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Term: pining

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

  1. Term
  2. pining

pining

Definitions

Noun

  1. A feeling of deep longing

Verb

  1. Have a desire for something or someone who is not present
  2. To hold fast or prevent from moving
  3. Attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins; .
  4. Pierce with a pin
  5. Immobilize a piece
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "pining".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 opining 3 0
2 pining 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "pining".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 playing 2 101
2 opening 3 83
3 passing 2 65
4 speaking 2 62
5 putting 2 54
6 applying 3 29
7 pulling 2 25
8 packing 2 17
9 pushing 2 17
10 appearing 3 16
11 pitching 2 16
12 appealing 3 14
13 picking 2 14
14 opposing 3 13
15 plowing 2 11
16 spinning 2 11
17 appalling 3 9
18 peering 2 9
19 pouring 2 9
20 spraying 2 8
21 pacing 2 7
22 pauling 2 7
23 pausing 2 6
24 peeling 2 6
25 piling 2 6
26 popping 2 6
27 spacing 2 6
28 piping 2 5
29 poking 2 5
30 spitting 2 5
31 patting 2 4
32 speeding 2 4
33 spelling 2 4
34 padding 2 3
35 polling 2 3
36 posing 2 3
37 praying 2 3
38 sparring 2 3
39 spilling 2 3
40 paving 2 2
41 peeping 2 2
42 petting 2 2
43 poling 2 2
44 pooling 2 2
45 puffing 2 2
46 purging 2 2
47 spotting 2 2
48 appeasing 3 1
49 paging 2 1
50 peeking 2 1
51 pegging 2 1
52 pershing 2 1
53 pinging 2 1
54 pinning 2 1
55 poring 2 1
56 preying 2 1
57 prying 2 1
58 spanning 2 1
59 sparing 2 1
60 spewing 2 1
61 spoiling 2 1
62 spouting 2 1
63 appling 3 0
64 opining 3 0
65 pairing 2 0
66 panning 2 0
67 paring 2 0
68 pasing 2 0
69 patching 2 0
70 pawling 2 0
71 peaking 2 0
72 pearling 2 0
73 pecking 2 0
74 penning 2 0
75 perking 2 0
76 persing 2 0
77 piecing 2 0
78 pilling 2 0
79 pitting 2 0
80 plying 2 0
81 poaching 2 0
82 pouting 2 0
83 powering 3 0
84 pudding 2 0
85 puming 2 0
86 spawning 2 0
87 spearing 2 0
88 sperling 2 0
89 spicing 2 0
90 spiering 3 0
91 spiffing 2 0
92 spiking 2 0
93 spoofing 2 0
94 spurling 2 0
95 spurning 2 0
96 spurting 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 painting 2 59
2 dining 2 28
3 pointing 2 26
4 printing 2 18
5 mining 2 12
6 inning 2 12
7 spinning 2 11
8 piling 2 6
9 pinching 2 2
10 lining 2 2
11 pinning 2 1
12 pinging 2 1
13 plinking 2 1
14 opining 3 0
15 pindling 2 0
16 wining 2 0
17 vining 2 0
18 pinion 2 0
19 fining 2 0
20 sprinting 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 penang 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 96

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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