filling
Definitions
Noun
- Any material that fills a space or container
- Flow into something (as a container)
- A food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
- The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth
- The act of filling something
Verb
- Make full, also in a metaphorical sense
- Become full
- Occupy the whole of
- Assume, as of positions or roles
- Fill or meet a want or need
- Appoint someone to (a position or a job)
- Eat until one is sated
- Fill to satisfaction
- Plug with a substance
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "filling".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | filling | 2 | 36 |
| 2 | fillings | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | fulfilling | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | fillingame | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | fillinger | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | fillingham | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | fillingim | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | landfilling | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "filling".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feeling | 2 | 172 |
| 2 | fighting | 2 | 72 |
| 3 | flying | 2 | 43 |
| 4 | facing | 2 | 34 |
| 5 | falling | 2 | 33 |
| 6 | fishing | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | feeding | 2 | 26 |
| 8 | firing | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | filing | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | failing | 2 | 17 |
| 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 "filling".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | willing | 2 | 69 |
| 2 | falling | 2 | 33 |
| 3 | killing | 2 | 23 |
| 4 | filing | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | milling | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | failing | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | billing | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | fillings | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | felling | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | tilling | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | filming | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | fillingim | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | fillinger | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | rilling | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | pilling | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | hilling | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | foiling | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | fillion | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | filings | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | dilling | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "filling" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "filling" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "filling" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 15
Fragments: 8
Sound Alikes: 47
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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