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Term: persuading

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

  1. Term
  2. persuading

persuading

Definitions

Verb

  1. Win approval or support for
  2. Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "persuading".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 persuading 3 5

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "persuading".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 providing 3 59
2 processing 3 38
3 producing 3 35
4 preceding 3 30
5 promising 3 24
6 preparing 3 22
7 performing 3 17
8 prevailing 3 17
9 publishing 3 14
10 promoting 3 13
11 proceeding 3 12
12 preserving 3 10
13 presiding 3 10
14 sprinkling 2 7
15 proposing 3 6
16 patrolling 3 3
17 perfecting 3 3
18 pioneering 4 3
19 pulsating 3 3
20 specifying 4 3
21 persisting 3 2
22 portraying 3 2
23 preceeding 3 2
24 presuming 3 2
25 professing 3 2
26 prolonging 3 2
27 purporting 3 2
28 patenting 3 1
29 peacemaking 3 1
30 perspiring 3 1
31 placating 3 1
32 plastering 3 1
33 plummeting 3 1
34 plundering 3 1
35 polarizing 4 1
36 propelling 3 1
37 prospering 3 1
38 puncturing 3 1
39 upstanding 3 1
40 apportioning 4 0
41 parboiling 3 0
42 parceling 3 0
43 pardoning 3 0
44 parenting 3 0
45 partnering 3 0
46 peacekeeping 3 0
47 perforating 4 0
48 perfuming 3 0
49 permeating 4 0
50 premiering 3 0
51 presaging 3 0
52 previewing 3 0
53 profiling 3 0
54 profiting 3 0
55 prompting 2 0
56 provoking 3 0
57 spacewalking 3 0
58 spearheading 3 0
59 speechifying 4 0
60 spelunking 3 0
61 splintering 3 0
62 spotlighting 3 0
63 upstarting 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 persuade 2 17
2 pleading 2 12
3 presiding 3 10
4 persuasion 3 9
5 pursuing 3 9
6 pervading 3 2
7 parading 3 2
8 presuming 3 2
9 perusing 3 1
10 pershing 2 1
11 persuasions 3 1
12 persing 2 0
13 superseding 4 0
14 persecuting 4 0
15 permutating 4 0
16 ruding 2 0
17 rereading 3 0
18 presaging 3 0
19 pleadings 2 0
20 persuades 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 63

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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

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