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Term: offending

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

  1. Term
  2. offending

offending

Definitions

Adjective

  1. Offending against or breaking a law or rule

Verb

  1. Cause to feel resentment or indignation
  2. Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
  3. Strike with disgust or revulsion
  4. Hurt the feelings of
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "offending".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 offending 3 1

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "offending".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 according 3 140
2 concerning 3 62
3 containing 3 45
4 regarding 3 40
5 financing 3 34
6 recording 3 31
7 approaching 3 27
8 supporting 3 27
9 attending 3 23
10 competing 3 15
11 selecting 3 15
12 amusing 3 14
13 collecting 3 13
14 observing 3 13
15 suggesting 3 13
16 accounting 3 12
17 acquiring 3 11
18 adjusting 3 11
19 adopting 3 11
20 commanding 3 11
21 combining 3 10
22 refusing 3 10
23 comparing 3 9
24 obtaining 3 9
25 accusing 3 8
26 commencing 3 8
27 compelling 3 8
28 announcing 3 7
29 assisting 3 7
30 unwilling 3 7
31 connecting 3 6
32 submitting 3 6
33 succeeding 3 6
34 affecting 3 5
35 commuting 3 5
36 consuming 3 5
37 unloading 3 5
38 ascending 3 4
39 compiling 3 4
40 condemning 3 4
41 maneuvering 4 4
42 recovering 4 4
43 recruiting 3 4
44 adapting 3 3
45 awarding 3 3
46 collapsing 3 3
47 complying 3 3
48 composing 3 3
49 conceding 3 3
50 confessing 3 3
51 confining 3 3
52 decanting 3 3
53 patrolling 3 3
54 unending 3 3
55 affording 3 2
56 applauding 3 2
57 avenging 3 2
58 cavorting 3 2
59 commending 3 2
60 conceiving 3 2
61 confiding 3 2
62 confirming 3 2
63 conserving 3 2
64 convening 3 2
65 converting 3 2
66 sustaining 3 2
67 unfailing 3 2
68 abounding 3 1
69 accosting 3 1
70 alarming 3 1
71 amending 3 1
72 amounting 3 1
73 appointing 3 1
74 appraising 3 1
75 approving 3 1
76 aspiring 3 1
77 assaulting 3 1
78 attesting 3 1
79 combating 3 1
80 concealing 3 1
81 consoling 3 1
82 conversing 3 1
83 molesting 3 1
84 subverting 3 1
85 unceasing 3 1
86 unleashing 3 1
87 unlocking 3 1
88 unpacking 3 1
89 unwitting 3 1
90 uprising 3 1
91 upsetting 3 1
92 aborting 3 0
93 abridging 3 0
94 abusing 3 0
95 acclaiming 3 0
96 acquitting 3 0
97 addicting 3 0
98 adhering 3 0
99 adorning 3 0
100 affixing 3 0
101 annexing 3 0
102 combatting 3 0
103 communing 3 0
104 condoning 3 0
105 converging 3 0
106 deciphering 4 0
107 lamenting 3 0
108 obliging 3 0
109 obsessing 3 0
110 oppressing 3 0
111 recanting 3 0
112 subleasing 3 0
113 subpoenaing 4 0
114 subsiding 3 0
115 suffusing 3 0
116 suppressing 3 0
117 uncaring 3 0
118 undocking 3 0
119 unfeeling 3 0
120 unfurling 3 0
121 unseating 3 0
122 unveiling 3 0
123 unwrapping 3 0
124 updating 3 0
125 uprooting 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 opening 3 83
2 sending 2 34
3 ending 2 31
4 offering 3 28
5 pending 2 14
6 defending 3 13
7 lending 2 7
8 softening 3 6
9 vending 2 6
10 offend 2 4
11 tending 2 4
12 offerings 3 3
13 mending 2 3
14 offing 2 1
15 funding 2 1
16 fending 2 0
17 wending 2 0
18 rending 2 0
19 offends 2 0
20 moening 3 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

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Statistically Associated

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

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Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 5

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 125

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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📰 This Word in the News:

Editorial: Advances in the neurobiology and neuropsychology of offending behaviour
Jan 12, 2026 Frontiers
In ‘political correctness’ debate, most Americans think too many people are easily offended
Jul 20, 2016 Pew Research Center
FBI Arrests 205 Alleged Child Sex Abuse Offenders in Five Day Nationwide Crackdown
May 7, 2025 fbi.gov
Criminal Behaviour Order issued for woman's prolific offending in the Spalding area
May 6, 2026 Lincolnshire Police
Former St Bede's College priest Rowan Donoghue jailed for sexual abuse of boys
May 13, 2026 RNZ
The hidden cost of prolific offending
Oct 21, 2025 Russell Webster
Empirically-Based Dynamic Risk and Protective Factors for Sexual Offending
Mar 22, 2026 Psychiatry Online

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