BE + *WN word ending – English Grammar Profiler
After ‘BE’, a word ending with ‘wn’ is usually past participle. Some exceptions are ‘known’ (where it might be an adjective) ‘down’, ‘brown’, ‘well-known’ and ‘unknown’.
1 IS KNOWN 377649
Unfortunately, that is what is known as a conflict of interest.
listen
2 ARE KNOWN 143646 3 IS (VBZ) SHOWN (VVN) 130843
4 BEEN SHOWN 110513
5 BE (VBI) SHOWN (VVN) 83516 6 BEEN (VBN) KNOWN (VVN) 80984 7 ARE (VBR) SHOWN (VVN) 78484 8 WAS (VBDZ) KNOWN (VVN) 77962 9 BE (VBI) KNOWN (VVN) 73865 10 IS (VBZ) DOWN (RP) 57441 11 BE (VBI) DRAWN (VVN) 52054 12 IS (VBZ) UNKNOWN (JJ) 48066 13 ‘S (VBZ) OWN (DA) 43347 14 WAS (VBDZ) SHOWN (VVN) 38969 15 WAS (VBDZ) DOWN (RP) 33996 16 ARE (VBR) DRAWN (VVN) 31906 17 IS (VBZ) DRAWN (VVN) 31863 18 BE (VBI) THROWN (VVN) 27071 19 ARE (VBR) DOWN (RP) 25930 20 WAS (VBDZ) DRAWN (VVN) 22413 21 WERE (VBDR) KNOWN (VVN) 21316 22 WAS (VBDZ) THROWN (VVN) 20758 23 BE (VBI) DOWN (RP) 20076 24 BE (VBI) GROWN (VVN) 18719 25 ARE (VBR) GROWN (VVN) 17866 26 IS (VBZ) THROWN (VVN) 17412 27 WAS (VBDZ) BLOWN (VVN) 17301 28 WERE (VBDR) DOWN (RP) 17206 29 WERE (VBDR) SHOWN (VVN) 16279 30 BE (VBI) WITHDRAWN (VVN) 15265 31 BEING (VBG) THROWN (VVN) 15148 32 WERE (VBDR) DRAWN (VVN) 14134 33 IS (VBZ) GROWN (VVN) 13620 34 BEING (VBG) SHOWN (VVN) 13390 35 BEEN (VBN) DRAWN (VVN) 13336 36 IS (VBZ) WELL-KNOWN (JJ) 13179 37 ‘S (VBZ_VHZ@) KNOWN (VVN) 11697 38 ARE (VBR) UNKNOWN (JJ) 11681 39 BEEN (VBN) THROWN (VVN) 10680 40 WERE (VBDR) THROWN (VVN) 10196 41 ARE (VBR) THROWN (VVN) 9845 42 BE (VBI) BLOWN (VVN) 9829 43 BEING (VBG) DRAWN (VVN) 9704 44 ‘S (VBZ) DOWN (RP) 9603 45 WAS (VBDZ) DOWN (RP_II@) 7897 46 BE (VBI) FLOWN (VVN) 7577 47 BEEN (VBN) DOWN (RP) 7434 48 ‘S (VBZ) KNOWN (VVN) 6467 49 WERE (VBDR) BLOWN (VVN) 6373 50 WAS (VBDZ) UNKNOWN (JJ) 6289 51 WAS (VBDZ) WITHDRAWN (VVN) 6278 52 WAS (VBDZ) FLOWN (VVN) 5978 53 IS (VBZ) BLOWN (VVN) 5788 54 IS (VBZ) DOWN (RP_II@) 5633 55 ARE (VBR) WELL-KNOWN (JJ) 5615 56 BEEN (VBN) BLOWN (VVN) 5428 57 BEING (VBG) KNOWN (VVN) 5390 58 ‘RE (VBR) DOWN (RP) 5118 59 BEING (VBG) BLOWN (VVN) 5068 60 IS (VBZ) WITHDRAWN (VVN) 4772 61 IS (VBZ) BROWN (JJ) 4650 62 WERE (VBDR) GROWN (VVN) 4365 63 BEEN (VBN) WITHDRAWN (VVN) 4234 64 WAS (VBDZ) GROWN (VVN) 4159 65 WERE (VBDR) DOWN (RP_II@) 4124 66 ‘S (VBZ_VHZ@) SHOWN (VVN) 4043 67 ARE (VBR) KNOWN (VVN_JJ@) 3910 68 ARE (VBR) BROWN (JJ) 3879 69 ‘M (VBM) DOWN (RP) 3874 70 BEEN (VBN) GROWN (VVN) 3576 71 ‘RE (VBR) KNOWN (VVN) 3551 72 ARE (VBR) DOWN (RP_II@) 3297 73 BEING (VBG) DOWN (RP) 3286 74 BE (VBI) SOWN (VVN) 3182 75 WERE (VBDR) WITHDRAWN (VVN) 3176 76 IS (VBZ) SEWN (VVN) 3123 77 WERE (VBDR) FLOWN (VVN) 2910 78 ARE (VBR) BLOWN (VVN) 2863 79 ARE (VBR) SEWN (VVN) 2815 80 WAS (VBDZ) OVERTHROWN (VVN) 2781 81 BEING (VBG) GROWN (VVN) 2672 82 IS (VBZ) DOWN (II@_RP) 2637 83 BE (VBI) SEWN (VVN) 2632 84 WERE (VBDR) UNKNOWN (JJ) 2562 85 ‘S (VBZ_VHZ@) GROWN (VVN) 2448 86 ‘S (VBZ) UNKNOWN (JJ) 2308 87 WAS (VBDZ) WELL-KNOWN (JJ) 2261 88 ‘S (VBZ) GROWN (VVN) 2245 89 BEING (VBG) FLOWN (VVN) 2192 90 IS (VBZ) KNOWN (VVN_JJ@) 2123 91 ARE (VBR) WITHDRAWN (VVN) 2116 92 AM (VBM) DOWN (RP) 2108 93 BEEN (VBN) DOWN (RP_II@) 2016 94 BEING (VBG) WITHDRAWN (VVN) 1899 95 BE (VBI) UNKNOWN (JJ) 1860 96 BE (VBI) DOWN (RP_II@) 1818 97 BEEN (VBN) DOWN (II) 1763 98 AM (VBM) DRAWN (VVN) 1679 99 BE (VBI) OVERTHROWN (VVN) 1645
100 IS (VBZ) FLOWN (VVN) 1572