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Term: coughing

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

  1. Term
  2. coughing

coughing

Definitions

Noun

  1. A sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

Verb

  1. Exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "coughing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 coughing 2 3

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "coughing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 coming 2 174
2 cutting 2 66
3 keeping 2 60
4 calling 2 45
5 cooling 2 42
6 coating 2 36
7 cooking 2 32
8 killing 2 23
9 causing 2 18
10 crying 2 15
11 kicking 2 12
12 caring 2 10
13 catching 2 9
14 coping 2 8
15 cursing 2 8
16 accruing 3 7
17 canning 2 7
18 kidding 2 7
19 coaching 2 6
20 kissing 2 6
21 cunning 2 5
22 schooling 2 5
23 scoring 2 5
24 curving 2 4
25 scanning 2 4
26 scouring 3 4
27 sketching 2 4
28 skimming 2 4
29 skipping 2 4
30 cloying 2 3
31 coding 2 3
32 crowing 2 3
33 curbing 2 3
34 scheming 2 3
35 scouting 2 3
36 calming 2 2
37 curling 2 2
38 kooning 2 2
39 schelling 2 2
40 scowling 2 2
41 skating 2 2
42 skidding 2 2
43 caving 2 1
44 clawing 2 1
45 combing 2 1
46 conning 2 1
47 cowering 3 1
48 cowling 2 1
49 kenning 2 1
50 scaring 2 1
51 scathing 2 1
52 scooping 2 1
53 skirting 2 1
54 caching 2 0
55 caning 2 0
56 capping 2 0
57 cashing 2 0
58 casing 2 0
59 caulking 2 0
60 cocking 2 0
61 codding 2 0
62 coffing 2 0
63 coining 2 0
64 coking 2 0
65 colling 2 0
66 copping 2 0
67 couching 2 0
68 cuing 2 0
69 culling 2 0
70 cumming 2 0
71 currying 3 0
72 cushing 2 0
73 cussing 2 0
74 kading 2 0
75 kaeding 2 0
76 kassing 2 0
77 keating 2 0
78 keeling 2 0
79 kelling 2 0
80 kitching 2 0
81 kiting 2 0
82 koelling 2 0
83 koetting 2 0
84 kohring 2 0
85 kolling 2 0
86 koning 2 0
87 queuing 2 0
88 scaling 2 0
89 scarring 2 0
90 scoping 2 0
91 scourging 2 0
92 screwing 2 0
93 scurrying 3 0
94 skewing 2 0
95 skilling 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 touching 2 15
2 outgoing 3 8
3 cough 1 7
4 coughlin 2 6
5 ching 1 5
6 scouring 3 4
7 lounging 2 4
8 crouching 2 3
9 gouging 2 3
10 scouting 2 3
11 mouthing 2 2
12 scrounging 2 1
13 vouching 2 1
14 roughing 2 0
15 couching 2 0
16 scourging 2 0
17 cushing 2 0
18 toughening 3 0
19 cuing 2 0
20 loughlin 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 including 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 95

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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Public Health urges vaccination as whooping cough increases
Jan 8, 2026 main.sbcounty.gov
The Endless Runny Nose and Never-Ending Cough: Common Childhood Illnesses and When Parents Should Actually Worry
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Jan 21, 2026 ABC30 Fresno
Amid Rise in Whooping Cough Cases, State-Level Vaccination Coverage Remains Below Targets
May 27, 2026 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Whooping cough cases rise in Eau Claire County
Aug 21, 2026 news8000.com
Atraumatic Transdiaphragmatic Intercostal Hernia Following a Coughing Spell: A Case Report
Apr 21, 2026 The Cureus Journal of Medical Science
Acute intraventricular hemorrhage triggered by coughing following return from high altitude: a case report and literature review
Jan 28, 2026 Frontiers

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