pen
Definitions
Noun
- A writing implement with a point from which ink flows
- An enclosure for confining livestock
- A portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
- A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
- Female swan
Verb
- Produce a literary work
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "pen".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | 2 | 318 |
| 2 | happened | 2 | 149 |
| 3 | opened | 2 | 131 |
| 4 | spent | 1 | 104 |
| 5 | opening | 3 | 83 |
| 6 | independence | 4 | 70 |
| 7 | independent | 4 | 70 |
| 8 | happen | 2 | 63 |
| 9 | spend | 1 | 53 |
| 10 | expense | 2 | 50 |
| 11 | depends | 2 | 49 |
| 12 | expenses | 3 | 47 |
| 13 | depend | 2 | 45 |
| 14 | expenditures | 4 | 45 |
| 15 | pennsylvania | 4 | 45 |
| 16 | expensive | 3 | 44 |
| 17 | spending | 2 | 41 |
| 18 | dependent | 3 | 40 |
| 19 | happens | 2 | 40 |
| 20 | openly | 3 | 34 |
| 21 | pencil | 2 | 34 |
| 22 | depending | 3 | 32 |
| 23 | suspended | 3 | 30 |
| 24 | happening | 3 | 28 |
| 25 | penny | 2 | 25 |
| 26 | spencer | 2 | 23 |
| 27 | pen | 1 | 18 |
| 28 | compensation | 4 | 17 |
| 29 | opens | 2 | 16 |
| 30 | indispensable | 5 | 15 |
| 31 | penetration | 4 | 15 |
| 32 | penalty | 3 | 14 |
| 33 | pending | 2 | 14 |
| 34 | penetrating | 4 | 14 |
| 35 | pension | 2 | 13 |
| 36 | pentagon | 3 | 13 |
| 37 | dependence | 3 | 12 |
| 38 | expended | 3 | 12 |
| 39 | independently | 5 | 12 |
| 40 | suspension | 3 | 12 |
| 41 | expenditure | 4 | 11 |
| 42 | appendix | 3 | 10 |
| 43 | depended | 3 | 9 |
| 44 | peninsula | 4 | 9 |
| 45 | pennant | 2 | 9 |
| 46 | dependable | 4 | 8 |
| 47 | interdependent | 5 | 8 |
| 48 | penetrated | 4 | 8 |
| 49 | spends | 1 | 8 |
| 50 | openings | 3 | 7 |
| 51 | penetrate | 3 | 7 |
| 52 | pensions | 2 | 7 |
| 53 | carpenter | 3 | 6 |
| 54 | copenhagen | 4 | 6 |
| 55 | inexpensive | 4 | 6 |
| 56 | interdependence | 5 | 6 |
| 57 | opener | 3 | 6 |
| 58 | spencer's | 2 | 6 |
| 59 | suspense | 2 | 6 |
| 60 | happenings | 3 | 5 |
| 61 | penance | 2 | 5 |
| 62 | pendleton | 3 | 5 |
| 63 | penn | 1 | 5 |
| 64 | pennies | 2 | 5 |
| 65 | sharpened | 2 | 5 |
| 66 | carpentry | 3 | 4 |
| 67 | compensated | 4 | 4 |
| 68 | dispense | 2 | 4 |
| 69 | impending | 3 | 4 |
| 70 | penalties | 3 | 4 |
| 71 | pencils | 2 | 4 |
| 72 | penned | 1 | 4 |
| 73 | pensacola | 4 | 4 |
| 74 | turpentine | 3 | 4 |
| 75 | carpenter's | 3 | 3 |
| 76 | carpenters | 3 | 3 |
| 77 | compensate | 3 | 3 |
| 78 | compensations | 4 | 3 |
| 79 | compensatory | 5 | 3 |
| 80 | dampened | 2 | 3 |
| 81 | dependency | 4 | 3 |
| 82 | dispensation | 4 | 3 |
| 83 | penalized | 3 | 3 |
