itching mice help manage skin conditions
Mar 2, 2026 European Animal Research Association
12 Reasons Your Skin Is So Itchy–and When To Talk to a Doctor
Dec 9, 2025 Health: Trusted and Empathetic Health and Wellness Information
Column | The science-backed trick that soothes an itch better than scratching
Sep 29, 2025 The Washington Post
The Redness and Itching Wouldn’t Stop. Then Things Got Dangerous.
Sep 5, 2025 The New York Times
This itch-triggering protein also sends signals to stop scratching
Feb 21, 2026 Science News
Triazole 187 is a biased KOR agonist that suppresses itch without sedation and induces anxiolytic-like behaviors in mice
Mar 9, 2026 Nature

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