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Term: slaying

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

  1. Term
  2. slaying

slaying

Definitions

Noun

  1. Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

Verb

  1. Kill intentionally and with premeditation
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "slaying".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 slaying 2 3
2 slayings 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "slaying".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sitting 2 96
2 setting 2 60
3 singing 2 47
4 seeking 2 44
5 serving 2 38
6 ceiling 2 31
7 selling 2 31
8 searching 2 23
9 saving 2 21
10 sailing 2 20
11 assuming 3 17
12 staying 2 17
13 stirring 2 16
14 seeming 2 14
15 assessing 3 10
16 assigning 3 9
17 soaking 2 9
18 sipping 2 8
19 sucking 2 8
20 signing 2 7
21 skiing 2 7
22 slowing 2 6
23 seating 2 5
24 siding 2 5
25 soaring 2 5
26 asserting 3 4
27 sagging 2 4
28 sealing 2 4
29 snowing 2 4
30 soothing 2 4
31 citing 2 3
32 sighting 2 3
33 swaying 2 3
34 ceasing 2 2
35 searing 2 2
36 seeping 2 2
37 spying 2 2
38 surging 2 2
39 assailing 3 1
40 sacking 2 1
41 sapping 2 1
42 seizing 2 1
43 sinning 2 1
44 sobbing 2 1
45 sopping 2 1
46 spurring 2 1
47 subbing 2 1
48 summing 2 1
49 sunning 2 1
50 ceding 2 0
51 ostling 3 0
52 safing 2 0
53 saling 2 0
54 salling 2 0
55 seeding 2 0
56 seeling 2 0
57 seething 2 0
58 serling 2 0
59 sieling 2 0
60 sieving 2 0
61 siting 2 0
62 sizing 2 0
63 slurring 2 0
64 socking 2 0
65 souring 3 0
66 stewing 2 0
67 suiting 2 0
68 surfing 2 0
69 syring 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 saying 2 113
2 playing 2 101
3 lying 2 36
4 staying 2 17
5 laying 2 12
6 spraying 2 8
7 displaying 3 6
8 slapping 2 6
9 slashing 2 5
10 slanting 2 4
11 slamming 2 4
12 swaying 2 3
13 slang 1 2
14 sayings 2 1
15 sling 1 1
16 slayings 2 0
17 slating 2 0
18 slain 1 0
19 laing 2 0
20 straying 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 sliding 2 11
2 sloping 2 7
3 slowing 2 6
4 slating 2 0
5 slicing 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 2

Fragments: 2

Sound Alikes: 69

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 5

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

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Suspect in slaying of Loyola University student was in the country illegally, officials say
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