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Term: poking

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

  1. Term
  2. poking

poking

Definitions

Noun

  1. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)

Verb

  1. Poke or thrust abruptly
  2. Search or inquire in a meddlesome way
  3. Stir by poking
  4. Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
  5. Make a hole by poking
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "poking".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 poking 2 5

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "poking".

# 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 picking 2 14
14 opposing 3 13
15 plowing 2 11
16 spinning 2 11
17 appalling 3 9
18 peering 2 9
19 pouring 2 9
20 spraying 2 8
21 pacing 2 7
22 pauling 2 7
23 pausing 2 6
24 peeling 2 6
25 piling 2 6
26 popping 2 6
27 spacing 2 6
28 piping 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 "poking".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 working 2 151
2 king 1 88
3 soaking 2 9
4 joking 2 5
5 posing 2 3
6 poling 2 2
7 poring 2 1
8 peking 2 1
9 puking 2 0
10 popkin 2 0
11 coking 2 0
12 provoking 3 0
13 pong 1 0
14 pocketing 3 0
15 ping 1 0
16 okin 2 0
17 stoking 2 0
18 sporkin 2 0
19 spiking 2 0
20 socking 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 peking 2 1
2 puking 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 1

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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