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Term: teasing

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

  1. Term
  2. teasing

teasing

Definitions

Noun

  1. The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
  2. Playful vexation
  3. The act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb

Verb

  1. Annoy persistently
  2. Harass with persistent criticism or carping
  3. To arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
  4. Tear into pieces
  5. Raise the nap of (fabrics)
  6. Disentangle and raise the fibers of
  7. Separate the fibers of
  8. Mock or make fun of playfully
  9. Ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "teasing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 teasing 2 3

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "teasing".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 taking 2 175
2 trying 2 163
3 talking 2 100
4 turning 2 75
5 teaching 2 67
6 telling 2 52
7 staining 2 37
8 staring 2 26
9 stating 2 16
10 touching 2 15
11 stopping 2 14
12 timing 2 11
13 towering 3 11
14 attacking 3 9
15 steering 2 9
16 stepping 2 9
17 tearing 2 9
18 outgoing 3 8
19 sticking 2 8
20 sterling 2 7
21 touring 2 7
22 typing 2 7
23 attaining 3 6
24 stealing 2 6
25 stunning 2 6
26 tapping 2 6
27 tubing 2 6
28 steaming 2 5
29 tooling 2 5
30 tossing 2 5
31 stooping 2 4
32 storing 2 4
33 tiring 2 4
34 attaching 3 3
35 staging 2 3
36 stirling 2 3
37 tuning 2 3
38 outlying 3 2
39 stacking 2 2
40 stalking 2 2
41 stalling 2 2
42 starring 2 2
43 stinging 2 2
44 stuffing 2 2
45 tacking 2 2
46 topping 2 2
47 tucking 2 2
48 staffing 2 1
49 stocking 2 1
50 styling 2 1
51 tagging 2 1
52 taming 2 1
53 teaming 2 1
54 teeming 2 1
55 teething 2 1
56 terming 2 1
57 ticking 2 1
58 tilling 2 1
59 tipping 2 1
60 tugging 2 1
61 outdoing 3 0
62 outlawing 3 0
63 outweighing 3 0
64 stabbing 2 0
65 staking 2 0
66 stashing 2 0
67 staving 2 0
68 stehling 2 0
69 stelling 2 0
70 stemming 2 0
71 stitching 2 0
72 stoking 2 0
73 stoning 2 0
74 stowing 2 0
75 straying 2 0
76 tabbing 2 0
77 tailing 2 0
78 tanning 2 0
79 taping 2 0
80 tarring 2 0
81 teeling 2 0
82 tiding 2 0
83 tithing 2 0
84 toiling 2 0
85 tolling 2 0
86 toning 2 0
87 toting 2 0
88 touting 2 0
89 turing 2 0
90 tusing 2 0
91 tussing 2 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 teaching 2 67
2 testing 2 32
3 treating 2 11
4 tearing 2 9
5 steaming 2 5
6 easing 2 3
7 tasting 2 3
8 leasing 2 3
9 erasing 3 2
10 ceasing 2 2
11 toasting 2 2
12 teaming 2 1
13 treading 2 1
14 thesing 2 0
15 tasking 2 0
16 taing 2 0
17 tweaking 2 0
18 trashing 2 0
19 toensing 2 0
20 tastings 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 tossing 2 5
2 thesing 2 0
3 tussing 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 12

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 91

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 3

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

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