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Term: bear

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

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  2. bear

bear

Definitions

Noun

  1. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
  2. An investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price

Verb

  1. Have
  2. Cause to be born
  3. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
  4. Move while holding up or supporting
  5. Bring forth,
  6. Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
  7. Contain or hold; have within
  8. Bring in
  9. Have on one's person
  10. Behave in a certain manner
  11. Have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
  12. Support or hold in a certain manner
  13. Be pregnant with
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "bear".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 bear 1 57
2 beard 1 26
3 bears 1 26
4 bearing 2 25
5 bearded 2 10
6 bearings 2 6
7 unbearable 4 6
8 beards 1 5
9 bearden 2 4
10 bearer 2 4
11 bearish 2 2
12 overbearing 4 2
13 bear's 1 1
14 beardslee 2 1
15 forebears 2 1
16 graybeard 2 1
17 graybeards 2 1
18 unbearably 4 1
19 beara 2 0
20 bearable 3 0
21 bearably 3 0
22 bearce 1 0
23 beardmore 2 0
24 beardsley 2 0
25 beardstown 2 0
26 beare 1 0
27 bearers 2 0
28 bearfield 2 0
29 bearishly 3 0
30 bearishness 3 0
31 bearman 2 0
32 bears' 1 0
33 bearse 1 0
34 bearss 1 0
35 bearup 2 0
36 beary 2 0
37 bebear 2 0
38 bluebeard 2 0
39 childbearing 3 0
40 clinkenbeard 3 0
41 forbearance 3 0
42 forebear 2 0
43 forebearance 3 0
44 standard-bearer 4 0
45 standard-bearers 4 0
46 stretcher-bearer 4 0
47 stretcher-bearers 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "bear".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 bare 1 29
2 baer 1 5
3 abair 2 0
4 bahr 1 0
5 bair 1 0
6 behr 1 0

Spelled Like

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 bar 1 82
2 ear 1 29
3 bears 1 26
4 beard 1 26
5 beware 2 3
6 bea 1 2
7 bleary 2 2
8 beggar 2 2
9 betar 2 0
10 bejar 2 0
11 behar 2 0
12 beary 2 0
13 beare 1 0
14 beara 2 0
15 bevard 2 0
16 berard 2 0
17 benard 2 0
18 bellar 2 0
19 belair 2 0
20 bednar 2 0

Words That Follow

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 bear weight 1 2

Words That Precede

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 to bear 1 2
2 brown bear 1 2

Statistically Associated

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 could 1 2
2 allowed 2 2

Consonant Match

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

# Word Syllables Freq
1 beer 1 35
2 burr 1 7
3 baer 1 5
4 blur 1 3
5 barr 1 1
6 bear's 1 1
7 boar 1 1
8 baar 1 0
9 bahr 1 0
10 bair 1 0
11 barr's 1 0
12 baur 1 0
13 beer's 1 0
14 behr 1 0
15 bier 1 0
16 birr 1 0
17 boer 1 0
18 bohr 1 0
19 boor 1 0
20 bour 1 0
21 buer 2 0
22 buhr 1 0
23 byer 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 15

Fragments: 47

Sound Alikes: 6

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 2

Statistically Associated: 2

Consonant Matches: 23

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

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