sprinkling
Definitions
Noun
- A small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
- A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
- The act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
- The act of sprinkling or splashing water
Verb
- Distribute loosely
- Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
- Rain gently
- Scatter with liquid; wet lightly
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Words that sound like the term "sprinkling".
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "sprinkling".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | striking | 2 | 39 |
| 2 | spinning | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | sprinkle | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | sinking | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | sparkling | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | shrinking | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | sprinkel | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | spilling | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | springing | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | tinkling | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | stinking | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | inkling | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | spoiling | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | wrinkling | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | sprinting | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | spraining | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | spiking | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | strickling | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | spurning | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | spurling | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 8
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 56
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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