happen
Definitions
Verb
- Come to pass
- Happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; ; (santayana)
- Chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
- Come into being; become reality
- Come upon, as if by accident; meet with
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "happen".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happened | 2 | 149 |
| 2 | happen | 2 | 63 |
| 3 | happens | 2 | 40 |
| 4 | happening | 3 | 28 |
| 5 | happenings | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | happenstance | 3 | 2 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "happen".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heaven | 2 | 43 |
| 2 | hidden | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | helen | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | hymen | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | haven | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | herman | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | houghton | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | hasten | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | haydn | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | heathen | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | hessian | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | honan | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | hutton | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | haitian | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | haydon | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | heenan | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | heighten | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | heron | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | ahonen | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | haagen | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | habben | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | haddan | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | hadden | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | haddon | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | haden | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | hafen | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | hagan | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | hagen | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | haggan | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | hainan | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | haitien | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | hakan | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | hakon | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | hallen | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | haman | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | hamann | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | hamman | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | hammann | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | hammen | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | hammon | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | hamon | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | hanan | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | hangen | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | hannan | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | hannen | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | hannon | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | haran | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | haren | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | harren | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | harron | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | hassen | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | hasson | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | hattan | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | hatten | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | hatton | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | haugan | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | haugen | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | haughton | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | hausen | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | hawken | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | hayden | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | hayman | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | haymon | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | hayton | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | hazan | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | hazen | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | headen | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | hearon | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | hearron | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | heaton | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | hedden | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | heelan | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | heeren | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | heggen | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | hehman | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | heiden | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | heiken | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | heiman | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | heimann | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | heinen | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | hellen | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | heman | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | hemann | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | hemmen | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | hennan | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | hennen | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | hennon | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | hermann | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | hermon | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | hernan | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | hernon | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | herren | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | herron | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | herson | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | hesson | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | heyden | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | heydon | 2 | 0 |
| 98 | heyman | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | heymann | 2 | 0 |
| 100 | hibben | 2 | 0 |
| 101 | hicken | 2 | 0 |
| 102 | highman | 2 | 0 |
| 103 | hillen | 2 | 0 |
| 104 | hippen | 2 | 0 |
| 105 | hoban | 2 | 0 |
| 106 | hoben | 2 | 0 |
| 107 | hodgen | 2 | 0 |
| 108 | hoeschen | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | hogen | 2 | 0 |
| 110 | hoggan | 2 | 0 |
| 111 | hohman | 2 | 0 |
| 112 | hohmann | 2 | 0 |
| 113 | holan | 2 | 0 |
| 114 | holen | 2 | 0 |
| 115 | hollan | 2 | 0 |
| 116 | hollen | 2 | 0 |
| 117 | hollon | 2 | 0 |
| 118 | homan | 2 | 0 |
| 119 | homann | 2 | 0 |
| 120 | homen | 2 | 0 |
| 121 | hooten | 2 | 0 |
| 122 | hooton | 2 | 0 |
| 123 | hooven | 2 | 0 |
| 124 | horan | 2 | 0 |
| 125 | horen | 2 | 0 |
| 126 | hoten | 2 | 0 |
| 127 | houchen | 2 | 0 |
| 128 | hougen | 2 | 0 |
| 129 | housen | 2 | 0 |
| 130 | hovan | 2 | 0 |
| 131 | hoven | 2 | 0 |
| 132 | howden | 2 | 0 |
| 133 | howson | 2 | 0 |
| 134 | howton | 2 | 0 |
| 135 | hudon | 2 | 0 |
| 136 | hughen | 2 | 0 |
| 137 | hulen | 2 | 0 |
| 138 | husen | 2 | 0 |
| 139 | huson | 2 | 0 |
| 140 | husson | 2 | 0 |
| 141 | hyden | 2 | 0 |
| 142 | hyman | 2 | 0 |
| 143 | hyphen | 2 | 0 |
| 144 | hyson | 2 | 0 |
| 145 | o'herron | 3 | 0 |
| 146 | ohagan | 3 | 0 |
| 147 | oherron | 3 | 0 |
| 148 | ohioan | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "happen".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happened | 2 | 149 |
| 2 | happens | 2 | 40 |
| 3 | happening | 3 | 28 |
| 4 | happier | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | sharpen | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | happe | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | tappen | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | lappen | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | hippen | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | happel | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | eappen | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | append | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | happ | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | haen | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | phippen | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | hapeman | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | halpern | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | cheapen | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | chapple | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | chappie | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "happen" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "happen" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | would happen | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "happen" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | objects | 2 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "happen".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hippen | 2 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 6
Sound Alikes: 148
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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