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Term: tapping

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

  1. Term
  2. tapping

tapping

Definitions

Noun

  1. The sound of light blow or knock

Verb

  1. Cut a female screw thread with a tap
  2. Draw from or dip into to get something
  3. Strike lightly
  4. Draw from; make good use of
  5. Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
  6. Furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
  7. Make light, repeated taps on a surface
  8. Walk with a tapping sound
  9. Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
  10. Draw (liquor) from a tap
  11. Pierce in order to draw a liquid from
  12. Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "tapping".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tapping 2 6
2 wiretapping 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "tapping".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 taking 2 175
2 trying 2 163
3 talking 2 100
4 turning 2 75
5 teaching 2 67
6 telling 2 52
7 staining 2 37
8 staring 2 26
9 stating 2 16
10 touching 2 15
11 stopping 2 14
12 timing 2 11
13 towering 3 11
14 attacking 3 9
15 steering 2 9
16 stepping 2 9
17 tearing 2 9
18 outgoing 3 8
19 sticking 2 8
20 sterling 2 7
21 touring 2 7
22 typing 2 7
23 attaining 3 6
24 stealing 2 6
25 stunning 2 6
26 tubing 2 6
27 steaming 2 5
28 tooling 2 5
29 tossing 2 5
30 stooping 2 4
31 storing 2 4
32 tiring 2 4
33 attaching 3 3
34 staging 2 3
35 stirling 2 3
36 teasing 2 3
37 tuning 2 3
38 outlying 3 2
39 stacking 2 2
40 stalking 2 2
41 stalling 2 2
42 starring 2 2
43 stinging 2 2
44 stuffing 2 2
45 tacking 2 2
46 topping 2 2
47 tucking 2 2
48 staffing 2 1
49 stocking 2 1
50 styling 2 1
51 tagging 2 1
52 taming 2 1
53 teaming 2 1
54 teeming 2 1
55 teething 2 1
56 terming 2 1
57 ticking 2 1
58 tilling 2 1
59 tipping 2 1
60 tugging 2 1
61 outdoing 3 0
62 outlawing 3 0
63 outweighing 3 0
64 stabbing 2 0
65 staking 2 0
66 stashing 2 0
67 staving 2 0
68 stehling 2 0
69 stelling 2 0
70 stemming 2 0
71 stitching 2 0
72 stoking 2 0
73 stoning 2 0
74 stowing 2 0
75 straying 2 0
76 tabbing 2 0
77 tailing 2 0
78 tanning 2 0
79 taping 2 0
80 tarring 2 0
81 teeling 2 0
82 tiding 2 0
83 tithing 2 0
84 toiling 2 0
85 tolling 2 0
86 toning 2 0
87 toting 2 0
88 touting 2 0
89 turing 2 0
90 tusing 2 0
91 tussing 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 mapping 2 7
2 trappings 2 3
3 strapping 2 3
4 rapping 2 3
5 trapping 2 2
6 topping 2 2
7 lapping 2 2
8 tipping 2 1
9 sapping 2 1
10 napping 2 1
11 tappin 2 0
12 taping 2 0
13 zapping 2 0
14 wapping 2 0
15 tapings 2 0
16 tamping 2 0
17 capping 2 0
18 appling 3 0
19 taing 2 0
20 aping 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 topping 2 2
2 tipping 2 1

Results:

Term

Definitions: 13

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 91

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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