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Term: reading

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

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reading

Definitions

Noun

  1. The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
  2. A particular interpretation or performance
  3. A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
  4. Written material intended to be read
  5. A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
  6. A city on the river thames in berkshire in southern england
  7. A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
  8. The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments

Verb

  1. Interpret something that is written or printed
  2. Have or contain a certain wording or form
  3. Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
  4. Obtain data from magnetic tapes
  5. Interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
  6. Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
  7. Be a student of a certain subject
  8. Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
  9. Audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
  10. To hear and understand
  11. Make sense of a language
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "reading".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 reading 2 141
2 readings 2 17
3 spreading 2 16
4 threading 2 3
5 treading 2 1
6 breading 2 0
7 dreading 2 0
8 misreading 3 0
9 proofreading 3 0
10 readinger 3 0
11 rereading 3 0
12 retreading 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "reading".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 training 2 156
2 running 2 123
3 writing 2 117
4 rising 2 62
5 driving 2 53
6 riding 2 45
7 reaching 2 43
8 bringing 2 38
9 raising 2 34
10 breaking 2 25
11 pressing 2 25
12 trading 2 25
13 ruling 2 24
14 dressing 2 22
15 racing 2 22
16 breathing 2 21
17 crossing 2 21
18 rolling 2 19
19 preaching 2 17
20 tracing 2 17
21 dropping 2 16
22 brooding 2 15
23 cracking 2 15
24 dragging 2 15
25 freezing 2 15
26 ordering 3 13
27 rocking 2 13
28 frowning 2 12
29 dreaming 2 11
30 rubbing 2 11
31 treating 2 11
32 drilling 2 10
33 framing 2 10
34 rating 2 10
35 ringing 2 10
36 rushing 2 10
37 roaring 2 9
38 crawling 2 8
39 creeping 2 8
40 rousing 2 8
41 breeding 2 7
42 browning 2 7
43 brushing 2 7
44 crashing 2 7
45 cruising 2 7
46 crushing 2 7
47 dripping 2 7
48 grinning 2 7
49 pricing 2 7
50 raining 2 7
51 trailing 2 7
52 gripping 2 6
53 wrapping 2 6
54 writhing 2 6
55 creaking 2 5
56 crowding 2 5
57 grabbing 2 5
58 greeting 2 5
59 groping 2 5
60 probing 2 5
61 proving 2 5
62 wrecking 2 5
63 drowning 2 4
64 drumming 2 4
65 grouping 2 4
66 phrasing 2 4
67 rodding 2 4
68 thrilling 2 4
69 thriving 2 4
70 bracing 2 3
71 crouching 2 3
72 crowning 2 3
73 draining 2 3
74 grazing 2 3
75 grieving 2 3
76 railing 2 3
77 rapping 2 3
78 raving 2 3
79 reigning 2 3
80 ripping 2 3
81 roaming 2 3
82 roiling 2 3
83 rooming 2 3
84 rotting 2 3
85 threading 2 3
86 throbbing 2 3
87 tracking 2 3
88 braving 2 2
89 breaching 2 2
90 briefing 2 2
91 bruising 2 2
92 craving 2 2
93 erasing 3 2
94 fretting 2 2
95 greening 2 2
96 praising 2 2
97 priming 2 2
98 prowling 2 2
99 raging 2 2
100 raiding 2 2
101 rearing 2 2
102 ridding 2 2
103 rigging 2 2
104 robbing 2 2
105 rooting 2 2
106 roving 2 2
107 trapping 2 2
108 trimming 2 2
109 tripping 2 2
110 trucking 2 2
111 bragging 2 1
112 braiding 2 1
113 browsing 2 1
114 croaking 2 1
115 crooning 2 1
116 cropping 2 1
117 drooping 2 1
118 drugging 2 1
119 grading 2 1
120 grating 2 1
121 groaning 2 1
122 grooming 2 1
123 growling 2 1
124 preening 2 1
125 prodding 2 1
126 propping 2 1
127 racking 2 1
128 ramming 2 1
129 raping 2 1
130 razing 2 1
131 reaping 2 1
132 redding 2 1
133 reeking 2 1
134 reeling 2 1
135 rhyming 2 1
136 ribbing 2 1
137 roofing 2 1
138 shredding 2 1
139 shrieking 2 1
140 treading 2 1
141 wracking 2 1
142 braking 2 0
143 branning 2 0
144 brawling 2 0
145 breading 2 0
146 breeching 2 0
147 breining 2 0
148 brenning 2 0
149 bribing 2 0
150 bridging 2 0
151 brimming 2 0
152 brining 2 0
153 broaching 2 0
154 broiling 2 0
155 broking 2 0
156 brooking 2 0
157 bruening 2 0
158 bruning 2 0
159 bruting 2 0
160 cramming 2 0
161 crating 2 0
162 cribbing 2 0
163 draping 2 0
164 dreading 2 0
165 dredging 2 0
166 dreiling 2 0
167 drenning 2 0
168 droning 2 0
169 drooling 2 0
170 drubbing 2 0
171 eroding 3 0
172 freaking 2 0
173 freehling 2 0
174 freewing 2 0
175 frerking 2 0
176 fricking 2 0
177 frieling 2 0
178 frigging 2 0
179 froemming 2 0
180 froning 2 0
181 fruehling 2 0
182 fruiting 2 0
183 fryling 2 0
184 gracing 2 0
185 grayling 2 0
186 greasing 2 0
187 griffing 2 0
188 grilling 2 0
189 griping 2 0
190 gritting 2 0
191 grossing 2 0
192 grousing 2 0
193 grouting 2 0
194 grudging 2 0
195 grussing 2 0
196 kreiling 2 0
197 prepping 2 0
198 proofing 2 0
199 pruning 2 0
200 rahming 2 0
201 raking 2 0
202 rawding 2 0
203 rawling 2 0
204 reding 2 0
205 rehling 2 0
206 reiling 2 0
207 reining 2 0
208 reising 2 0
209 revving 2 0
210 riffing 2 0
211 rilling 2 0
212 roehling 2 0
213 rohling 2 0
214 roling 2 0
215 ronning 2 0
216 roping 2 0
217 rosing 2 0
218 rossing 2 0
219 roughing 2 0
220 routing 2 0
221 ruding 2 0
222 ruffing 2 0
223 shrouding 2 0
224 shrugging 2 0
225 thrashing 2 0
226 trashing 2 0
227 trekking 2 0
228 tricking 2 0
229 trilling 2 0
230 trolling 2 0
231 trooping 2 0
232 trotting 2 0
233 trudging 2 0
234 wreaking 2 0
235 wringing 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 regarding 3 40
2 trading 2 25
3 readings 2 17
4 spreading 2 16
5 rewarding 3 4
6 threading 2 3
7 rearing 2 2
8 treading 2 1
9 readying 3 1
10 retarding 3 1
11 redding 2 1
12 reaping 2 1
13 dreading 2 0
14 breading 2 0
15 reding 2 0
16 rereading 3 0
17 readinger 3 0
18 rending 2 0
19 redoing 3 0
20 rawding 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 relative 3 2
2 poetry 3 2
3 efficiency 4 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 rodding 2 4
2 raiding 2 2
3 ridding 2 2
4 redding 2 1
5 rawding 2 0
6 rending 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 19

Fragments: 12

Sound Alikes: 235

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 3

Consonant Matches: 6

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

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