Function words
These words are counted but not indexed as entries. They are the grammar of speech rather than its content — a concordance line for the sixty-thousandth the tells you nothing — so they carry a total and stop there. Nothing is hidden: the counts are real and they are here.
| Word | Times said |
|---|---|
| the | 96,262 |
| to | 82,075 |
| and | 75,517 |
| you | 55,133 |
| of | 51,467 |
| that | 51,222 |
| is | 43,211 |
| we | 42,267 |
| in | 41,722 |
| i | 41,224 |
| a | 35,636 |
| this | 31,902 |
| it | 30,047 |
| he | 23,588 |
| for | 21,267 |
| what | 20,185 |
| not | 18,983 |
| so | 18,855 |
| say | 18,173 |
| be | 17,488 |
| have | 16,885 |
| but | 16,293 |
| are | 16,037 |
| us | 15,828 |
| our | 13,749 |
| it's | 13,511 |
| do | 13,142 |
| know | 13,017 |
| your | 12,850 |
| with | 12,835 |
| as | 12,280 |
| all | 11,819 |
| like | 11,762 |
| they | 11,355 |
| on | 11,143 |
| was | 10,813 |
| if | 10,736 |
| just | 10,630 |
| going | 10,408 |
| my | 9,859 |
| about | 9,720 |
| right | 9,637 |
| because | 9,349 |
| his | 9,337 |
| thing | 9,216 |
| me | 9,204 |
| who | 9,147 |
| one | 9,128 |
| when | 8,755 |
| i'm | 8,503 |
| him | 8,412 |
| or | 8,400 |
| don't | 8,283 |
| can | 8,173 |
| at | 7,765 |
| that's | 7,716 |
| we're | 7,365 |
| look | 7,179 |
| there | 7,129 |
| here | 7,085 |
| how | 6,876 |
| from | 6,777 |
| see | 6,758 |
| you're | 6,498 |
| come | 6,427 |
| no | 6,159 |
| through | 5,875 |
| go | 5,846 |
| out | 5,804 |
| them | 5,729 |
| has | 5,706 |
| would | 5,615 |
| up | 5,479 |
| he's | 5,441 |
| by | 5,403 |
| get | 5,358 |
| think | 5,301 |
| then | 4,461 |
| those | 4,326 |
| been | 4,244 |
| these | 4,225 |
| some | 4,215 |
| there's | 4,098 |
| really | 3,993 |
| their | 3,810 |
| were | 3,682 |
| where | 3,639 |
| an | 3,507 |
| had | 3,431 |
| into | 3,367 |
| said | 3,276 |
| does | 3,230 |
| every | 3,041 |
| more | 2,983 |
| why | 2,969 |
| very | 2,891 |
| other | 2,854 |
| even | 2,849 |
| did | 2,840 |
| well | 2,762 |
| only | 2,730 |
| being | 2,722 |
| got | 2,595 |
| they're | 2,442 |
| over | 2,401 |
| before | 2,385 |
| may | 2,280 |
| again | 2,224 |
| okay | 2,192 |
| doing | 2,082 |
| many | 2,035 |
| than | 1,980 |
| doesn't | 1,952 |
| am | 1,895 |
| could | 1,872 |
| down | 1,849 |
| should | 1,833 |
| much | 1,781 |
| also | 1,773 |
| you've | 1,770 |
| i've | 1,739 |
| another | 1,705 |
| own | 1,635 |
| which | 1,600 |
| we've | 1,564 |
| same | 1,554 |
| let's | 1,535 |
| didn't | 1,528 |
| actually | 1,498 |
| still | 1,327 |
| what's | 1,267 |
| any | 1,234 |
| off | 1,214 |
| each | 1,152 |
| came | 1,146 |
| might | 1,142 |
| against | 1,012 |
| she | 1,004 |
| too | 993 |
| i'll | 968 |
| here's | 962 |
| after | 959 |
| most | 918 |
| himself | 884 |
| yourself | 857 |
| we'll | 853 |
| yeah | 844 |
| ourselves | 830 |
| cannot | 821 |
| isn't | 811 |
| shall | 777 |
| her | 765 |
| few | 700 |
| gonna | 657 |
| under | 653 |
| while | 618 |
| once | 612 |
| you'll | 590 |
| myself | 583 |
| such | 525 |
| both | 518 |
| wasn't | 494 |
| whom | 479 |
| between | 445 |
| until | 419 |
| themselves | 418 |
| upon | 393 |
| won't | 366 |
| who's | 360 |
| nor | 355 |
| its | 337 |
| i'd | 312 |
| they've | 301 |
| haven't | 290 |
| wouldn't | 274 |
| couldn't | 259 |
| she's | 255 |
| aren't | 240 |
| above | 229 |
| you'd | 219 |
| shouldn't | 214 |
| they'll | 184 |
| further | 169 |
| during | 166 |
| ought | 163 |
| we'd | 149 |
| itself | 142 |
| weren't | 134 |
| he'll | 118 |
| hasn't | 89 |
| yourselves | 80 |
| they'd | 73 |
| unto | 67 |
| he'd | 57 |
| where's | 55 |
| ok | 44 |
| hadn't | 34 |
| she'll | 27 |
| how's | 27 |
| when's | 19 |
| below | 14 |
| herself | 13 |
| she'd | 11 |