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Term: quickening

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

  1. Term
  2. quickening

quickening

Definitions

Noun

  1. The process of showing signs of life
  2. The stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
  3. The act of accelerating; increasing the speed

Verb

  1. Move faster
  2. Make keen or more acute
  3. Give life or energy to
  4. Show signs of life
  5. Give new life or energy to
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "quickening".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 quickening 3 2

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "quickening".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 concerning 3 62
2 containing 3 45
3 extending 3 29
4 expanding 3 28
5 expressing 3 24
6 expecting 3 18
7 excluding 3 16
8 competing 3 15
9 collecting 3 13
10 explaining 3 13
11 commanding 3 11
12 combining 3 10
13 counseling 3 10
14 comparing 3 9
15 comforting 3 8
16 commencing 3 8
17 compelling 3 8
18 exploding 3 7
19 connecting 3 6
20 crippling 3 6
21 exercising 4 6
22 commenting 3 5
23 commuting 3 5
24 consuming 3 5
25 exploring 3 5
26 quarreling 3 5
27 campaigning 3 4
28 compiling 3 4
29 condemning 3 4
30 exclaiming 3 4
31 cascading 3 3
32 collapsing 3 3
33 complying 3 3
34 composing 3 3
35 conceding 3 3
36 confessing 3 3
37 confining 3 3
38 exchanging 3 3
39 scaffolding 3 3
40 carpeting 3 2
41 cavorting 3 2
42 clustering 3 2
43 commending 3 2
44 conceiving 3 2
45 confiding 3 2
46 confirming 3 2
47 conserving 3 2
48 convening 3 2
49 converting 3 2
50 acknowledging 4 1
51 activating 4 1
52 canceling 3 1
53 cancelling 3 1
54 canvassing 3 1
55 carloading 3 1
56 christening 3 1
57 combating 3 1
58 concealing 3 1
59 consoling 3 1
60 conversing 3 1
61 crusading 3 1
62 equalizing 4 1
63 exploiting 3 1
64 exporting 3 1
65 expounding 3 1
66 extruding 3 1
67 kidnapping 3 1
68 scavenging 3 1
69 squabbling 3 1
70 accrediting 4 0
71 auctioneering 4 0
72 captaining 3 0
73 captioning 3 0
74 caregiving 3 0
75 carjacking 3 0
76 cartooning 3 0
77 cauterizing 4 0
78 coalescing 4 0
79 coarsening 3 0
80 codifying 4 0
81 colorizing 4 0
82 combatting 3 0
83 communing 3 0
84 condoning 3 0
85 converging 3 0
86 corpening 3 0
87 cradling 3 0
88 crediting 3 0
89 creveling 3 0
90 critiquing 3 0
91 excusing 3 0
92 expending 3 0
93 expensing 3 0
94 extorting 3 0
95 kesselring 3 0
96 kidnaping 3 0
97 kimberling 3 0
98 oxidizing 4 0
99 quibbling 3 0
100 scapegoating 3 0
101 scorekeeping 3 0
102 scribbling 3 0
103 sculpturing 3 0
104 squandering 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 quivering 3 7
2 licensing 3 6
3 squinting 2 3
4 bickering 3 3
5 sickening 3 2
6 picketing 3 2
7 tucking 2 2
8 quicken 2 1
9 thickening 3 1
10 quickened 2 1
11 quenching 2 1
12 pickering 3 1
13 ticking 2 1
14 chickening 3 0
15 quieting 3 0
16 quickens 2 0
17 likening 3 0
18 wilkening 3 0
19 ticketing 3 0
20 dickering 3 0

Words That Follow

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

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Words That Precede

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

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Statistically Associated

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

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Consonant Match

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

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Results:

Term

Definitions: 8

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 104

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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