burden
Definitions
Noun
- An onerous or difficult concern
- Weight to be borne or conveyed
- The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- The central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
Verb
- Weight down with a load
- Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "burden".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burden | 2 | 44 |
| 2 | burdens | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | burdened | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | burdensome | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | overburden | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | overburdened | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | unburdened | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | burdening | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | unburden | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "burden".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | byron | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | beaten | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | burton | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | bryan | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | bacon | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | button | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | bourbon | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | barren | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | basin | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | berman | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | beacon | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | brian | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | batten | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | bitten | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | bowman | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | baron | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | bouton | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | bowden | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | burman | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | beckon | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | behan | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | beman | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | berton | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | bison | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | bohlen | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | abston | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | baden | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | baeten | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | bagan | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | bahan | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | bahman | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | bailon | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | bakken | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | balan | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | ballon | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | bannan | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | bannon | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | barron | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | bason | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | batan | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | batton | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | baughman | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | bauman | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | baumann | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | bawden | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | baylen | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | bayman | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | bazan | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | bazhan | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | beagen | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | beahan | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | beaman | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | beamon | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | beason | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | beaton | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | beavan | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | beaven | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | beeman | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | beeson | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | beeton | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | belen | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | bellon | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | beran | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | berdan | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | bergan | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | bergen | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | berken | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | beron | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | berson | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | besson | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | betten | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | betton | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | bevan | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | beven | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | beynon | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | biden | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | bielen | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | bigan | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | bijan | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | billon | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | birden | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | birman | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | biron | 2 | 0 |
| 84 | bissen | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | bisson | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | bitton | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | biven | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | bobbin | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | bocian | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | bodden | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | boden | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | boesen | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | bogan | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | bogen | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | boggan | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | bohan | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | bohman | 2 | 0 |
| 98 | bohnen | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | bohon | 2 | 0 |
| 100 | bohren | 2 | 0 |
| 101 | boisen | 2 | 0 |
| 102 | bolan | 2 | 0 |
| 103 | bolen | 2 | 0 |
| 104 | bollen | 2 | 0 |
| 105 | bolon | 2 | 0 |
| 106 | boman | 2 | 0 |
| 107 | booten | 2 | 0 |
| 108 | booton | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | boren | 2 | 0 |
| 110 | boschen | 2 | 0 |
| 111 | bossen | 2 | 0 |
| 112 | bothun | 2 | 0 |
| 113 | boton | 2 | 0 |
| 114 | botten | 2 | 0 |
| 115 | boughman | 2 | 0 |
| 116 | boughten | 2 | 0 |
| 117 | boughton | 2 | 0 |
| 118 | boulden | 2 | 0 |
| 119 | bouwman | 2 | 0 |
| 120 | boven | 2 | 0 |
| 121 | bowcan | 2 | 0 |
| 122 | bowlen | 2 | 0 |
| 123 | bowmen | 2 | 0 |
| 124 | bowron | 2 | 0 |
| 125 | boyden | 2 | 0 |
| 126 | boylan | 2 | 0 |
| 127 | boylen | 2 | 0 |
| 128 | boysen | 2 | 0 |
| 129 | boyson | 2 | 0 |
| 130 | breon | 2 | 0 |
| 131 | brion | 2 | 0 |
| 132 | bryen | 2 | 0 |
| 133 | bryon | 2 | 0 |
| 134 | buchan | 2 | 0 |
| 135 | buchen | 2 | 0 |
| 136 | budden | 2 | 0 |
| 137 | buhman | 2 | 0 |
| 138 | bulen | 2 | 0 |
| 139 | bullen | 2 | 0 |
| 140 | burdon | 2 | 0 |
| 141 | burgeon | 2 | 0 |
| 142 | burson | 2 | 0 |
| 143 | bussen | 2 | 0 |
| 144 | eblen | 3 | 0 |
| 145 | o'bannon | 3 | 0 |
| 146 | o'brian | 3 | 0 |
| 147 | o'bryan | 3 | 0 |
| 148 | obannon | 3 | 0 |
| 149 | oberman | 3 | 0 |
| 150 | obrian | 3 | 0 |
| 151 | obryan | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "burden".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "burden" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burden of | 1 | 5 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "burden" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the burden | 1 | 4 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "burden" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | diminish | 3 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 9
Sound Alikes: 151
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 9
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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