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Term: pausing

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

  1. Term
  2. pausing

pausing

Definitions

Verb

  1. Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
  2. Cease an action temporarily
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "pausing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 pausing 2 6

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "pausing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 playing 2 101
2 opening 3 83
3 passing 2 65
4 speaking 2 62
5 putting 2 54
6 applying 3 29
7 pulling 2 25
8 packing 2 17
9 pushing 2 17
10 appearing 3 16
11 pitching 2 16
12 appealing 3 14
13 picking 2 14
14 opposing 3 13
15 plowing 2 11
16 spinning 2 11
17 appalling 3 9
18 peering 2 9
19 pouring 2 9
20 spraying 2 8
21 pacing 2 7
22 pauling 2 7
23 peeling 2 6
24 piling 2 6
25 popping 2 6
26 spacing 2 6
27 piping 2 5
28 poking 2 5
29 spitting 2 5
30 patting 2 4
31 speeding 2 4
32 spelling 2 4
33 padding 2 3
34 polling 2 3
35 posing 2 3
36 praying 2 3
37 sparring 2 3
38 spilling 2 3
39 paving 2 2
40 peeping 2 2
41 petting 2 2
42 poling 2 2
43 pooling 2 2
44 puffing 2 2
45 purging 2 2
46 spotting 2 2
47 appeasing 3 1
48 paging 2 1
49 peeking 2 1
50 pegging 2 1
51 pershing 2 1
52 pinging 2 1
53 pinning 2 1
54 poring 2 1
55 preying 2 1
56 prying 2 1
57 spanning 2 1
58 sparing 2 1
59 spewing 2 1
60 spoiling 2 1
61 spouting 2 1
62 appling 3 0
63 opining 3 0
64 pairing 2 0
65 panning 2 0
66 paring 2 0
67 pasing 2 0
68 patching 2 0
69 pawling 2 0
70 peaking 2 0
71 pearling 2 0
72 pecking 2 0
73 penning 2 0
74 perking 2 0
75 persing 2 0
76 piecing 2 0
77 pilling 2 0
78 pining 2 0
79 pitting 2 0
80 plying 2 0
81 poaching 2 0
82 pouting 2 0
83 powering 3 0
84 pudding 2 0
85 puming 2 0
86 spawning 2 0
87 spearing 2 0
88 sperling 2 0
89 spicing 2 0
90 spiering 3 0
91 spiffing 2 0
92 spiking 2 0
93 spoofing 2 0
94 spurling 2 0
95 spurning 2 0
96 spurting 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 using 2 145
2 passing 2 65
3 causing 2 18
4 pushing 2 17
5 amusing 3 14
6 pleasing 2 10
7 pursuing 3 9
8 pauling 2 7
9 phrasing 2 4
10 pulsing 2 2
11 praising 2 2
12 pasting 2 1
13 perusing 3 1
14 pasing 2 0
15 phasing 2 0
16 parsing 2 0
17 abusing 3 0
18 plaguing 2 0
19 paustian 2 0
20 paulding 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 passing 2 65
2 pulsing 2 2
3 parsing 2 0
4 persing 2 0
5 phasing 2 0
6 pissing 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 96

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 6

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

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US Health Secretary Kennedy says CMS is pausing Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota
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ICE pausing most vehicle stops
Jul 14, 2026 CBS News
Fairfield City Council postpones data center town hall after pausing future projects
Jul 21, 2026 wvtm
New York is pausing new hyperscale data centres. Could the same happen in Canada?
Jul 17, 2026 CBC

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