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Term: fending

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

  1. Term
  2. fending

fending

Definitions

Verb

  1. Try to manage without help
  2. Withstand the force of something
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "fending".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 defending 3 13
2 offending 3 1
3 fending 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "fending".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 following 3 221
2 finding 2 53
3 forming 2 21
4 farming 2 16
5 founding 2 16
6 freezing 2 15
7 forcing 2 13
8 floating 2 12
9 frowning 2 12
10 fixing 2 11
11 framing 2 10
12 fleeting 2 7
13 flooring 2 7
14 flaming 2 6
15 flashing 2 6
16 flowering 3 6
17 affecting 3 5
18 favoring 3 4
19 featuring 3 4
20 fencing 2 4
21 flapping 2 4
22 flushing 2 4
23 phrasing 2 4
24 effecting 3 3
25 fielding 2 3
26 flailing 2 3
27 flaring 2 3
28 folding 2 3
29 affording 3 2
30 fleming 2 2
31 flipping 2 2
32 flooding 2 2
33 fretting 2 2
34 furthering 3 2
35 feasting 2 1
36 fiddling 2 1
37 filming 2 1
38 flicking 2 1
39 flitting 2 1
40 flocking 2 1
41 flouting 2 1
42 forging 2 1
43 fuming 2 1
44 funding 2 1
45 fusing 2 1
46 offending 3 1
47 offsetting 3 1
48 affixing 3 0
49 fainting 2 0
50 farling 2 0
51 farrowing 3 0
52 farthing 2 0
53 farting 2 0
54 fasting 2 0
55 fathering 3 0
56 faulding 2 0
57 faulting 2 0
58 faxing 2 0
59 feathering 3 0
60 ferrying 3 0
61 feuding 2 0
62 fickling 2 0
63 flagging 2 0
64 flaking 2 0
65 fledging 2 0
66 fleecing 2 0
67 flemming 2 0
68 flinging 2 0
69 flirting 2 0
70 flogging 2 0
71 flopping 2 0
72 foraying 3 0
73 forking 2 0
74 freaking 2 0
75 freehling 2 0
76 freewing 2 0
77 frerking 2 0
78 fricking 2 0
79 frieling 2 0
80 frigging 2 0
81 froemming 2 0
82 froning 2 0
83 fruehling 2 0
84 fruiting 2 0
85 fryling 2 0
86 fueling 2 0
87 fuelling 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 finding 2 53
2 sending 2 34
3 ending 2 31
4 feeding 2 26
5 pending 2 14
6 defending 3 13
7 lending 2 7
8 bending 2 7
9 vending 2 6
10 tending 2 4
11 fencing 2 4
12 mending 2 3
13 endings 2 3
14 offending 3 1
15 funding 2 1
16 wending 2 0
17 rending 2 0
18 feuding 2 0
19 fendi 2 0
20 wendling 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 finding 2 53
2 funding 2 1

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 3

Sound Alikes: 87

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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