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List of Stop Words in the English Language

Oct 25, 2025 | Blog


Pronouns & Possessives

  • i
  • i’d
  • i’ll
  • i’m
  • i’ve
  • you
  • you’d
  • you’ll
  • you’re
  • your
  • yours
  • yourself
  • yourselves
  • he
  • he’d
  • he’ll
  • he’s
  • his
  • him
  • himself
  • she
  • she’d
  • she’ll
  • she’s
  • her
  • hers
  • herself
  • it
  • it’d
  • it’ll
  • it’s
  • its
  • itself
  • we
  • we’d
  • we’ll
  • we’re
  • we’ve
  • our
  • ours
  • ourselves
  • they
  • they’d
  • they’ll
  • they’re
  • they’ve
  • their
  • theirs
  • them
  • themselves
  • who
  • who’d
  • whoever
  • who’ll
  • whom
  • whomever
  • who’s
  • whose
  • what
  • whatever
  • what’ll
  • what’s
  • what’ve
  • this
  • that
  • that’ll
  • thats
  • that’s
  • that’ve
  • these
  • those
  • somebody
  • someone
  • something
  • anybody
  • anyone
  • anything
  • nobody
  • nothing
  • everybody
  • everyone
  • everything
  • all

Prepositions

  • about
  • above
  • across
  • after
  • against
  • amid
  • amidst
  • among
  • amongst
  • apart
  • around
  • at
  • before
  • behind
  • below
  • beside
  • besides
  • between
  • beyond
  • by
  • concerning
  • despite
  • for
  • from
  • in
  • inc
  • inside
  • into
  • onto
  • of
  • off
  • on
  • out
  • outside
  • over
  • per
  • regarding
  • round
  • since
  • through
  • throughout
  • thru
  • till
  • to
  • toward
  • towards
  • under
  • underneath
  • until
  • unto
  • up
  • upon
  • via
  • with
  • within
  • without

Conjunctions & Connectors

  • and
  • but
  • because
  • because
  • as
  • if
  • or
  • nor
  • then
  • than
  • so
  • while
  • when
  • where
  • whether
  • how
  • what
  • why
  • both
  • either
  • neither
  • although
  • otherwise
  • unless
  • once
  • till
  • until
  • wherever
  • whenever
  • whereafter
  • whereby
  • wherein
  • herein
  • whereupon
  • whither
  • though
  • as
  • so
  • plus
  • minus
  • versus
  • vs
  • vs.
  • hence
  • therefore
  • thereby
  • consequently
  • accordingly
  • according
  • accordingly
  • otherwise
  • thence
  • thenceforth
  • thus
  • forth
  • moreover
  • furthermore
  • nevertheless
  • nonetheless
  • notwithstanding
  • also
  • else
  • elsewhere
  • likewise
  • aswell
  • sooner
  • later
  • earlier
  • finally
  • just
  • still
  • next
  • then
  • thence
  • thereafter
  • whence
  • wherefore
  • whither
  • whence
  • whither
  • whatnot
  • whatev
  • whoever
  • whoever
  • who’d
  • who’ll
  • whom
  • whomever
  • what
  • whatever
  • which
  • whichever
  • whatnot
  • whatev
  • when
  • where
  • why
  • how
  • whether
  • if
  • or
  • so

Verbs & Auxiliaries

  • am
  • is
  • are
  • was
  • were
  • be
  • been
  • being
  • has
  • have
  • had
  • do
  • does
  • did
  • can
  • could
  • will
  • would
  • shall
  • should
  • may
  • might
  • must
  • ought
  • daren’t
  • isn’t
  • aren’t
  • wasn’t
  • weren’t
  • hasn’t
  • haven’t
  • hadn’t
  • doesn’t
  • don’t
  • didn’t
  • couldn’t
  • wouldn’t
  • shouldn’t
  • mayn’t
  • mustn’t
  • oughtn’t
  • shan’t
  • won’t
  • got
  • take
  • make
  • get
  • go
  • look
  • seem
  • know
  • say
  • ask
  • take
  • put
  • come
  • went
  • keep
  • try
  • do

Determiners & Quantifiers

  • a
  • an
  • the
  • some
  • any
  • each
  • every
  • enough
  • many
  • much
  • little
  • few
  • fewer
  • more
  • most
  • all
  • both
  • either
  • neither
  • one
  • two
  • three
  • four
  • five
  • six
  • seven
  • eight
  • nine
  • ten
  • eleven
  • twelve
  • thirteen
  • fourteen
  • fifteen
  • sixteen
  • seventeen
  • eighteen
  • nineteen
  • twenty
  • thirty
  • forty
  • fifty
  • sixty
  • seventy
  • eighty
  • ninety
  • hudred
  • first
  • second
  • third
  • fourth
  • fifth

Adverbs & Other Particles

  • already
  • always
  • anyhow
  • anyway
  • anyways
  • awfull
  • backwards
  • backward
  • certainly
  • clearly
  • currently
  • definitely
  • directly
  • downwards
  • down
  • enough
  • especially
  • exactly
  • fairly
  • far
  • farther
  • furthermore
  • hardly
  • here
  • hither
  • how
  • however
  • just
  • lately
  • least
  • less
  • low
  • lower
  • maybe
  • meantime
  • meanwhile
  • merely
  • near
  • nearly
  • never
  • now
  • obviously
  • often
  • only
  • outward
  • perhaps
  • quite
  • rather
  • really
  • reasonably
  • relatively
  • respectively
  • seriously
  • somewhat
  • somewhere
  • soon
  • suddenly
  • then
  • too
  • truly
  • very
  • well
  • yet
  • zero
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