Are you trying to optimize your website or improve your natural language processing skills? Then you might be familiar with stop words, a common type of word that is often removed from text data to improve the efficiency of language processing tasks.
Stop words are words that are commonly used in language but do not carry much meaning on their own, such as articles, conjunctions, and prepositions. In this list, we will provide a rundown of English stop words that can be helpful for your language-processing tasks. Hope you find it useful!
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a
abaft
abafter
abaftest
about
abouter
aboutest
above
abover
abovest
accordingly
aer
aest
afore
after
afterer
afterest
afterward
afterwards
again
against
aid
ain
albeit
all
aller
allest
alls
allyou
almost
along
alongside
already
also
although
always
amid
amidst
among
amongst
an
and
andor
anear
anent
another
any
anybody
anyhow
anyone
anything
anywhere
apart
aparter
apartest
appear
appeared
appearing
appears
appropriate
appropriated
appropriater
appropriates
appropriatest
appropriating
are
ares
around
as
ases
aside
asides
aslant
astraddle
astraddler
astraddlest
astride
astrider
astridest
at
athwart
atop
atween
aught
aughts
available
availabler
availablest
awfully
b
be
became
because
become
becomes
becoming
becominger
becomingest
becomings
been
before
beforehand
beforehander
beforehandest
behind
behinds
below
beneath
beside
besides
better
bettered
bettering
betters
between
betwixt
beyond
bist
both
but
buts
by
by-and-by
byandby
c
cannot
canst
cant
canted
cantest
canting
cants
cer
certain
certainer
certainest
cest
chez
circa
co
come-on
come-ons
comeon
comeons
concerning
concerninger
concerningest
consequently
considering
could
couldst
d
dday
ddays
describe
described
describes
describing
despite
despited
despites
despiting
did
different
differenter
differentest
do
doe
does
doing
doings
done
doner
dones
donest
dos
dost
doth
downs
downward
downwarder
downwardest
downwards
during
e
each
eg
eight
either
else
elsewhere
enough
ere
et
etc
even
evened
evenest
evens
evenser
evensest
ever
every
everybody
everyone
everything
everywhere
ex
except
excepted
excepting
excepts
exes
f
fact
facts
failing
failings
few
fewer
fewest
figupon
figuponed
figuponing
figupons
five
followthrough
for
forby
forbye
fore
forer
fores
forever
former
formerer
formerest
formerly
formers
fornenst
forwhy
four
fourscore
frae
from
fs
further
furthered
furtherer
furtherest
furthering
furthermore
furthers
g
get
gets
getting
go
gone
good
got
gotta
gotten
h
had
hadst
hae
hardly
has
hast
hath
have
haves
having
he
hence
her
hereafter
hereafters
hereby
herein
hereupon
hers
herself
him
himself
his
hither
hitherer
hitherest
hoo
hoos
how
how-do-you-do
howbeit
howdoyoudo
however
huh
humph
i
idem
idemer
idemest
ie
if
ifs
immediate
immediately
immediater
immediatest
in
inasmuch
inc
indeed
indicate
indicated
indicates
indicating
info
information
insofar
instead
into
inward
inwarder
inwardest
inwards
is
it
its
itself
j
k
l
latter
latterer
latterest
latterly
latters
layabout
layabouts
less
lest
lot
lots
lotted
lotting
m
main
make
many
mauger
maugre
mayest
me
meanwhile
meanwhiles
midst
midsts
might
mights
more
moreover
most
mostly
much
mucher
muchest
must
musth
musths
musts
my
myself
n
natheless
nathless
neath
neaths
necessarier
necessariest
necessary
neither
nethe
nethermost
never
nevertheless
nigh
nigher
nighest
nine
no
no-one
nobodies
nobody
noes
none
noone
nor
nos
not
nothing
nothings
notwithstanding
nowhere
nowheres
o
of
off
offest
offs
often
oftener
oftenest
oh
on
one
oneself
onest
ons
onto
or
orer
orest
other
others
otherwise
otherwiser
otherwisest
ought
oughts
our
ours
ourself
ourselves
out
outed
outest
outs
outside
outwith
over
overall
overaller
overallest
overalls
overs
own
owned
owning
owns
owt
p
particular
particularer
particularest
particularly
particulars
per
perhaps
plaintiff
please
pleased
pleases
plenties
plenty
pro
probably
provide
provided
provides
providing
q
qua
que
quite
r
rath
rathe
rather
rathest
re
really
regarding
relate
related
relatively
res
respecting
respectively
s
said
saider
saidest
same
samer
sames
samest
sans
sanserif
sanserifs
sanses
saved
sayid
sayyid
seem
seemed
seeminger
seemingest
seemings
seems
send
sent
senza
serious
seriouser
seriousest
seven
several
severaler
severalest
shall
shalled
shalling
shalls
she
should
shoulded
shoulding
shoulds
since
sine
sines
sith
six
so
sobeit
soer
soest
some
somebody
somehow
someone
something
sometime
sometimer
sometimes
sometimest
somewhat
somewhere
stop
stopped
such
summat
sup
supped
supping
sups
syn
syne
t
ten
than
that
the
thee
their
theirs
them
themselves
then
thence
thener
thenest
there
thereafter
thereby
therefore
therein
therer
therest
thereupon
these
they
thine
thing
things
this
thises
thorough
thorougher
thoroughest
thoroughly
those
thou
though
thous
thouses
three
thro
through
througher
throughest
throughout
thru
thruer
thruest
thus
thy
thyself
till
tilled
tilling
tills
to
together
too
toward
towarder
towardest
towards
two
u
umpteen
under
underneath
unless
unlike
unliker
unlikest
until
unto
up
upon
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uponing
upons
upped
upping
ups
us
use
used
usedest
username
usually
v
various
variouser
variousest
verier
veriest
versus
very
via
vis-a-vis
vis-a-viser
vis-a-visest
viz
vs
w
was
wast
we
were
wert
what
whatever
whateverer
whateverest
whatsoever
whatsoeverer
whatsoeverest
wheen
when
whenas
whence
whencesoever
whenever
whensoever
where
whereafter
whereas
whereby
wherefrom
wherein
whereinto
whereof
whereon
wheresoever
whereto
whereupon
wherever
wherewith
wherewithal
whether
which
whichever
whichsoever
while
whiles
whilst
whither
whithersoever
whoever
whomever
whose
whoso
whosoever
why
with
withal
within
without
would
woulded
woulding
woulds
x
y
ye
yet
yon
yond
yonder
you
your
yours
yourself
yourselves
z
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