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Term: pecking

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

  1. Term
  2. pecking

pecking

Definitions

Verb

  1. Hit lightly with a picking motion
  2. Eat by pecking at, like a bird
  3. Kiss lightly
  4. Eat like a bird
  5. Bother persistently with trivial complaints
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "pecking".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 pecking 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "pecking".

# 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 pausing 2 6
24 peeling 2 6
25 piling 2 6
26 popping 2 6
27 spacing 2 6
28 piping 2 5
29 poking 2 5
30 spitting 2 5
31 patting 2 4
32 speeding 2 4
33 spelling 2 4
34 padding 2 3
35 polling 2 3
36 posing 2 3
37 praying 2 3
38 sparring 2 3
39 spilling 2 3
40 paving 2 2
41 peeping 2 2
42 petting 2 2
43 poling 2 2
44 pooling 2 2
45 puffing 2 2
46 purging 2 2
47 spotting 2 2
48 appeasing 3 1
49 paging 2 1
50 peeking 2 1
51 pegging 2 1
52 pershing 2 1
53 pinging 2 1
54 pinning 2 1
55 poring 2 1
56 preying 2 1
57 prying 2 1
58 spanning 2 1
59 sparing 2 1
60 spewing 2 1
61 spoiling 2 1
62 spouting 2 1
63 appling 3 0
64 opining 3 0
65 pairing 2 0
66 panning 2 0
67 paring 2 0
68 pasing 2 0
69 patching 2 0
70 pawling 2 0
71 peaking 2 0
72 pearling 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 "pecking".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 speaking 2 62
2 packing 2 17
3 picking 2 14
4 wrecking 2 5
5 checking 2 5
6 piercing 2 3
7 decking 2 2
8 peking 2 1
9 peeking 2 1
10 plucking 2 1
11 peacemaking 3 1
12 piecing 2 0
13 perking 2 0
14 peaking 2 0
15 pekin 2 0
16 eking 2 0
17 pickling 2 0
18 pickings 2 0
19 heckling 2 0
20 peckinpaugh 3 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 packing 2 17
2 picking 2 14

Results:

Term

Definitions: 5

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 96

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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