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Term: ruling

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

  1. Term
  2. ruling

ruling

Definitions

Noun

  1. The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

Verb

  1. Exercise authority over; as of nations
  2. Decide with authority
  3. Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  4. Decide on and make a declaration about
  5. Have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
  6. Mark or draw with a ruler
  7. Keep in check
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "ruling".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 ruling 2 24
2 rulings 2 2
3 ruling's 2 1
4 non-ruling 3 0
5 nonruling 3 0
6 overruling 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "ruling".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 training 2 156
2 reading 2 141
3 running 2 123
4 writing 2 117
5 rising 2 62
6 driving 2 53
7 riding 2 45
8 reaching 2 43
9 bringing 2 38
10 raising 2 34
11 breaking 2 25
12 pressing 2 25
13 trading 2 25
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 "ruling".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 ring 1 47
2 resulting 3 43
3 ruin 2 14
4 rustling 2 10
5 rung 1 3
6 rulings 2 2
7 rumbling 3 2
8 troubling 3 2
9 refueling 4 2
10 ruling's 2 1
11 ruffling 3 0
12 grueling 3 0
13 ruding 2 0
14 roling 2 0
15 huling 2 0
16 erling 2 0
17 duling 2 0
18 ulin 2 0
19 rumblings 3 0
20 repulsing 3 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 ruling's 2 1
2 roling 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 8

Fragments: 6

Sound Alikes: 235

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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