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Term: been

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

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  2. been

been

Definitions

Verb

  1. Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  2. Be identical to; be someone or something
  3. Occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
  4. Have an existence, be extant
  5. Happen, occur, take place
  6. Be identical or equivalent to
  7. Form or compose
  8. Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
  9. Represent, as of a character on stage
  10. Spend or use time
  11. Have life, be alive
  12. To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
  13. Be priced at
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "been".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 been 1 2472
2 beene 1 0
3 beeney 2 0
4 beenken 2 0
5 beens 1 0
6 has-been 2 0
7 has-beens 2 0
8 might-have-been 3 0
9 might-have-beens 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "been".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 bin 1 9
2 bihn 1 0
3 binn 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 ben 1 21
2 bee 1 11
3 breen 1 0
4 beven 2 0
5 belen 2 0
6 beens 1 0
7 beene 1 0
8 bremen 2 0
9 breden 2 0
10 boesen 2 0
11 blegen 2 0
12 bielen 2 0
13 bevens 2 0
14 betten 2 0
15 berken 2 0
16 bergen 2 0
17 berent 2 0
18 berens 2 0
19 berend 2 0
20 benten 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 been the 1 24
2 been a 1 22
3 been used 1 18
4 been observed 2 13
5 been found 1 9
6 been criticized 3 7
7 been made 1 7
8 been reassigned 3 7
9 been shown 1 6
10 been developed 3 6
11 been identified 4 5
12 been taken 2 5
13 been an 1 5
14 been engaged 2 4
15 been able 2 4
16 been raised 1 4
17 been honored 2 4
18 been discovered 3 4
19 been approved 2 3
20 been suggested 3 3
21 been killed 1 3
22 been selected 3 3
23 been detected 3 3
24 been to 1 3
25 been confirmed 2 3
26 been established 3 3
27 been reduced 2 3
28 been named 1 3
29 been assigned 2 3
30 been produced 2 3
31 been recognized 3 3
32 been fully 2 3
33 been implicated 4 3
34 been called 1 3
35 been under 2 3
36 been in 1 3
37 been considering 4 3
38 been at 1 3
39 been home 1 3
40 been removed 2 3
41 been reported 3 3
42 been sentenced 2 2
43 been part 1 2
44 been noted 2 2
45 been driven 2 2
46 been held 1 2
47 been seen 1 2
48 been given 2 2
49 been left 1 2
50 been recovered 3 2
51 been controversial 4 2
52 been estimated 4 2
53 been featured 2 2
54 been done 1 2
55 been published 2 2
56 been created 3 2
57 been particularly 5 2
58 been one 1 2
59 been defeated 3 2
60 been destroyed 2 2
61 been lost 1 2
62 been recorded 3 2
63 been active 2 2
64 been dominated 4 2
65 been no 1 2
66 been for 1 2
67 been said 1 2
68 been national 3 2
69 been known 1 2
70 been built 1 2
71 been common 2 2
72 been played 1 2
73 been unwilling 3 2
74 been educated 4 2
75 been several 3 2
76 been replaced 2 2
77 been described 2 2
78 been involved 2 2
79 been forced 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 have been 1 173
2 has been 1 150
3 had been 1 106
4 also been 2 26
5 not been 1 6
6 yet been 1 5
7 having been 2 5
8 recently been 3 4
9 never been 2 4
10 always been 2 4
11 traditionally been 5 4
12 since been 1 4
13 originally been 5 3
14 long been 1 2
15 all been 1 2
16 often been 2 2
17 historically been 5 2
18 ever been 2 2
19 both been 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 born 1 113
2 barn 1 29
3 burn 1 15
4 bonn 1 6
5 bean 1 5
6 bern 1 5
7 bonn's 1 3
8 boon 1 3
9 bein' 2 2
10 bryn 1 2
11 bein 1 1
12 bien 1 1
13 bran 1 1
14 bahn 1 0
15 bain 1 0
16 bain's 1 0
17 bann 1 0
18 baun 1 0
19 bean's 1 0
20 behn 1 0
21 benn 1 0
22 bihn 1 0
23 binn 1 0
24 blan 1 0
25 boan 1 0
26 boen 1 0
27 bohn 1 0
28 born's 1 0
29 bown 1 0
30 bren 1 0
31 brin 1 0
32 brun 1 0
33 bunn 1 0
34 byrn 1 0
35 byun 1 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 13

Fragments: 9

Sound Alikes: 3

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 79

Words that Precede: 19

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 35

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

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