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Term: whistling

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

  1. Term
  2. whistling

whistling

Definitions

Noun

  1. The sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
  2. The act of whistling a tune
  3. The act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle

Verb

  1. Make whistling sounds
  2. Move with, or as with, a whistling sound
  3. Utter or express by whistling
  4. Move, send, or bring as if by whistling
  5. Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
  6. Give a signal by whistling
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "whistling".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 whistling 2 5

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "whistling".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 warning 2 44
2 wanting 2 16
3 twisting 2 11
4 warming 2 9
5 winding 2 9
6 wyoming 3 9
7 quivering 3 7
8 winking 2 7
9 wasting 2 5
10 warping 2 4
11 watering 3 4
12 awarding 3 3
13 swallowing 3 3
14 swarming 2 3
15 quavering 3 2
16 wearying 3 2
17 weathering 3 2
18 welding 2 2
19 quenching 2 1
20 swaggering 3 1
21 swamping 2 1
22 thwarting 2 1
23 wallowing 3 1
24 waxing 2 1
25 wincing 2 1
26 withering 3 1
27 wounding 2 1
28 dwarfing 2 0
29 quarrying 3 0
30 quieting 3 0
31 quilting 2 0
32 quisling 2 0
33 twiddling 2 0
34 waffling 2 0
35 wafting 2 0
36 wagering 3 0
37 walding 2 0
38 warding 2 0
39 warling 2 0
40 wavering 3 0
41 weakling 2 0
42 wending 2 0
43 whitling 2 0
44 whittling 2 0
45 wielding 2 0
46 wilding 2 0
47 wilking 2 0
48 wilting 2 0
49 winnowing 3 0
50 woodling 2 0
51 wotring 3 0
52 wuthering 3 0
53 zwerdling 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 writing 2 117
2 twisting 2 11
3 whirling 2 10
4 bristling 3 3
5 whiting 2 2
6 hustling 3 1
7 wrestling 2 1
8 whitening 3 1
9 whitling 2 0
10 whittling 2 0
11 whitting 2 0
12 whitings 2 0
13 westling 2 0
14 hoisting 2 0
15 wiling 2 0
16 waistline 2 0
17 thristing 2 0
18 thirsting 2 0
19 chiseling 3 0
20 witting 2 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 9

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 53

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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