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Term: ruffling

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

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  2. ruffling

ruffling

Definitions

Verb

  1. Stir up (water) so as to form ripples
  2. Trouble or vex
  3. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
  4. Discompose
  5. Twitch or flutter
  6. Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
  7. Erect or fluff up
  8. Disturb the smoothness of
  9. Pleat or gather into a ruffle
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "ruffling".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 ruffling 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "ruffling".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 providing 3 59
2 remaining 3 41
3 processing 3 38
4 producing 3 35
5 returning 3 35
6 receiving 3 34
7 reducing 3 31
8 preceding 3 30
9 threatening 3 26
10 promising 3 24
11 preparing 3 22
12 relating 3 20
13 traveling 3 19
14 prevailing 3 17
15 reasoning 3 16
16 frightening 3 14
17 promoting 3 13
18 proceeding 3 12
19 rendering 3 11
20 revealing 3 11
21 rotating 3 11
22 preserving 3 10
23 presiding 3 10
24 reviewing 3 10
25 broadening 3 9
26 repeating 3 9
27 removing 3 8
28 retiring 3 8
29 recalling 3 7
30 retaining 3 7
31 crippling 3 6
32 proposing 3 6
33 residing 3 6
34 reversing 3 6
35 receding 3 5
36 retailing 3 5
37 irritating 4 4
38 reacting 3 4
39 rejoicing 3 4
40 reserving 3 4
41 resuming 3 4
42 travelling 3 4
43 bristling 3 3
44 rationing 3 3
45 rebelling 3 3
46 reckoning 3 3
47 regaining 3 3
48 ripening 3 3
49 rippling 3 3
50 rummaging 3 3
51 drizzling 3 2
52 frolicking 3 2
53 preceeding 3 2
54 presuming 3 2
55 professing 3 2
56 prolonging 3 2
57 rambling 2 2
58 reciting 3 2
59 refining 3 2
60 releasing 3 2
61 reliving 3 2
62 repairing 3 2
63 retelling 3 2
64 reviving 3 2
65 rewriting 3 2
66 troubling 3 2
67 wrongdoing 3 2
68 christening 3 1
69 crusading 3 1
70 groveling 3 1
71 propelling 3 1
72 prospering 3 1
73 redeeming 3 1
74 rehearing 3 1
75 rehearsing 3 1
76 rejoining 3 1
77 relieving 3 1
78 relishing 3 1
79 remaking 3 1
80 replying 3 1
81 researching 3 1
82 resigning 3 1
83 retouching 3 1
84 reveling 3 1
85 revising 3 1
86 rollicking 3 1
87 throttling 3 1
88 trampling 2 1
89 traversing 3 1
90 airlifting 3 0
91 breitling 3 0
92 brightening 3 0
93 cradling 3 0
94 crediting 3 0
95 creveling 3 0
96 critiquing 3 0
97 dribbling 3 0
98 earmarking 3 0
99 fracturing 3 0
100 freewheeling 3 0
101 freshening 3 0
102 grambling 2 0
103 grimacing 3 0
104 groundling 2 0
105 premiering 3 0
106 presaging 3 0
107 previewing 3 0
108 profiling 3 0
109 profiting 3 0
110 prompting 2 0
111 provoking 3 0
112 rankling 2 0
113 rappelling 3 0
114 ratcheting 3 0
115 ravaging 3 0
116 raveling 3 0
117 ravishing 3 0
118 rearming 3 0
119 rebuffing 3 0
120 rebutting 3 0
121 recapping 3 0
122 recessing 3 0
123 recouping 3 0
124 redrawing 3 0
125 refitting 3 0
126 regaling 3 0
127 rehashing 3 0
128 rehiring 3 0
129 reichling 3 0
130 reissuing 4 0
131 renaming 3 0
132 reneging 3 0
133 reoffering 4 0
134 repealing 3 0
135 repelling 3 0
136 replaying 3 0
137 rereading 3 0
138 rerouting 3 0
139 rerunning 3 0
140 reselling 3 0
141 reseting 3 0
142 reshaping 3 0
143 resurging 3 0
144 retaking 3 0
145 retooling 3 0
146 retrying 3 0
147 reusing 3 0
148 revering 3 0
149 reverting 3 0
150 revoking 3 0
151 rewatching 3 0
152 rewiring 4 0
153 reworking 3 0
154 rezoning 3 0
155 rivaling 3 0
156 riveting 3 0
157 robling 3 0
158 rocketing 3 0
159 rupturing 3 0
160 shriveling 3 0
161 trafficking 3 0
162 tregoning 3 0
163 tripling 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 ruling 2 24
2 shuffling 2 3
3 rulings 2 2
4 puffing 2 2
5 fling 1 2
6 trifling 2 2
7 stuffing 2 2
8 muffling 2 1
9 rifling 2 1
10 ruffing 2 0
11 ruffin 2 0
12 reshuffling 4 0
13 scuffling 3 0
14 rebuffing 3 0
15 ruffino 3 0
16 ruffini 3 0
17 riffing 2 0
18 huffing 2 0
19 waffling 2 0
20 snuffing 2 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

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Results:

Term

Definitions: 9

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 163

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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