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Term: besting

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

  1. Term
  2. besting

besting

Definitions

Verb

  1. Get the better of
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "besting".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 besting 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "besting".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 building 2 160
2 bringing 2 38
3 breaking 2 25
4 breathing 2 21
5 binding 2 20
6 bleeding 2 16
7 brooding 2 15
8 bursting 2 13
9 observing 3 13
10 blessing 2 10
11 blooming 2 10
12 bouncing 2 9
13 obtaining 3 9
14 borrowing 3 8
15 bending 2 7
16 breeding 2 7
17 browning 2 7
18 brushing 2 7
19 blazing 2 6
20 bothering 3 6
21 boarding 2 5
22 blushing 2 4
23 bickering 3 3
24 blocking 2 3
25 boasting 2 3
26 boosting 2 3
27 bracing 2 3
28 bulging 2 3
29 balding 2 2
30 banking 2 2
31 barking 2 2
32 basking 2 2
33 basting 2 2
34 battering 3 2
35 belching 2 2
36 bellowing 3 2
37 blaming 2 2
38 bleaching 2 2
39 blotting 2 2
40 bounding 2 2
41 braving 2 2
42 breaching 2 2
43 briefing 2 2
44 bruising 2 2
45 bumping 2 2
46 abounding 3 1
47 badgering 3 1
48 banding 2 1
49 barging 2 1
50 belting 2 1
51 bettering 3 1
52 blaring 2 1
53 bluffing 2 1
54 bolting 2 1
55 bonding 2 1
56 bragging 2 1
57 braiding 2 1
58 browsing 2 1
59 buckling 2 1
60 bullying 3 1
61 aborting 3 0
62 abridging 3 0
63 abusing 3 0
64 beadling 2 0
65 belding 2 0
66 belying 3 0
67 bensing 2 0
68 benzing 2 0
69 bergling 2 0
70 bilking 2 0
71 billowing 3 0
72 binging 2 0
73 bisbing 2 0
74 bisping 2 0
75 blading 2 0
76 blaesing 2 0
77 blasing 2 0
78 bleeping 2 0
79 bloating 2 0
80 blogging 2 0
81 bobbling 2 0
82 boening 3 0
83 bolding 2 0
84 boxing 2 0
85 braking 2 0
86 branning 2 0
87 brawling 2 0
88 breading 2 0
89 breeching 2 0
90 breining 2 0
91 brenning 2 0
92 bribing 2 0
93 bridging 2 0
94 brimming 2 0
95 brining 2 0
96 broaching 2 0
97 broiling 2 0
98 broking 2 0
99 brooking 2 0
100 bruening 2 0
101 bruning 2 0
102 bruting 2 0
103 buehring 2 0
104 buening 2 0
105 buesing 2 0
106 buffering 3 0
107 buffeting 3 0
108 bunching 2 0
109 bunting 2 0
110 burbling 2 0
111 burgling 2 0
112 burying 3 0
113 busting 2 0
114 butchering 3 0
115 buttering 3 0
116 obliging 3 0
117 obsessing 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 being 2 712
2 testing 2 32
3 resting 2 19
4 beating 2 13
5 betting 2 5
6 sting 1 5
7 nesting 2 2
8 basting 2 2
9 besetting 3 1
10 belting 2 1
11 breasting 2 0
12 bestowing 3 0
13 vesting 2 0
14 kesting 2 0
15 busting 2 0
16 buesing 2 0
17 bensing 2 0
18 wresting 2 0
19 westling 2 0
20 reseting 3 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 basting 2 2
2 busting 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 117

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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