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Term: retreating

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

  1. Term
  2. retreating

retreating

Definitions

Verb

  1. Pull back or move away or backward
  2. Move away, as for privacy
  3. Move back
  4. Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "retreating".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 retreating 3 5

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "retreating".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 resulting 3 43
2 regarding 3 40
3 recording 3 31
4 trembling 3 26
5 reporting 3 17
6 requiring 4 16
7 roleplaying 3 16
8 practicing 3 15
9 programing 3 13
10 pretending 3 12
11 realizing 4 12
12 presenting 3 10
13 preventing 3 10
14 refusing 3 10
15 replacing 3 9
16 organizing 4 8
17 protesting 3 7
18 reassuring 4 7
19 predicting 3 6
20 projecting 3 6
21 rebuilding 3 6
22 refreshing 3 6
23 restoring 3 6
24 revolving 3 6
25 brandishing 3 5
26 programming 3 5
27 relaxing 3 5
28 reminding 3 5
29 proclaiming 3 4
30 recovering 4 4
31 recruiting 3 4
32 rejecting 3 4
33 resisting 3 4
34 rewarding 3 4
35 breathtaking 3 3
36 gratifying 4 3
37 protecting 3 3
38 protruding 3 3
39 reclining 3 3
40 recounting 3 3
41 resolving 3 3
42 resorting 3 3
43 crumbling 3 2
44 progressing 3 2
45 remarking 3 2
46 repainting 3 2
47 rescuing 3 2
48 resounding 3 2
49 revolting 3 2
50 rumbling 3 2
51 brainwashing 3 1
52 grumbling 3 1
53 pronouncing 3 1
54 radiating 4 1
55 railroading 3 1
56 ransacking 3 1
57 realigning 4 1
58 rearranging 4 1
59 reasserting 4 1
60 reforming 3 1
61 regrouping 3 1
62 remarrying 4 1
63 renouncing 3 1
64 reopening 4 1
65 restating 3 1
66 retarding 3 1
67 retracing 3 1
68 retraining 3 1
69 reuniting 4 1
70 revamping 3 1
71 romancing 3 1
72 transferring 3 1
73 chronicling 3 0
74 dressmaking 3 0
75 drycleaning 3 0
76 franchising 3 0
77 freelancing 3 0
78 prearranging 4 0
79 precluding 3 0
80 preempting 3 0
81 preplanning 3 0
82 pressurizing 4 0
83 procuring 3 0
84 proofreading 3 0
85 rampaging 3 0
86 ratifying 4 0
87 reaffirming 4 0
88 reassessing 4 0
89 reassigning 4 0
90 rebounding 3 0
91 rebuking 3 0
92 recanting 3 0
93 recasting 3 0
94 recharging 3 0
95 reclaiming 3 0
96 recusing 3 0
97 red-herring 3 0
98 redacting 3 0
99 redlining 3 0
100 redressing 3 0
101 reentering 4 0
102 reflagging 3 0
103 refraining 3 0
104 refunding 3 0
105 refuting 3 0
106 regretting 3 0
107 rejiggering 4 0
108 relapsing 3 0
109 relearning 3 0
110 relending 3 0
111 relenting 3 0
112 remedying 4 0
113 reordering 4 0
114 repenting 3 0
115 repressing 3 0
116 repricing 3 0
117 repulsing 3 0
118 rescinding 3 0
119 resenting 3 0
120 restocking 3 0
121 retesting 3 0
122 rethinking 3 0
123 retreading 3 0
124 retrieving 3 0
125 ricocheting 4 0
126 rulemaking 3 0
127 transfering 3 0
128 transiting 3 0
129 trespassing 3 0
130 trumpeting 3 0
131 truncating 3 0
132 wrangling 3 0
133 wrinkling 3 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 retreat 2 14
2 treating 2 11
3 repeating 3 9
4 recreating 4 1
5 reiterating 5 1
6 retracing 3 1
7 restating 3 1
8 retraining 3 1
9 retraction 3 1
10 retreading 3 0
11 retracting 3 0
12 entreating 3 0
13 retesting 3 0
14 rereading 3 0
15 retrain 2 0
16 repatriating 5 0
17 perpetrating 4 0
18 retrieving 3 0
19 restarting 3 0
20 relegating 4 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 retreating boer 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 retracting 3 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 133

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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