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Term: lagging

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

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lagging

Definitions

Noun

  1. Used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat

Verb

  1. Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
  2. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  3. Throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
  4. Cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "lagging".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 unflagging 3 1
2 flagging 2 0
3 lagging 2 0
4 reflagging 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "lagging".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 living 2 194
2 looking 2 173
3 planning 2 129
4 leaving 2 88
5 leading 2 68
6 learning 2 60
7 sleeping 2 39
8 cleaning 2 37
9 lacking 2 32
10 letting 2 31
11 locking 2 31
12 closing 2 28
13 laughing 2 28
14 losing 2 28
15 placing 2 27
16 lighting 2 23
17 clothing 2 20
18 bleeding 2 16
19 claiming 2 16
20 clearing 2 16
21 leaning 2 15
22 loving 2 15
23 floating 2 12
24 pleading 2 12
25 climbing 2 11
26 liking 2 11
27 loading 2 11
28 sliding 2 11
29 blessing 2 10
30 blooming 2 10
31 longing 2 10
32 looming 2 10
33 pleasing 2 10
34 plumbing 2 9
35 clutching 2 8
36 clinging 2 7
37 fleeting 2 7
38 flooring 2 7
39 glaring 2 7
40 slipping 2 7
41 sloping 2 7
42 blazing 2 6
43 clapping 2 6
44 flaming 2 6
45 flashing 2 6
46 flowering 3 6
47 gleaming 2 6
48 slapping 2 6
49 lodging 2 5
50 logging 2 5
51 lowering 3 5
52 slashing 2 5
53 alerting 3 4
54 altering 3 4
55 blushing 2 4
56 flapping 2 4
57 flushing 2 4
58 plodding 2 4
59 slamming 2 4
60 alleging 3 3
61 blocking 2 3
62 flailing 2 3
63 flaring 2 3
64 glowering 3 3
65 leasing 2 3
66 looting 2 3
67 lurking 2 3
68 slugging 2 3
69 blaming 2 2
70 bleaching 2 2
71 blotting 2 2
72 clogging 2 2
73 eluding 3 2
74 fleming 2 2
75 flipping 2 2
76 flooding 2 2
77 glazing 2 2
78 lapping 2 2
79 lashing 2 2
80 layering 3 2
81 leaping 2 2
82 lessing 2 2
83 lining 2 2
84 loathing 2 2
85 lurching 2 2
86 plotting 2 2
87 sledding 2 2
88 aligning 3 1
89 allotting 3 1
90 alluding 3 1
91 alluring 3 1
92 blaring 2 1
93 bluffing 2 1
94 clicking 2 1
95 clocking 2 1
96 clowning 2 1
97 clucking 2 1
98 elbowing 3 1
99 flicking 2 1
100 flitting 2 1
101 flocking 2 1
102 flouting 2 1
103 licking 2 1
104 lolling 2 1
105 luring 2 1
106 plucking 2 1
107 plugging 2 1
108 sleuthing 2 1
109 slinging 2 1
110 sluicing 2 1
111 blading 2 0
112 blaesing 2 0
113 blasing 2 0
114 bleeping 2 0
115 bloating 2 0
116 blogging 2 0
117 clanging 2 0
118 clashing 2 0
119 classing 2 0
120 clausing 2 0
121 clipping 2 0
122 cloaking 2 0
123 cloning 2 0
124 clotting 2 0
125 clouding 2 0
126 clubbing 2 0
127 elating 3 0
128 flagging 2 0
129 flaking 2 0
130 fledging 2 0
131 fleecing 2 0
132 flemming 2 0
133 flinging 2 0
134 flirting 2 0
135 flogging 2 0
136 flopping 2 0
137 gladding 2 0
138 gliding 2 0
139 gloaming 2 0
140 gloating 2 0
141 klausing 2 0
142 lading 2 0
143 lambing 2 0
144 laning 2 0
145 lanning 2 0
146 latching 2 0
147 lauding 2 0
148 leaching 2 0
149 leafing 2 0
150 leaking 2 0
151 leaming 2 0
152 leeming 2 0
153 legging 2 0
154 leising 2 0
155 leming 2 0
156 lemming 2 0
157 lenning 2 0
158 libbing 2 0
159 liming 2 0
160 loaning 2 0
161 lobbing 2 0
162 looping 2 0
163 loosing 2 0
164 lopping 2 0
165 loring 2 0
166 lossing 2 0
167 lucking 2 0
168 luehring 2 0
169 lugging 2 0
170 luhring 2 0
171 lulling 2 0
172 plaguing 2 0
173 plaiting 2 0
174 plating 2 0
175 pledging 2 0
176 slating 2 0
177 slicing 2 0
178 slighting 2 0
179 slimming 2 0
180 slitting 2 0
181 slogging 2 0
182 sloshing 2 0
183 slotting 2 0
184 slouching 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 nagging 2 9
2 logging 2 5
3 sagging 2 4
4 aging 2 4
5 slugging 2 3
6 wagging 2 2
7 tagging 2 1
8 unflagging 3 1
9 waggling 3 1
10 plugging 2 1
11 leggings 2 1
12 flagging 2 0
13 lugging 2 0
14 legging 2 0
15 bagging 2 0
16 laing 2 0
17 reflagging 3 0
18 snagging 2 0
19 slogging 2 0
20 plaguing 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 logging 2 5
2 legging 2 0
3 lugging 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 5

Fragments: 4

Sound Alikes: 184

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 3

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

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