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Term: despairing

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

  1. Term
  2. despairing

despairing

Definitions

Verb

  1. Abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "despairing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 despairing 3 4

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "despairing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 advertising 4 50
2 depending 3 32
3 demanding 3 19
4 destroying 3 17
5 discussing 3 16
6 disturbing 3 16
7 defending 3 13
8 declaring 3 10
9 departing 3 10
10 descending 3 10
11 declining 3 9
12 delivering 4 9
13 advocating 4 6
14 decreasing 3 6
15 depicting 3 6
16 detecting 3 6
17 displaying 3 6
18 depressing 3 5
19 dangling 3 4
20 darkening 3 4
21 decorating 4 4
22 denouncing 3 4
23 decanting 3 3
24 depriving 3 3
25 diffusing 3 3
26 disarming 3 3
27 dismissing 3 3
28 dispatching 3 3
29 dissolving 3 3
30 debunking 3 2
31 debuting 3 2
32 dictating 3 2
33 digesting 3 2
34 disdaining 3 2
35 dissenting 3 2
36 drizzling 3 2
37 admonishing 4 1
38 dampening 3 1
39 daydreaming 3 1
40 deducting 3 1
41 degrading 3 1
42 despising 3 1
43 deviating 4 1
44 disliking 3 1
45 disobeying 4 1
46 dispersing 3 1
47 distilling 3 1
48 divulging 3 1
49 darjeeling 3 0
50 dealmaking 3 0
51 debriefing 3 0
52 deciphering 4 0
53 decoupling 3 0
54 defaulting 3 0
55 defecting 3 0
56 deflating 3 0
57 defrauding 3 0
58 defunding 3 0
59 defusing 3 0
60 delisting 3 0
61 depleting 3 0
62 deploring 3 0
63 deporting 3 0
64 digressing 3 0
65 disallowing 4 0
66 disavowing 4 0
67 disbursing 3 0
68 disguising 3 0
69 dishwashing 3 0
70 dislodging 3 0
71 dispelling 3 0
72 disposing 3 0
73 dissecting 3 0
74 divesting 3 0
75 divorcing 3 0
76 downloading 3 0
77 downplaying 3 0
78 downsizing 3 0
79 dribbling 3 0
80 idealizing 5 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 despair 2 21
2 departing 3 10
3 desiring 4 5
4 sparring 2 3
5 repairing 3 2
6 despising 3 1
7 sparing 2 1
8 perspiring 3 1
9 sparling 2 1
10 aspiring 3 1
11 pairing 2 0
12 despain 2 0
13 dearing 2 0
14 spiering 3 0
15 spearing 2 0
16 sparking 2 0
17 expiring 3 0
18 despairs 2 0
19 dairying 3 0
20 dispiriting 4 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 80

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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📰 This Word in the News:

‘This is a godforsaken place’: A despairing letter from a garda stationed in Tipperary in 1940
Nov 4, 2025 The Irish Times
From Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe: Death and despair do not have the last word
Jan 25, 2026 The Episcopal Church
God Is Faithful in Triumph and Despair
Nov 7, 2024 Christianity Today
Nvidia and AMD reportedly massively raising GPU prices and gamers are despairing
Dec 31, 2025 Indy100
After years of despair, Haiti has a sliver of hope
Feb 5, 2026 The Economist
The Business of Despair – Investigations with Impact
Feb 11, 2026 Investigations with Impact
Despair can help us mourn lost futures and chart new paths
Oct 23, 2025 Psyche

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