owing
Definitions
Verb
- Be obliged to pay or repay
- Be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense
- Be in debt
Fragment
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "owing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | following | 3 | 221 |
| 2 | growing | 2 | 108 |
| 3 | showing | 2 | 61 |
| 4 | knowing | 2 | 50 |
| 5 | allowing | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | blowing | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | flowing | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | throwing | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | plowing | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | glowing | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | borrowing | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | slowing | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | shadowing | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | knowingly | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | narrowing | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | owing | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | snowing | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | bowing | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | crowing | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | swallowing | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | bellowing | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | harrowing | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | overflowing | 4 | 2 |
| 24 | showings | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | vowing | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | yellowing | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | burrowing | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | elbowing | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | sowing | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | unknowing | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | unknowingly | 4 | 1 |
| 32 | wallowing | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | bestowing | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | billowing | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | borrowings | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | cowing | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | disallowing | 4 | 0 |
| 38 | disavowing | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | endowing | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | farrowing | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | followings | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | foreshadowing | 4 | 0 |
| 43 | glassblowing | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | glowingly | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | gowing | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | hollowing | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | howington | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | lowing | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | mellowing | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | mowing | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | outgrowing | 3 | 0 |
| 52 | overgrowing | 4 | 0 |
| 53 | overshadowing | 5 | 0 |
| 54 | overthrowing | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | owings | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | rowing | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | stowing | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | towing | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | winnowing | 3 | 0 |
| 60 | wowing | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "owing".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "owing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | showing | 2 | 61 |
| 2 | knowing | 2 | 50 |
| 3 | wing | 1 | 18 |
| 4 | plowing | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | slowing | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | snowing | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | owning | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | bowing | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | vowing | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | sowing | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | wowing | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | towing | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | rowing | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | owings | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | mowing | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | lowing | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | gowing | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | cowing | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | stowing | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | nowling | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "owing" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owing to | 1 | 5 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "owing" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "owing" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dissipation | 4 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 60
Sound Alikes: 12
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 10
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Pharmacies cut Sunday opening hours owing to ‘chronic underfunding’
Mar 13, 2026 The Pharmaceutical Journal
Mar 13, 2026 The Pharmaceutical Journal
Mickey Rourke Officially Evicted From L.A. Home After Owing $60,000 in Back Rent
Mar 11, 2026 The Hollywood Reporter
Mar 11, 2026 The Hollywood Reporter