failing
Definitions
Noun
- A flaw or weak point
- Failure to reach a minimum required performance
Verb
- Fail to do something; leave something undone
- Be unsuccessful
- Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
- Stop operating or functioning
- Be unable
- Judge unacceptable
- Fail to get a passing grade
- Fall short in what is expected
- Become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
- Prove insufficient
- Get worse
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "failing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | failing | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | unfailing | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | unfailingly | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | failings | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "failing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feeling | 2 | 172 |
| 2 | fighting | 2 | 72 |
| 3 | flying | 2 | 43 |
| 4 | filling | 2 | 36 |
| 5 | facing | 2 | 34 |
| 6 | falling | 2 | 33 |
| 7 | fishing | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | feeding | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | firing | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | filing | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | fitting | 2 | 17 |
| 12 | flowing | 2 | 17 |
| 13 | fleeing | 2 | 10 |
| 14 | foaming | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | fading | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | fanning | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | fearing | 2 | 5 |
| 18 | fetching | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | fooling | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | footing | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | fouling | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | freeing | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | affirming | 3 | 2 |
| 24 | felling | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | fussing | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | fawning | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | feigning | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | affining | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | effacing | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | faking | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | fasching | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | fehling | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | fehring | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | fetting | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | fining | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | finning | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | firming | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | foaling | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | foiling | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | fraying | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | frying | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | fucking | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | fudging | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | pfenning | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | phasing | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | phishing | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | phoning | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "failing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | filling | 2 | 36 |
| 2 | falling | 2 | 33 |
| 3 | sailing | 2 | 20 |
| 4 | filing | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | mailing | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | wailing | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | flailing | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | railing | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | ailing | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | unfailing | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | nailing | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | filming | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | failings | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | tailing | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | jailing | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | hailing | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | foiling | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | foaling | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | filings | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | farling | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "failing" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "failing" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "failing" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | locate | 2 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 13
Fragments: 4
Sound Alikes: 47
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 13
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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