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Term: hissing

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

  1. Term
  2. hissing

hissing

Definitions

Noun

  1. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)

Verb

  1. Make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
  2. Move with a whooshing sound
  3. Express or utter with a hiss
  4. Show displeasure, as after a performance or speech
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "hissing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hissing 2 4

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "hissing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 having 2 279
2 hearing 2 76
3 housing 2 59
4 heading 2 31
5 hoping 2 30
6 hanging 2 28
7 heating 2 24
8 hiding 2 17
9 hitting 2 17
10 hugging 2 7
11 hatching 2 6
12 healing 2 6
13 hiring 2 6
14 humming 2 6
15 hurling 2 5
16 hauling 2 4
17 heaving 2 4
18 hopping 2 4
19 hurrying 3 4
20 hitching 2 3
21 howling 2 3
22 hurting 2 3
23 hacking 2 2
24 hating 2 2
25 herring 2 2
26 hiking 2 2
27 hemming 2 1
28 herding 2 1
29 hobbing 2 1
30 hocking 2 1
31 hogging 2 1
32 homing 2 1
33 hooking 2 1
34 haering 3 0
35 hailing 2 0
36 halling 2 0
37 halving 2 0
38 haning 2 0
39 hanning 2 0
40 haring 2 0
41 harring 2 0
42 hashing 2 0
43 hassing 2 0
44 hawking 2 0
45 hazing 2 0
46 heaping 2 0
47 hedding 2 0
48 hedging 2 0
49 heeding 2 0
50 heeling 2 0
51 heling 2 0
52 helling 2 0
53 heming 2 0
54 henning 2 0
55 herling 2 0
56 herting 2 0
57 herzing 2 0
58 hessing 2 0
59 hewing 2 0
60 hibbing 2 0
61 hilling 2 0
62 hodding 2 0
63 holing 2 0
64 holling 2 0
65 honing 2 0
66 hosing 2 0
67 hoving 2 0
68 huffing 2 0
69 hyping 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 rising 2 62
2 missing 2 33
3 kissing 2 6
4 issuing 3 4
5 issing 2 0
6 wissing 2 0
7 pissing 2 0
8 hissong 2 0
9 hessing 2 0
10 hassing 2 0
11 dissing 2 0
12 phishing 2 0
13 misusing 3 0
14 kissling 2 0
15 hoisting 2 0
16 hessling 3 0
17 hassling 3 0
18 nissin 2 0
19 hsiung 2 0
20 hosing 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 hassing 2 0
2 hessing 2 0
3 hissong 2 0
4 hussong 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 5

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 69

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 4

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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