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Term: espousing

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

  1. Term
  2. espousing

espousing

Definitions

Verb

  1. Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
  2. Take in marriage
  3. Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "espousing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 espousing 3 1

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "espousing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 resulting 3 43
2 depending 3 32
3 exciting 3 29
4 demanding 3 19
5 destroying 3 17
6 discussing 3 16
7 disturbing 3 16
8 defending 3 13
9 declaring 3 10
10 departing 3 10
11 descending 3 10
12 misleading 3 10
13 declining 3 9
14 delivering 4 9
15 replacing 3 9
16 engaging 3 8
17 securing 3 7
18 decreasing 3 6
19 depicting 3 6
20 detecting 3 6
21 displaying 3 6
22 exceeding 3 6
23 refreshing 3 6
24 restoring 3 6
25 depressing 3 5
26 escaping 3 5
27 relaxing 3 5
28 denouncing 3 4
29 despairing 3 4
30 rejecting 3 4
31 resisting 3 4
32 rewarding 3 4
33 withdrawing 3 4
34 depriving 3 3
35 diffusing 3 3
36 disarming 3 3
37 dismissing 3 3
38 dispatching 3 3
39 dissolving 3 3
40 effecting 3 3
41 equating 3 3
42 erecting 3 3
43 reclining 3 3
44 recounting 3 3
45 resorting 3 3
46 belaboring 4 2
47 debunking 3 2
48 disdaining 3 2
49 dissenting 3 2
50 evolving 3 2
51 exerting 3 2
52 mistaking 3 2
53 remarking 3 2
54 deducting 3 1
55 degrading 3 1
56 despising 3 1
57 disliking 3 1
58 dispersing 3 1
59 distilling 3 1
60 divulging 3 1
61 electing 3 1
62 empowering 4 1
63 equipping 3 1
64 reforming 3 1
65 renouncing 3 1
66 retarding 3 1
67 beholding 3 0
68 beleaguering 4 0
69 cementing 3 0
70 debriefing 3 0
71 defaulting 3 0
72 defecting 3 0
73 deflating 3 0
74 defrauding 3 0
75 defusing 3 0
76 depleting 3 0
77 deploring 3 0
78 deporting 3 0
79 disallowing 4 0
80 disavowing 4 0
81 disbursing 3 0
82 disguising 3 0
83 dislodging 3 0
84 dispelling 3 0
85 disposing 3 0
86 divorcing 3 0
87 ejecting 3 0
88 ennobling 3 0
89 entailing 3 0
90 evicting 3 0
91 exuding 3 0
92 misgiving 3 0
93 misjudging 3 0
94 misreading 3 0
95 misusing 3 0
96 redacting 3 0
97 refraining 3 0
98 refunding 3 0
99 refuting 3 0
100 regretting 3 0
101 relapsing 3 0
102 relenting 3 0
103 repenting 3 0
104 rescinding 3 0
105 resenting 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 pushing 2 17
2 pouring 2 9
3 rousing 2 8
4 sprouting 2 6
5 pausing 2 6
6 exposing 3 4
7 posing 2 3
8 supposing 3 2
9 pulsing 2 2
10 poussin 2 2
11 spouting 2 1
12 despising 3 1
13 ousting 2 1
14 repulsing 3 0
15 disposing 3 0
16 predisposing 4 0
17 souring 3 0
18 reusing 3 0
19 pouting 2 0
20 posting 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 3

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 105

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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