| 84 | penniless | 3 | 3 |
| 85 | penny's | 2 | 3 |
| 86 | repent | 2 | 3 |
| 87 | ripening | 3 | 3 |
| 88 | serpents | 2 | 3 |
| 89 | sharpening | 3 | 3 |
| 90 | stupendous | 3 | 3 |
| 91 | suspend | 2 | 3 |
| 92 | appended | 3 | 2 |
| 93 | aspen | 2 | 2 |
| 94 | compensating | 4 | 2 |
| 95 | dampen | 2 | 2 |
| 96 | deepened | 2 | 2 |
| 97 | dependents | 3 | 2 |
| 98 | dispensed | 2 | 2 |
| 99 | happenstance | 3 | 2 |
| 100 | misshapen | 3 | 2 |
| 101 | pendulum | 3 | 2 |
| 102 | pennock | 2 | 2 |
| 103 | pens | 1 | 2 |
| 104 | pensioner | 3 | 2 |
| 105 | perpendicular | 5 | 2 |
| 106 | repentance | 3 | 2 |
| 107 | ripened | 2 | 2 |
| 108 | serpent | 2 | 2 |
| 109 | suspensions | 3 | 2 |
| 110 | appendages | 4 | 1 |
| 111 | appendixes | 4 | 1 |
| 112 | carpentier | 4 | 1 |
| 113 | chippendale | 3 | 1 |
| 114 | compendium | 4 | 1 |
| 115 | compensates | 3 | 1 |
| 116 | dampening | 3 | 1 |
| 117 | deepen | 2 | 1 |
| 118 | deepening | 3 | 1 |
| 119 | dispensary | 4 | 1 |
| 120 | dispenser | 3 | 1 |
| 121 | dispensers | 3 | 1 |
| 122 | dispensing | 3 | 1 |
| 123 | expend | 2 | 1 |
| 124 | expendable | 4 | 1 |
| 125 | impenetrable | 5 | 1 |
| 126 | independents | 4 | 1 |
| 127 | indispensible | 5 | 1 |
| 128 | open-ended | 4 | 1 |
| 129 | oppenheim | 3 | 1 |
| 130 | pena | 2 | 1 |
| 131 | penal | 2 | 1 |
| 132 | penchant | 2 | 1 |
| 133 | penciled | 2 | 1 |
| 134 | pendant | 2 | 1 |
| 135 | penicillin | 4 | 1 |
| 136 | penman | 2 | 1 |
| 137 | pennants | 2 | 1 |
| 138 | pennell | 2 | 1 |
| 139 | penrose | 2 | 1 |
| 140 | pensive | 2 | 1 |
| 141 | pentagon's | 3 | 1 |
| 142 | pentecostal | 4 | 1 |
| 143 | penthouse | 2 | 1 |
| 144 | penultimate | 4 | 1 |
| 145 | penurious | 4 | 1 |
| 146 | penury | 3 | 1 |
| 147 | recompense | 3 | 1 |
| 148 | reopen | 3 | 1 |
| 149 | reopened | 3 | 1 |
| 150 | reopening | 4 | 1 |
| 151 | repentant | 3 | 1 |
| 152 | serpentine | 3 | 1 |
| 153 | sharpen | 2 | 1 |
| 154 | spenders | 2 | 1 |
| 155 | suspenders | 3 | 1 |
| 156 | unopened | 3 | 1 |
| 157 | unrepentant | 4 | 1 |
| 158 | unsharpened | 3 | 1 |
| 159 | apennine | 3 | 0 |
| 160 | append | 2 | 0 |
| 161 | appendage | 3 | 0 |
| 162 | appendectomies | 5 | 0 |
| 163 | appendectomy | 5 | 0 |
| 164 | appendicitis | 5 | 0 |
| 165 | appenzeller | 4 | 0 |
| 166 | aspen's | 2 | 0 |
| 167 | aspens | 2 | 0 |
| 168 | bluepencil | 3 | 0 |
| 169 | bluepencilled | 3 | 0 |
| 170 | bluepencilling | 4 | 0 |
| 171 | bluepencils | 3 | 0 |
| 172 | bullpen | 2 | 0 |
| 173 | campen | 2 | 0 |
| 174 | capen | 2 | 0 |
| 175 | carpencic | 3 | 0 |
| 176 | carpencic's | 3 | 0 |
| 177 | carpenito | 4 | 0 |
| 178 | carpentieri | 4 | 0 |
