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Term: linger

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

  1. Term
  2. linger

linger

Definitions

Verb

  1. Remain present although waning or gradually dying
  2. Be about
  3. Leave slowly and hesitantly
  4. Take one's time; proceed slowly
  5. Move to and fro
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "linger".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 linger 2 7
2 lingering 3 5
3 salinger 3 4
4 schillinger 3 4
5 lingered 2 2
6 lingerie 3 2
7 lingers 2 2
8 dillinger 3 1
9 gunslinger 3 1
10 allinger 3 0
11 ballinger 3 0
12 bellinger 3 0
13 berlinger 3 0
14 billinger 3 0
15 bohlinger 3 0
16 bolinger 3 0
17 bollinger 3 0
18 brendlinger 4 0
19 brentlinger 4 0
20 bullinger 3 0
21 caplinger 3 0
22 clinger 2 0
23 clinger's 2 0
24 clingerman 3 0
25 dellinger 3 0
26 denlinger 4 0
27 derflinger 4 0
28 doerflinger 4 0
29 dolinger 3 0
30 dollinger 3 0
31 dondlinger 4 0
32 drollinger 3 0
33 durflinger 4 0
34 ehlinger 3 0
35 ellinger 3 0
36 eslinger 4 0
37 esslinger 3 0
38 ettlinger 3 0
39 fellinger 3 0
40 fillinger 3 0
41 gallinger 3 0
42 garlinger 3 0
43 gunslingers 3 0
44 hellinger 3 0
45 herrlinger 3 0
46 herzlinger 3 0
47 hollinger 3 0
48 hullinger 3 0
49 keplinger 4 0
50 kightlinger 4 0
51 killinger 3 0
52 kiplinger 4 0
53 kiplinger's 3 0
54 klinger 2 0
55 klinger's 2 0
56 klingerman 3 0
57 lingerfelt 3 0
58 mallinger 3 0
59 mellinger 3 0
60 neidlinger 4 0
61 oblinger 4 0
62 ohlinger 3 0
63 olinger 3 0
64 ollinger 3 0
65 ollinger's 3 0
66 oplinger 4 0
67 pollinger 3 0
68 redlinger 4 0
69 remlinger 4 0
70 riedlinger 4 0
71 ripplinger 4 0
72 rollinger 3 0
73 ruedlinger 3 0
74 salinger's 3 0
75 salingers 3 0
76 schellinger 3 0
77 seelinger 3 0
78 selinger 3 0
79 sellinger 3 0
80 shillinger 3 0
81 sindlinger 3 0
82 slinger 2 0
83 slingerland 3 0
84 solinger 3 0
85 sollinger 3 0
86 stillinger 3 0
87 sullinger 3 0
88 swillinger 3 0
89 taflinger 4 0
90 trolinger 3 0
91 trollinger 3 0
92 trullinger 3 0
93 uplinger 4 0
94 willinger 3 0
95 zeilinger 3 0
96 zollinger 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "linger".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 longer 2 193

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 liner 2 4
2 salinger 3 4
3 lingers 2 2
4 lingerie 3 2
5 lingered 2 2
6 slinger 2 0
7 olinger 3 0
8 lingner 2 0
9 klinger 2 0
10 clinger 2 0
11 inger 2 0
12 uplinger 4 0
13 solinger 3 0
14 selinger 3 0
15 oplinger 4 0
16 ollinger 3 0
17 ohlinger 3 0
18 oblinger 4 0
19 lovinger 3 0
20 lininger 3 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 longer 2 193
2 langer 2 3
3 lenger 2 0
4 lunger 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 5

Fragments: 96

Sound Alikes: 1

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 4

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

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