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Term: boring

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

  1. Term
  2. boring

boring

Definitions

Noun

  1. The act of drilling
  2. The act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

Verb

  1. Cause to be bored
  2. Make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "boring".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 neighboring 3 24
2 boring 2 5
3 belaboring 4 2
4 harboring 3 1
5 laboring 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "boring".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 burning 2 49
2 bearing 2 25
3 boating 2 23
4 blowing 2 19
5 bathing 2 15
6 batting 2 15
7 beating 2 13
8 begging 2 10
9 boiling 2 9
10 backing 2 8
11 bidding 2 7
12 beaming 2 6
13 biting 2 6
14 booking 2 6
15 buzzing 2 6
16 abiding 3 5
17 betting 2 5
18 bombing 2 5
19 baking 2 4
20 banging 2 4
21 basing 2 4
22 billing 2 4
23 bucking 2 4
24 bailing 2 3
25 barring 2 3
26 bedding 2 3
27 bobbing 2 3
28 bugging 2 3
29 balking 2 1
30 balling 2 1
31 banning 2 1
32 beaching 2 1
33 bluing 2 1
34 booming 2 1
35 brewing 2 1
36 budding 2 1
37 burrowing 3 1
38 butting 2 1
39 abating 3 0
40 abetting 3 0
41 abutting 3 0
42 bagging 2 0
43 baiting 2 0
44 baling 2 0
45 baring 2 0
46 bashing 2 0
47 beefing 2 0
48 beeping 2 0
49 behling 2 0
50 behning 2 0
51 behring 2 0
52 belling 2 0
53 bening 2 0
54 benning 2 0
55 bering 2 0
56 berling 2 0
57 berning 2 0
58 bicking 2 0
59 biding 2 0
60 biking 2 0
61 binning 2 0
62 birthing 2 0
63 bitching 2 0
64 bitting 2 0
65 blueing 2 0
66 blurring 2 0
67 boeding 2 0
68 boehning 2 0
69 bogging 2 0
70 bohling 2 0
71 bohning 2 0
72 boling 2 0
73 bolling 2 0
74 boning 2 0
75 booting 2 0
76 boozing 2 0
77 botting 2 0
78 bowling 2 0
79 bowring 2 0
80 bowsing 2 0
81 budging 2 0
82 bunning 2 0
83 burling 2 0
84 burping 2 0
85 busing 2 0
86 bussing 2 0
87 ebeling 3 0
88 eberling 3 0
89 ebling 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 bring 1 158
2 brings 1 40
3 boarding 2 5
4 bowing 2 3
5 boeing 2 3
6 poring 2 1
7 bowring 2 0
8 borin 2 0
9 laboring 3 0
10 aborting 3 0
11 moring 2 0
12 loring 2 0
13 goring 2 0
14 doring 2 0
15 boxing 2 0
16 booing 2 0
17 boning 2 0
18 boling 2 0
19 bering 2 0
20 baring 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 baring 2 0
2 baring's 2 0
3 bering 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 5

Sound Alikes: 89

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 3

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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