| 179 | charpentier | 3 | 0 |
| 180 | cheapen | 2 | 0 |
| 181 | cheapened | 2 | 0 |
| 182 | cheapening | 3 | 0 |
| 183 | cheapens | 2 | 0 |
| 184 | chippendales | 3 | 0 |
| 185 | compensable | 4 | 0 |
| 186 | copen | 2 | 0 |
| 187 | copenhagen's | 4 | 0 |
| 188 | copenhaver | 4 | 0 |
| 189 | coppens | 2 | 0 |
| 190 | corpening | 3 | 0 |
| 191 | crippen | 2 | 0 |
| 192 | crispen | 2 | 0 |
| 193 | deepens | 2 | 0 |
| 194 | delapena | 4 | 0 |
| 195 | dellapenna | 4 | 0 |
| 196 | dependability | 6 | 0 |
| 197 | dependencies | 4 | 0 |
| 198 | deppen | 2 | 0 |
| 199 | descarpentries | 4 | 0 |
| 200 | dispensable | 4 | 0 |
| 201 | dispenses | 3 | 0 |
| 202 | dispenza | 3 | 0 |
| 203 | eappen | 2 | 0 |
| 204 | espenschied | 3 | 0 |
| 205 | espenshade | 3 | 0 |
| 206 | expending | 3 | 0 |
| 207 | expensing | 3 | 0 |
| 208 | expensively | 4 | 0 |
| 209 | flippen | 2 | 0 |
| 210 | griepentrog | 3 | 0 |
| 211 | harpenau | 3 | 0 |
| 212 | hempen | 2 | 0 |
| 213 | hippen | 2 | 0 |
| 214 | hippensteel | 3 | 0 |
| 215 | impend | 2 | 0 |
| 216 | independence's | 5 | 0 |
| 217 | inexpensively | 5 | 0 |
| 218 | jalapeno | 4 | 0 |
| 219 | jalapenos | 4 | 0 |
| 220 | kampen | 2 | 0 |
| 221 | karpen | 2 | 0 |
| 222 | kempen | 2 | 0 |
| 223 | kloppenburg | 3 | 0 |
| 224 | knappenberger | 4 | 0 |
| 225 | knippenberg | 3 | 0 |
| 226 | koeppen | 2 | 0 |
| 227 | koppen | 2 | 0 |
| 228 | koppenhaver | 4 | 0 |
| 229 | lapenna | 3 | 0 |
| 230 | lapenta | 3 | 0 |
| 231 | lappen | 2 | 0 |
| 232 | lippens | 2 | 0 |
| 233 | misspend | 2 | 0 |
| 234 | misspending | 3 | 0 |
| 235 | misspent | 2 | 0 |
| 236 | moneypenny | 4 | 0 |
| 237 | nepenthe | 3 | 0 |
| 238 | nupeng | 2 | 0 |
| 239 | open-source | 3 | 0 |
| 240 | openers | 3 | 0 |
| 241 | openness | 3 | 0 |
| 242 | openshaw | 3 | 0 |
| 243 | openwork | 3 | 0 |
| 244 | oppenheimer | 4 | 0 |
| 245 | oppenheimer's | 4 | 0 |
| 246 | oppenheimers | 4 | 0 |
| 247 | oppens | 2 | 0 |
| 248 | outspend | 2 | 0 |
| 249 | outspending | 3 | 0 |
| 250 | outspends | 2 | 0 |
| 251 | outspent | 2 | 0 |
| 252 | overdependence | 5 | 0 |
| 253 | overdependent | 5 | 0 |
| 254 | overspend | 3 | 0 |
| 255 | overspending | 4 | 0 |
| 256 | overspends | 3 | 0 |
| 257 | overspent | 3 | 0 |
| 258 | papenfuss | 3 | 0 |
| 259 | pen's | 1 | 0 |
| 260 | pena's | 2 | 0 |
| 261 | penalize | 3 | 0 |
| 262 | penalizes | 4 | 0 |
| 263 | penalizing | 4 | 0 |
| 264 | penaloza | 4 | 0 |
| 265 | penang | 2 | 0 |
| 266 | penans | 2 | 0 |
| 267 | penberthy | 3 | 0 |
| 268 | pence | 1 | 0 |
| 269 | pendarvis | 3 | 0 |
| 270 | pendell | 2 | 0 |
| 271 | pendelton | 3 | 0 |
| 272 | pender | 2 | 0 |
| 273 | pendergast | 3 | 0 |
