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Term: clowning

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

  1. Term
  2. clowning

clowning

Definitions

Noun

  1. Acting like a clown or buffoon
  2. A comic incident or series of incidents

Verb

  1. Act as or like a clown
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "clowning".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 clowning 2 1

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "clowning".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 according 3 140
2 carrying 3 71
3 cleaning 2 37
4 covering 3 32
5 exciting 3 29
6 closing 2 28
7 crossing 2 21
8 clothing 2 20
9 camping 2 18
10 screaming 2 17
11 claiming 2 16
12 clearing 2 16
13 cracking 2 15
14 accounting 3 12
15 counting 2 12
16 scratching 2 12
17 acquiring 3 11
18 climbing 2 11
19 coupling 2 9
20 accusing 3 8
21 clutching 2 8
22 crawling 2 8
23 creeping 2 8
24 clinging 2 7
25 coloring 3 7
26 crashing 2 7
27 cruising 2 7
28 crushing 2 7
29 scraping 2 7
30 screeching 2 7
31 squatting 2 7
32 carving 2 6
33 clapping 2 6
34 costing 2 6
35 exceeding 3 6
36 caressing 3 5
37 creaking 2 5
38 crowding 2 5
39 screening 2 5
40 casting 2 4
41 quitting 2 4
42 squeezing 2 4
43 calving 2 3
44 carping 2 3
45 catering 3 3
46 courting 2 3
47 crouching 2 3
48 crowning 2 3
49 equating 3 3
50 quoting 2 3
51 scrubbing 2 3
52 carousing 3 2
53 clogging 2 2
54 craving 2 2
55 scolding 2 2
56 accosting 3 1
57 careening 3 1
58 clicking 2 1
59 clocking 2 1
60 clucking 2 1
61 coaxing 2 1
62 copying 3 1
63 corning 2 1
64 corralling 3 1
65 coursing 2 1
66 croaking 2 1
67 crooning 2 1
68 cropping 2 1
69 curing 2 1
70 equipping 3 1
71 kipling 2 1
72 quaking 2 1
73 quelling 2 1
74 scalding 2 1
75 scattering 3 1
76 squashing 2 1
77 squeaking 2 1
78 squealing 2 1
79 squirting 2 1
80 acceding 3 0
81 accessing 3 0
82 acclaiming 3 0
83 acquitting 3 0
84 auctioning 3 0
85 canoeing 3 0
86 careering 3 0
87 carling 2 0
88 carting 2 0
89 clanging 2 0
90 clashing 2 0
91 classing 2 0
92 clausing 2 0
93 clipping 2 0
94 cloaking 2 0
95 cloning 2 0
96 clotting 2 0
97 clouding 2 0
98 clubbing 2 0
99 coasting 2 0
100 coercing 3 0
101 cording 2 0
102 corking 2 0
103 cozying 3 0
104 cramming 2 0
105 crating 2 0
106 cribbing 2 0
107 cuddling 2 0
108 equaling 3 0
109 excelling 3 0
110 kayaking 3 0
111 keasling 2 0
112 keesling 2 0
113 kelting 2 0
114 kersting 2 0
115 kesting 2 0
116 kettering 3 0
117 kiesling 2 0
118 kiessling 2 0
119 kissling 2 0
120 klausing 2 0
121 koshering 3 0
122 kreiling 2 0
123 quashing 2 0
124 quilling 2 0
125 quiring 2 0
126 quizzing 2 0
127 scalping 2 0
128 scorching 2 0
129 scrapping 2 0
130 skimping 2 0
131 skulking 2 0
132 squaring 2 0
133 squawking 2 0
134 squirming 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 flowing 2 17
2 plowing 2 11
3 longing 2 10
4 glowing 2 10
5 slowing 2 6
6 crowning 2 3
7 owning 2 3
8 crowing 2 3
9 cloying 2 3
10 downing 2 1
11 cowling 2 1
12 corning 2 1
13 conning 2 1
14 cloning 2 0
15 chowning 2 0
16 lowing 2 0
17 cowing 2 0
18 cloninger 3 0
19 loaning 2 0
20 coining 2 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

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Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 134

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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