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Term: staying

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

  1. Term
  2. staying

staying

Definitions

Verb

  1. Stay the same; remain in a certain state
  2. Stay put (in a certain place)
  3. Dwell
  4. Continue in a place, position, or situation
  5. Remain behind
  6. Stop or halt
  7. Stay behind
  8. Hang on during a trial of endurance
  9. Stop a judicial process
  10. Fasten with stays
  11. Overcome or allay
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "staying".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 staying 2 17

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "staying".

# 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 stirring 2 16
13 seeming 2 14
14 assessing 3 10
15 assigning 3 9
16 soaking 2 9
17 sipping 2 8
18 sucking 2 8
19 signing 2 7
20 skiing 2 7
21 slowing 2 6
22 seating 2 5
23 siding 2 5
24 soaring 2 5
25 asserting 3 4
26 sagging 2 4
27 sealing 2 4
28 snowing 2 4
29 soothing 2 4
30 citing 2 3
31 sighting 2 3
32 slaying 2 3
33 swaying 2 3
34 ceasing 2 2
35 searing 2 2
36 seeping 2 2
37 spying 2 2
38 surging 2 2
39 assailing 3 1
40 sacking 2 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 "staying".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 saying 2 113
2 studying 3 40
3 staring 2 26
4 stating 2 16
5 stain 1 6
6 tying 2 5
7 sting 1 5
8 steaming 2 5
9 swaying 2 3
10 staging 2 3
11 slaying 2 3
12 styling 2 1
13 sayings 2 1
14 strafing 2 1
15 straying 2 0
16 staving 2 0
17 staking 2 0
18 taing 2 0
19 stang 1 0
20 tallying 3 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 staying in 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 staring 2 26
2 stating 2 16
3 storing 2 4
4 staging 2 3
5 styling 2 1
6 staking 2 0
7 staving 2 0
8 stewing 2 0
9 stoking 2 0
10 stoning 2 0
11 stowing 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 11

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 69

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 11

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

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Staying home to play hockey
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