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Term: became

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

  1. Term
  2. became

became

Definitions

Verb

  1. Enter or assume a certain state or condition
  2. Undergo a change or development
  3. Come into existence
  4. Enhance the appearance of
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "became".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 became 2 246

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "became".

# Word Syllables Freq

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 because 2 883
2 came 1 622
3 become 2 359
4 becomes 2 104
5 beam 1 21
6 becalmed 2 1
7 cameo 3 1
8 camel 2 1
9 becalm 2 0
10 beamer 2 0
11 beamed 1 0
12 bame 1 0
13 escamez 3 0
14 beecham 2 0
15 beckham 2 0
16 beacham 2 0
17 bedchamber 3 0
18 eames 1 0
19 eamer 2 0
20 bream 1 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 became a 1 32
2 became the 1 27
3 became more 1 13
4 became known 1 8
5 became increasingly 4 6
6 became an 1 5
7 became apparent 3 4
8 became well 1 2
9 became him 1 2
10 became very 2 2
11 became synonymous 4 2
12 became part 1 2
13 became one 1 2
14 became highly 2 2
15 became famous 2 2
16 became clear 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 and became 1 14
2 it became 1 9
3 they became 1 5
4 he became 1 5
5 also became 2 4
6 which became 1 4
7 later became 2 4
8 who became 1 3
9 quickly became 2 3
10 soon became 1 3
11 finland became 2 3
12 frederick became 2 3
13 this became 1 3
14 eventually became 5 2
15 gradually became 4 2
16 dinosaurs became 3 2
17 bonaparte became 3 2
18 writing became 2 2
19 liverpool became 3 2
20 ford became 1 2
21 locomotive became 4 2
22 pictures became 2 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 quickly 2 2
2 katyn 2 2
3 soon 1 2
4 eventually 5 2
5 also 2 2
6 poets 2 2
7 prize 1 2
8 gradually 4 2
9 roles 1 2
10 morality 4 2
11 opinion 3 2
12 dinosaurs 3 2
13 century 3 2
14 lake 1 2
15 republicans 4 2
16 democrats 3 2
17 college 2 2
18 humanity 4 2
19 x 1 2
20 returned 2 2
21 fans 1 2
22 evolved 2 2
23 often 2 2
24 airplanes 2 2
25 gun 1 2
26 latter 2 2
27 congo 2 2
28 soup 1 2
29 later 2 2
30 bonaparte 3 2
31 negotiations 5 2
32 however 3 2
33 system 2 2
34 cavalry 3 2
35 sieges 2 2
36 writing 2 2
37 type 1 2
38 manchester 3 2
39 liverpool 3 2
40 sound 1 2
41 docks 1 2
42 city 2 2
43 caspian 3 2
44 marx 1 2
45 eleanor 3 2
46 labor 2 2
47 peasants 2 2
48 theorists 3 2
49 components 3 2
50 company 3 2
51 farm 1 2
52 ford 1 2
53 corporation 4 2
54 organizers 4 2
55 plant 1 2
56 day 1 2
57 country 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 become 2 359

Results:

Term

Definitions: 4

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 0

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 16

Words that Precede: 22

Statistically Associated: 57

Consonant Matches: 1

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

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