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Term: picking

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

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picking

Definitions

Noun

  1. The quantity of a crop that is harvested
  2. The act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)

Verb

  1. Select carefully from a group
  2. Look for and gather
  3. Harass with constant criticism
  4. Provoke
  5. Remove in small bits
  6. Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
  7. Pilfer or rob
  8. Pay for something
  9. Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
  10. Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
  11. Hit lightly with a picking motion
  12. Eat intermittently; take small bites of
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "picking".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 picking 2 14
2 nitpicking 3 0
3 pickings 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "picking".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 playing 2 101
2 opening 3 83
3 passing 2 65
4 speaking 2 62
5 putting 2 54
6 applying 3 29
7 pulling 2 25
8 packing 2 17
9 pushing 2 17
10 appearing 3 16
11 pitching 2 16
12 appealing 3 14
13 opposing 3 13
14 plowing 2 11
15 spinning 2 11
16 appalling 3 9
17 peering 2 9
18 pouring 2 9
19 spraying 2 8
20 pacing 2 7
21 pauling 2 7
22 pausing 2 6
23 peeling 2 6
24 piling 2 6
25 popping 2 6
26 spacing 2 6
27 piping 2 5
28 poking 2 5
29 spitting 2 5
30 patting 2 4
31 speeding 2 4
32 spelling 2 4
33 padding 2 3
34 polling 2 3
35 posing 2 3
36 praying 2 3
37 sparring 2 3
38 spilling 2 3
39 paving 2 2
40 peeping 2 2
41 petting 2 2
42 poling 2 2
43 pooling 2 2
44 puffing 2 2
45 purging 2 2
46 spotting 2 2
47 appeasing 3 1
48 paging 2 1
49 peeking 2 1
50 pegging 2 1
51 pershing 2 1
52 pinging 2 1
53 pinning 2 1
54 poring 2 1
55 preying 2 1
56 prying 2 1
57 spanning 2 1
58 sparing 2 1
59 spewing 2 1
60 spoiling 2 1
61 spouting 2 1
62 appling 3 0
63 opining 3 0
64 pairing 2 0
65 panning 2 0
66 paring 2 0
67 pasing 2 0
68 patching 2 0
69 pawling 2 0
70 peaking 2 0
71 pearling 2 0
72 pecking 2 0
73 penning 2 0
74 perking 2 0
75 persing 2 0
76 piecing 2 0
77 pilling 2 0
78 pining 2 0
79 pitting 2 0
80 plying 2 0
81 poaching 2 0
82 pouting 2 0
83 powering 3 0
84 pudding 2 0
85 puming 2 0
86 spawning 2 0
87 spearing 2 0
88 sperling 2 0
89 spicing 2 0
90 spiering 3 0
91 spiffing 2 0
92 spiking 2 0
93 spoofing 2 0
94 spurling 2 0
95 spurning 2 0
96 spurting 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 packing 2 17
2 kicking 2 12
3 sticking 2 8
4 pricing 2 7
5 picketing 3 2
6 pickering 3 1
7 ticking 2 1
8 pickins 2 1
9 licking 2 1
10 icing 2 1
11 pickling 2 0
12 pickings 2 0
13 panicking 3 0
14 spiking 2 0
15 spicing 2 0
16 piecing 2 0
17 pecking 2 0
18 bicking 2 0
19 nitpicking 3 0
20 tricking 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 packing 2 17
2 pecking 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 14

Fragments: 3

Sound Alikes: 96

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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