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Term: portraying

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

  1. Term
  2. portraying

portraying

Definitions

Noun

  1. A representation by picture or portraiture

Verb

  1. Portray in words
  2. Make a portrait of
  3. Assume or act the character of
  4. Represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "portraying".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 portraying 3 2

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "portraying".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 providing 3 59
2 processing 3 38
3 producing 3 35
4 preceding 3 30
5 promising 3 24
6 preparing 3 22
7 performing 3 17
8 prevailing 3 17
9 publishing 3 14
10 promoting 3 13
11 proceeding 3 12
12 preserving 3 10
13 presiding 3 10
14 sprinkling 2 7
15 proposing 3 6
16 persuading 3 5
17 patrolling 3 3
18 perfecting 3 3
19 pioneering 4 3
20 pulsating 3 3
21 specifying 4 3
22 persisting 3 2
23 preceeding 3 2
24 presuming 3 2
25 professing 3 2
26 prolonging 3 2
27 purporting 3 2
28 patenting 3 1
29 peacemaking 3 1
30 perspiring 3 1
31 placating 3 1
32 plastering 3 1
33 plummeting 3 1
34 plundering 3 1
35 polarizing 4 1
36 propelling 3 1
37 prospering 3 1
38 puncturing 3 1
39 upstanding 3 1
40 apportioning 4 0
41 parboiling 3 0
42 parceling 3 0
43 pardoning 3 0
44 parenting 3 0
45 partnering 3 0
46 peacekeeping 3 0
47 perforating 4 0
48 perfuming 3 0
49 permeating 4 0
50 premiering 3 0
51 presaging 3 0
52 previewing 3 0
53 profiling 3 0
54 profiting 3 0
55 prompting 2 0
56 provoking 3 0
57 spacewalking 3 0
58 spearheading 3 0
59 speechifying 4 0
60 spelunking 3 0
61 splintering 3 0
62 spotlighting 3 0
63 upstarting 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 trying 2 163
2 paying 2 26
3 portrait 2 17
4 sporting 2 9
5 spraying 2 8
6 portray 2 6
7 worrying 3 5
8 portrays 2 5
9 praying 2 3
10 prying 2 1
11 poring 2 1
12 retracing 3 1
13 porting 2 0
14 powertrain 2 0
15 straying 2 0
16 retrying 3 0
17 partying 3 0
18 foraying 3 0
19 arraying 3 0
20 torturing 3 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 advancements 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 5

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 63

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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