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Term: paying

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

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  2. paying

paying

Definitions

Verb

  1. Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
  2. Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
  3. Cancel or discharge a debt
  4. Bring in
  5. Do or give something to somebody in return
  6. Dedicate
  7. Be worth it
  8. Render
  9. Bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
  10. Make a compensation for
  11. Discharge or settle
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "paying".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 paying 2 26
2 taxpaying 3 1
3 non-paying 3 0
4 nonpaying 3 0
5 overpaying 4 0
6 prepaying 3 0
7 repaying 3 0
8 underpaying 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "paying".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 purring 2 3
2 spying 2 2
3 pawing 2 1
4 spurring 2 1
5 epling 2 0
6 epting 2 0
7 opting 2 0
8 peeing 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 saying 2 113
2 playing 2 101
3 laying 2 12
4 spraying 2 8
5 pacing 2 7
6 praying 2 3
7 spying 2 2
8 paving 2 2
9 prying 2 1
10 pawing 2 1
11 paging 2 1
12 haying 2 1
13 baying 2 1
14 repaying 3 0
15 partying 3 0
16 plying 2 0
17 payin' 2 0
18 pasing 2 0
19 paring 2 0
20 ayling 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 paying the 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 without 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 pacing 2 7
2 piling 2 6
3 piping 2 5
4 poking 2 5
5 posing 2 3
6 paving 2 2
7 poling 2 2
8 paging 2 1
9 pawing 2 1
10 peking 2 1
11 poring 2 1
12 prying 2 1
13 paring 2 0
14 pasing 2 0
15 peeing 2 0
16 penang 2 0
17 phuong 2 0
18 pining 2 0
19 plying 2 0
20 pohang 2 0
21 pudong 2 0
22 puking 2 0
23 puming 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 11

Fragments: 8

Sound Alikes: 8

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 23

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

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