staying
Definitions
Verb
- Stay the same; remain in a certain state
- Stay put (in a certain place)
- Dwell
- Continue in a place, position, or situation
- Remain behind
- Stop or halt
- Stay behind
- Hang on during a trial of endurance
- Stop a judicial process
- Fasten with stays
- Overcome or allay
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Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "staying".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sitting | 2 | 96 |
| 2 | setting | 2 | 60 |
| 3 | singing | 2 | 47 |
| 4 | seeking | 2 | 44 |
| 5 | serving | 2 | 38 |
| 6 | ceiling | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | selling | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | searching | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | saving | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | sailing | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | assuming | 3 | 17 |
| 12 | stirring | 2 | 16 |
| 13 | seeming | 2 | 14 |
| 14 | assessing | 3 | 10 |
| 15 | assigning | 3 | 9 |
| 16 | soaking | 2 | 9 |
| 17 | sipping | 2 | 8 |
| 18 | sucking | 2 | 8 |
| 19 | signing | 2 | 7 |
| 20 | skiing | 2 | 7 |
| 21 | slowing | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | seating | 2 | 5 |
| 23 | siding | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | soaring | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | asserting | 3 | 4 |
| 26 | sagging | 2 | 4 |
| 27 | sealing | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | snowing | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | soothing | 2 | 4 |
| 30 | citing | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | sighting | 2 | 3 |
| 32 | slaying | 2 | 3 |
| 33 | swaying | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | ceasing | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | searing | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | seeping | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | spying | 2 | 2 |
| 38 | surging | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | assailing | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | sacking | 2 | 1 |
| 41 | sapping | 2 | 1 |
| 42 | seizing | 2 | 1 |
| 43 | sinning | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | sobbing | 2 | 1 |
| 45 | sopping | 2 | 1 |
| 46 | spurring | 2 | 1 |
| 47 | subbing | 2 | 1 |
| 48 | summing | 2 | 1 |
| 49 | sunning | 2 | 1 |
| 50 | ceding | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | ostling | 3 | 0 |
| 52 | safing | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | saling | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | salling | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | seeding | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | seeling | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | seething | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | serling | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | sieling | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | sieving | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | siting | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | sizing | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | slurring | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | socking | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | souring | 3 | 0 |
| 66 | stewing | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | suiting | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | surfing | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | syring | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "staying".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | saying | 2 | 113 |
| 2 | studying | 3 | 40 |
| 3 | staring | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | stating | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | stain | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | tying | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | sting | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | steaming | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | swaying | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | staging | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | slaying | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | styling | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | sayings | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | strafing | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | straying | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | staving | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | staking | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | taing | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | stang | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | tallying | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "staying" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | staying in | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "staying" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "staying" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 11
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 69
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 11
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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