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Term: striking

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

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striking

Definitions

Noun

  1. The physical coming together of two or more things
  2. The act of contacting one thing with another

Verb

  1. Deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
  2. Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
  3. Hit against; come into sudden contact with
  4. Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
  5. Indicate (a certain time) by striking
  6. Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
  7. Stop work in order to press demands
  8. Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
  9. Attain
  10. Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically
  11. Cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
  12. Find unexpectedly
  13. Produce by ignition or a blow
  14. Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
  15. Cause to experience suddenly
  16. Drive something violently into a location
  17. Occupy or take on
  18. Form by stamping, punching, or printing
  19. Smooth with a strickle
  20. Pierce with force
  21. Arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "striking".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 striking 2 39
2 strikingly 3 8

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "striking".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 standing 2 101
2 starting 2 68
3 spending 2 41
4 studying 3 40
5 surrounding 3 27
6 sampling 2 22
7 screaming 2 17
8 stretching 2 17
9 spreading 2 16
10 surviving 3 14
11 supplying 3 13
12 scratching 2 12
13 settling 3 11
14 sporting 2 9
15 scraping 2 7
16 screeching 2 7
17 squatting 2 7
18 straining 2 7
19 streaming 2 7
20 softening 3 6
21 sprouting 2 6
22 starving 2 6
23 astounding 3 5
24 centering 3 5
25 isolating 4 5
26 screening 2 5
27 sprawling 2 5
28 stamping 2 5
29 stressing 2 5
30 servicing 3 4
31 slanting 2 4
32 squeezing 2 4
33 striving 2 4
34 strolling 2 4
35 scrubbing 2 3
36 snarling 2 3
37 splashing 2 3
38 splitting 2 3
39 strapping 2 3
40 swallowing 3 3
41 swarming 2 3
42 circling 3 2
43 escorting 3 2
44 scolding 2 2
45 seasoning 3 2
46 seceding 3 2
47 sickening 3 2
48 sizzling 3 2
49 springing 2 2
50 stifling 2 2
51 stinking 2 2
52 stroking 2 2
53 supposing 3 2
54 oscillating 4 1
55 scalding 2 1
56 scattering 3 1
57 sightseeing 3 1
58 slaughtering 3 1
59 smothering 3 1
60 smuggling 2 1
61 soldiering 3 1
62 spalding 2 1
63 sparling 2 1
64 splicing 2 1
65 squashing 2 1
66 squeaking 2 1
67 squealing 2 1
68 squirting 2 1
69 stomping 2 1
70 storming 2 1
71 strafing 2 1
72 striding 2 1
73 stringing 2 1
74 strumming 2 1
75 strutting 2 1
76 stumping 2 1
77 subduing 3 1
78 succumbing 3 1
79 swaggering 3 1
80 swamping 2 1
81 ascertaining 4 0
82 censoring 3 0
83 cycling 3 0
84 iceskating 3 0
85 saddening 3 0
86 saddling 3 0
87 saluting 3 0
88 savaging 3 0
89 scalping 2 0
90 scorching 2 0
91 scrapping 2 0
92 sedating 3 0
93 seducing 3 0
94 seiberling 3 0
95 sidling 3 0
96 siphoning 3 0
97 siverling 3 0
98 skimping 2 0
99 skulking 2 0
100 slathering 3 0
101 slithering 3 0
102 slobbering 3 0
103 slumping 2 0
104 smarting 2 0
105 smattering 3 0
106 smelting 2 0
107 snickering 3 0
108 sniffling 2 0
109 snorting 2 0
110 sojourning 3 0
111 spanking 2 0
112 sparking 2 0
113 spattering 3 0
114 spaulding 2 0
115 splurging 2 0
116 spraining 2 0
117 sprucing 2 0
118 sputtering 3 0
119 squaring 2 0
120 squawking 2 0
121 squirming 2 0
122 stanching 2 0
123 starling 2 0
124 stoelting 2 0
125 storting 2 0
126 streaking 2 0
127 stripping 2 0
128 struebing 2 0
129 stuttering 3 0
130 summoning 3 0
131 surfacing 3 0
132 surpassing 3 0
133 surveilling 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 string 1 19
2 strikingly 3 8
3 sticking 2 8
4 straining 2 7
5 striving 2 4
6 strivings 2 3
7 shrinking 2 3
8 stroking 2 2
9 stinking 2 2
10 trickling 2 2
11 striding 2 1
12 stringing 2 1
13 shrieking 2 1
14 strickling 2 0
15 tricking 2 0
16 stripping 2 0
17 stripling 2 0
18 stricklin 2 0
19 stribling 4 0
20 streaking 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 stroking 2 2

Results:

Term

Definitions: 23

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 133

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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Mar 17, 2026 Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB
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