sacking
Definitions
Noun
- Coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
- The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Verb
- Plunder (a town) after capture
- Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- Make as a net profit
- Put in a sack
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
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Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "sacking".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ransacking | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | sacking | 2 | 1 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "sacking".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sitting | 2 | 96 |
| 2 | setting | 2 | 60 |
| 3 | singing | 2 | 47 |
| 4 | seeking | 2 | 44 |
| 5 | serving | 2 | 38 |
| 6 | ceiling | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | selling | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | searching | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | saving | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | sailing | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | assuming | 3 | 17 |
| 12 | staying | 2 | 17 |
| 13 | stirring | 2 | 16 |
| 14 | seeming | 2 | 14 |
| 15 | assessing | 3 | 10 |
| 16 | assigning | 3 | 9 |
| 17 | soaking | 2 | 9 |
| 18 | sipping | 2 | 8 |
| 19 | sucking | 2 | 8 |
| 20 | signing | 2 | 7 |
| 21 | skiing | 2 | 7 |
| 22 | slowing | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | seating | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | siding | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | soaring | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | asserting | 3 | 4 |
| 27 | sagging | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | sealing | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | snowing | 2 | 4 |
| 30 | soothing | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | citing | 2 | 3 |
| 32 | sighting | 2 | 3 |
| 33 | slaying | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | swaying | 2 | 3 |
| 35 | ceasing | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | searing | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | seeping | 2 | 2 |
| 38 | spying | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | surging | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | assailing | 3 | 1 |
| 41 | sapping | 2 | 1 |
| 42 | seizing | 2 | 1 |
| 43 | sinning | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | sobbing | 2 | 1 |
| 45 | sopping | 2 | 1 |
| 46 | spurring | 2 | 1 |
| 47 | subbing | 2 | 1 |
| 48 | summing | 2 | 1 |
| 49 | sunning | 2 | 1 |
| 50 | ceding | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | ostling | 3 | 0 |
| 52 | safing | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | saling | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | salling | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | seeding | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | seeling | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | seething | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | serling | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | sieling | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | sieving | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | siting | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | sizing | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | slurring | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | socking | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | souring | 3 | 0 |
| 66 | stewing | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | suiting | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | surfing | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | syring | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "sacking".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lacking | 2 | 32 |
| 2 | shaking | 2 | 21 |
| 3 | packing | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | soaking | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | sucking | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | backing | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | spacing | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | stacking | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | tacking | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | hacking | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | slackening | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | racking | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | ransacking | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | wracking | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | snacking | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | smacking | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | staking | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | socking | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | snaking | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | jacking | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "sacking" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "sacking" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "sacking" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 69
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.
📰 This Word in the News:
Southampton told why manager's sacking is the only possible Spygate punishment
May 20, 2026 Daily Express
May 20, 2026 Daily Express
The BookKeeper: How much Man Utd have spent on sacking managers after Amorim exit
Jan 9, 2026 The New York Times
Jan 9, 2026 The New York Times
Scott Mills to ‘sue the BBC for unfair dismissal over Radio 2 sacking’
May 17, 2026 London Evening Standard
May 17, 2026 London Evening Standard
CSIRO says thanks for the budget boost but we're sacking a third of our climate researchers anyway
May 21, 2026 Region Canberra
May 21, 2026 Region Canberra
Are managers ever relieved to be sacked? ‘It is a relief of pressure – but then you miss that pressure’
Jan 12, 2026 The New York Times
Jan 12, 2026 The New York Times

