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Term: coughing

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

  1. Term
  2. coughing

coughing

Definitions

Noun

  1. A sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

Verb

  1. Exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "coughing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 coughing 2 3

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "coughing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 coming 2 174
2 cutting 2 66
3 keeping 2 60
4 calling 2 45
5 cooling 2 42
6 coating 2 36
7 cooking 2 32
8 killing 2 23
9 causing 2 18
10 crying 2 15
11 kicking 2 12
12 caring 2 10
13 catching 2 9
14 coping 2 8
15 cursing 2 8
16 accruing 3 7
17 canning 2 7
18 kidding 2 7
19 coaching 2 6
20 kissing 2 6
21 cunning 2 5
22 schooling 2 5
23 scoring 2 5
24 curving 2 4
25 scanning 2 4
26 scouring 3 4
27 sketching 2 4
28 skimming 2 4
29 skipping 2 4
30 cloying 2 3
31 coding 2 3
32 crowing 2 3
33 curbing 2 3
34 scheming 2 3
35 scouting 2 3
36 calming 2 2
37 curling 2 2
38 kooning 2 2
39 schelling 2 2
40 scowling 2 2
41 skating 2 2
42 skidding 2 2
43 caving 2 1
44 clawing 2 1
45 combing 2 1
46 conning 2 1
47 cowering 3 1
48 cowling 2 1
49 kenning 2 1
50 scaring 2 1
51 scathing 2 1
52 scooping 2 1
53 skirting 2 1
54 caching 2 0
55 caning 2 0
56 capping 2 0
57 cashing 2 0
58 casing 2 0
59 caulking 2 0
60 cocking 2 0
61 codding 2 0
62 coffing 2 0
63 coining 2 0
64 coking 2 0
65 colling 2 0
66 copping 2 0
67 couching 2 0
68 cuing 2 0
69 culling 2 0
70 cumming 2 0
71 currying 3 0
72 cushing 2 0
73 cussing 2 0
74 kading 2 0
75 kaeding 2 0
76 kassing 2 0
77 keating 2 0
78 keeling 2 0
79 kelling 2 0
80 kitching 2 0
81 kiting 2 0
82 koelling 2 0
83 koetting 2 0
84 kohring 2 0
85 kolling 2 0
86 koning 2 0
87 queuing 2 0
88 scaling 2 0
89 scarring 2 0
90 scoping 2 0
91 scourging 2 0
92 screwing 2 0
93 scurrying 3 0
94 skewing 2 0
95 skilling 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 touching 2 15
2 outgoing 3 8
3 cough 1 7
4 coughlin 2 6
5 ching 1 5
6 scouring 3 4
7 lounging 2 4
8 crouching 2 3
9 gouging 2 3
10 scouting 2 3
11 mouthing 2 2
12 scrounging 2 1
13 vouching 2 1
14 roughing 2 0
15 couching 2 0
16 scourging 2 0
17 cushing 2 0
18 toughening 3 0
19 cuing 2 0
20 loughlin 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 including 3 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 95

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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