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Term: prying

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

  1. Term
  2. prying

prying

Definitions

Noun

  1. Offensive inquisitiveness

Verb

  1. To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; :
  2. Be nosey
  3. Search or inquire in a meddlesome way
  4. Make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "prying".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 prying 2 1

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "prying".

# 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 poking 2 5
30 spitting 2 5
31 patting 2 4
32 speeding 2 4
33 spelling 2 4
34 padding 2 3
35 polling 2 3
36 posing 2 3
37 praying 2 3
38 sparring 2 3
39 spilling 2 3
40 paving 2 2
41 peeping 2 2
42 petting 2 2
43 poling 2 2
44 pooling 2 2
45 puffing 2 2
46 purging 2 2
47 spotting 2 2
48 appeasing 3 1
49 paging 2 1
50 peeking 2 1
51 pegging 2 1
52 pershing 2 1
53 pinging 2 1
54 pinning 2 1
55 poring 2 1
56 preying 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 "prying".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 trying 2 163
2 spring 1 127
3 ring 1 47
4 drying 2 29
5 paying 2 26
6 crying 2 15
7 spraying 2 8
8 praying 2 3
9 spying 2 2
10 preying 2 1
11 poring 2 1
12 purifying 4 1
13 pring 1 0
14 partying 3 0
15 plying 2 0
16 paring 2 0
17 frying 2 0
18 ying 1 0
19 purveying 3 0
20 prig 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 consists 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 5

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 96

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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