| 274 | pendergraft | 3 | 0 |
| 275 | pendergraph | 3 | 0 |
| 276 | pendergrass | 3 | 0 |
| 277 | pendergrast | 3 | 0 |
| 278 | penders | 2 | 0 |
| 279 | pendley | 2 | 0 |
| 280 | pendola | 3 | 0 |
| 281 | pendril | 2 | 0 |
| 282 | pendril's | 2 | 0 |
| 283 | pendry | 2 | 0 |
| 284 | pendulous | 3 | 0 |
| 285 | pendyala | 3 | 0 |
| 286 | penelas | 3 | 0 |
| 287 | penelope | 4 | 0 |
| 288 | penetrates | 3 | 0 |
| 289 | penetrator | 4 | 0 |
| 290 | penetrators | 4 | 0 |
| 291 | penfield | 2 | 0 |
| 292 | penfil | 2 | 0 |
| 293 | penfold | 2 | 0 |
| 294 | peng | 1 | 0 |
| 295 | pengassan | 3 | 0 |
| 296 | pengelly | 3 | 0 |
| 297 | pengo | 2 | 0 |
| 298 | penguin | 2 | 0 |
| 299 | penguins | 2 | 0 |
| 300 | penh | 1 | 0 |
| 301 | penh's | 1 | 0 |
| 302 | penicillins | 4 | 0 |
| 303 | penick | 2 | 0 |
| 304 | penikese | 3 | 0 |
| 305 | penile | 2 | 0 |
| 306 | peninger | 3 | 0 |
| 307 | peninsular | 4 | 0 |
| 308 | penis | 2 | 0 |
| 309 | penises | 3 | 0 |
| 310 | peniston | 3 | 0 |
| 311 | penitent | 3 | 0 |
| 312 | penitentiaries | 5 | 0 |
| 313 | penitentiary | 5 | 0 |
| 314 | penix | 2 | 0 |
| 315 | penja | 2 | 0 |
| 316 | penja's | 2 | 0 |
| 317 | penkala | 3 | 0 |
| 318 | penkava | 3 | 0 |
| 319 | penland | 2 | 0 |
| 320 | penley | 2 | 0 |
| 321 | penn's | 1 | 0 |
| 322 | penn-hills | 2 | 0 |
| 323 | penna | 2 | 0 |
| 324 | pennacchio | 4 | 0 |
| 325 | pennbancorp | 3 | 0 |
| 326 | penncorp | 2 | 0 |
| 327 | penne-pasta | 4 | 0 |
| 328 | pennebaker | 4 | 0 |
| 329 | pennel | 2 | 0 |
| 330 | pennella | 3 | 0 |
| 331 | penner | 2 | 0 |
| 332 | pennex | 2 | 0 |
| 333 | penney | 2 | 0 |
| 334 | penney's | 2 | 0 |
| 335 | pennick | 2 | 0 |
| 336 | pennie | 2 | 0 |
| 337 | penniman | 3 | 0 |
| 338 | penning | 2 | 0 |
| 339 | penninger | 3 | 0 |
| 340 | pennings | 2 | 0 |
| 341 | pennington | 3 | 0 |
| 342 | pennino | 3 | 0 |
| 343 | pennisi | 3 | 0 |
| 344 | pennix | 2 | 0 |
| 345 | penns | 1 | 0 |
| 346 | pennsauken | 3 | 0 |
| 347 | pennsylvania's | 4 | 0 |
| 348 | pennsylvanian | 5 | 0 |
| 349 | pennsylvanians | 5 | 0 |
| 350 | pennwalt | 2 | 0 |
| 351 | pennypacker | 4 | 0 |
| 352 | pennywell | 3 | 0 |
| 353 | pennzoil | 2 | 0 |
| 354 | pennzoil's | 2 | 0 |
| 355 | penobscot | 3 | 0 |
| 356 | penology | 4 | 0 |
| 357 | penoyer | 3 | 0 |
| 358 | penril | 2 | 0 |
| 359 | penrod | 2 | 0 |
| 360 | penrod's | 2 | 0 |
| 361 | penry | 2 | 0 |
| 362 | pens' | 1 | 0 |
| 363 | pense | 1 | 0 |
| 364 | pensinger | 3 | 0 |
| 365 | pensioners | 3 | 0 |
| 366 | penske | 2 | 0 |
| 367 | penson | 2 | 0 |
| 368 | pensyl | 2 | 0 |
| 369 | pent | 1 | 0 |
| 370 | penta | 2 | 0 |
| 371 | pentagons | 3 | 0 |
| 372 | pentair | 2 | 0 |
