edifying
Definitions
Adjective
- Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
Verb
- Make understand
Fragment
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Consonant Match
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "edifying".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mentioning | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | generating | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | separating | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | terrifying | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | welcoming | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | decorating | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | lengthening | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | hemorrhaging | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | memorizing | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | rescuing | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | emptying | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | headlining | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | warehousing | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | caregiving | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | exiting | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | gemberling | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | helbling | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | heralding | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | kesselring | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | leveraging | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | necklacing | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | networking | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | parenting | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | red-herring | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | redlining | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | remedying | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | sectioning | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | venerating | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | verifying | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "edifying".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dying | 2 | 34 |
| 2 | drifting | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | terrifying | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | editing | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | modifying | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | unifying | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | specifying | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | identifying | 5 | 3 |
| 9 | defying | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | certifying | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | readying | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | verifying | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | codifying | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | testifying | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | rectifying | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | edify | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | dizzying | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | dairying | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | solidifying | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | gentrifying | 4 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "edifying" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "edifying" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "edifying" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "edifying".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 29
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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