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Term: afflicting

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

  1. Term
  2. afflicting

afflicting

Definitions

Verb

  1. Cause great unhappiness for; distress
  2. Cause physical pain or suffering in
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "afflicting".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 afflicting 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "afflicting".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 considering 4 47
2 consisting 3 27
3 attempting 3 23
4 controlling 3 23
5 reflecting 3 17
6 completing 3 13
7 conducting 3 13
8 consulting 3 13
9 computing 3 11
10 convincing 3 11
11 concluding 3 8
12 astounding 3 5
13 complaining 3 5
14 unfolding 3 5
15 advancing 3 4
16 attracting 3 4
17 awakening 4 4
18 upholding 3 4
19 absorbing 3 3
20 comprising 3 3
21 confusing 3 2
22 consorting 3 2
23 suspecting 3 2
24 unchanging 3 2
25 unsmiling 3 2
26 upgrading 3 2
27 abstaining 3 1
28 affronting 3 1
29 compounding 3 1
30 compressing 3 1
31 condensing 3 1
32 confounding 3 1
33 consenting 3 1
34 contending 3 1
35 convicting 3 1
36 objecting 3 1
37 soliciting 4 1
38 supplanting 3 1
39 unflagging 3 1
40 unreasoning 3 1
41 unthinking 3 1
42 unwinding 3 1
43 unyielding 3 1
44 abolishing 4 0
45 absolving 3 0
46 commissioning 4 0
47 concocting 3 0
48 conforming 3 0
49 conspiring 3 0
50 contesting 3 0
51 depositing 4 0
52 mcfarling 3 0
53 petitioning 4 0
54 positioning 4 0
55 subjecting 3 0
56 suspending 3 0
57 uncovering 4 0
58 unsparing 3 0
59 unswerving 3 0
60 untangling 3 0
61 unwavering 4 0
62 unwielding 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 acting 2 61
2 conflicting 3 8
3 affecting 3 5
4 baffling 3 4
5 affiliation 5 4
6 inflicting 3 3
7 affliction 3 1
8 afflictions 3 1
9 flitting 2 1
10 flicking 2 1
11 officiating 5 1
12 affiliating 5 0
13 afflict 2 0
14 waffling 2 0
15 flirting 2 0
16 afflicts 2 0
17 affixing 3 0
18 affining 3 0
19 trafficking 3 0
20 affrication 4 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 62

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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