| 373 | pentamidine | 4 | 0 |
| 374 | pentane | 2 | 0 |
| 375 | pentathlon | 3 | 0 |
| 376 | pentax | 2 | 0 |
| 377 | pentech | 2 | 0 |
| 378 | pentecost | 3 | 0 |
| 379 | penthea | 3 | 0 |
| 380 | penthouses | 3 | 0 |
| 381 | pentimento | 4 | 0 |
| 382 | pentium | 3 | 0 |
| 383 | pentiums | 3 | 0 |
| 384 | pentland | 2 | 0 |
| 385 | penton | 2 | 0 |
| 386 | pentothal | 3 | 0 |
| 387 | pentron | 2 | 0 |
| 388 | pentrust | 2 | 0 |
| 389 | pentz | 1 | 0 |
| 390 | penuel | 2 | 0 |
| 391 | penumbra | 3 | 0 |
| 392 | penwell | 2 | 0 |
| 393 | penwest | 2 | 0 |
| 394 | penza | 2 | 0 |
| 395 | penzer | 2 | 0 |
| 396 | pepenadores | 5 | 0 |
| 397 | phippen | 2 | 0 |
| 398 | pippen | 2 | 0 |
| 399 | pippen's | 2 | 0 |
| 400 | pippenger | 3 | 0 |
| 401 | playpen | 2 | 0 |
| 402 | playpens | 2 | 0 |
| 403 | poppen | 2 | 0 |
| 404 | propensities | 4 | 0 |
| 405 | propensity | 4 | 0 |
| 406 | reopens | 3 | 0 |
| 407 | repented | 3 | 0 |
| 408 | repenting | 3 | 0 |
| 409 | repents | 2 | 0 |
| 410 | ripen | 2 | 0 |
| 411 | ruppenthal | 3 | 0 |
| 412 | sappenfield | 3 | 0 |
| 413 | serpent's | 2 | 0 |
| 414 | sharpens | 2 | 0 |
| 415 | spence | 1 | 0 |
| 416 | spencers | 2 | 0 |
| 417 | spendable | 3 | 0 |
| 418 | spender | 2 | 0 |
| 419 | spendley | 2 | 0 |
| 420 | spendlove | 2 | 0 |
| 421 | spendthrift | 2 | 0 |
| 422 | spengler | 3 | 0 |
| 423 | spenner | 2 | 0 |
| 424 | speno | 2 | 0 |
| 425 | spens | 1 | 0 |
| 426 | spenser | 2 | 0 |
| 427 | spenser's | 2 | 0 |
| 428 | spensers | 2 | 0 |
| 429 | steepened | 2 | 0 |
| 430 | steppenwolf | 3 | 0 |
| 431 | stipend | 2 | 0 |
| 432 | stipends | 2 | 0 |
| 433 | suspender | 3 | 0 |
| 434 | suspending | 3 | 0 |
| 435 | suspends | 2 | 0 |
| 436 | suspenseful | 3 | 0 |
| 437 | tappen | 2 | 0 |
| 438 | tenpenny | 3 | 0 |
| 439 | terpening | 3 | 0 |
| 440 | thigpen | 2 | 0 |
| 441 | tippen | 2 | 0 |
| 442 | tippens | 2 | 0 |
| 443 | turpen | 2 | 0 |
| 444 | uncompensate | 4 | 0 |
| 445 | uncompensated | 5 | 0 |
| 446 | unspent | 2 | 0 |
| 447 | vaapenfabrikk | 4 | 0 |
| 448 | vancampen | 3 | 0 |
| 449 | vankampen | 3 | 0 |
| 450 | zeppenfeld | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "pen".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "pen" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "pen" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "pen" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | replaced | 2 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 450
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 6
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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