Favourite word in the world

What are the world’s favorite words? It’s a great question because there’s no one way to answer it. Everyone can – and does – have an opinion. If we turn to great authors for inspiration, J.R.R. Tolkien and Edgar Allen Poe both claimed cellar door as the most beautiful word combination in the English language. Shakespeare was particularly sweet on sweet, while Joseph Conrad was obsessed with impenetrable.

We can tell an author’s favorite pet words quite easily by the frequency with which they use them. Finding the public’s most popular words presents a different challenge. The kind of people who write in to the BBC and Merriam-Webster tend to be, as the latter puts it, vocabularians (people who make up new words) or hardcore dictionary devotees.

If we look at the entries to Babbel’s recent My Favorite Word competition, where people were invited to make a short video about their favorite foreign word, some interesting trends and patterns emerge.

Here’s a video….

Many words were seemingly chosen because they’re fun, quirky or lexically appealing. Papagei (“parrot” in German), porridge, ludicrous, twinkle, flip-flop, pompon (French for “pompom”) and ananas (“pineapple” in various languages) are all quite playful. Staubsauger or ‘dust-sucker’, the German word for vacuum-cleaner, deserves an honorable mention. This trend should come as no surprise: when you learn a foreign language you often appreciate its idiosyncrasies more than a native speaker would.

Unique and untranslatable words were also very popular, with a particularly German focus. Two entrants chose Fernweh, a German word that means longing for faraway places – and another chose a less well-used synonym, Wanderlust. Schadenfreude made an appearance, as well as Weltanschauung (a particular world view) and Kummerspeck, excess weight gained from emotional overeating – literally ‘grief bacon’. Other untranslatable words included mångata, the roadlike reflection of the moon on water, and inshallah.

There were a great many videos to do with love and happiness: English words included happy, heart, together, peace, and hope, German had heiraten and Liebespaar (“to marry” and “a married couple”), while Spanish speakers contributed juntos and abrázame (“together” and “hold me”). Naturally there was a cat video for the word cute.

A few entries featured clever multi-language puns and wordplays. Who knew that tigerkaka meant marblecake in Swedish? There was a play on llama involving como te llamas and cute furry animals, and in another video one man became Zwillinge (twins in German), then Drillinge, Vierlinge and finally Mehrlinge. Poubelle, the French word for rubbish bin, combined a bell and a gracefully floating bowel movement.

We should bear in mind that a competition where people choose their favorite word in their own language would have given very different results.

However, the flip side is that here we see what draws people to words in other languages. There is a tendency to gravitate towards difference, towards words that have meanings or sounds that are unfamiliar. Just as we love food from other cultures, so too do we fall in love with the exotic sounds and concepts of foreign tongues. If you’re a native speaker, you might be able to look at these words with fresh eyes – and discover that ludicrous is, indeed, ludicrous.

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James Lane was born in Sydney, Australia. After completing his degree in Media and Communications, he moved to Vietnam where he taught English and curated the young learner summer program at a language school in Hanoi. He has worked as an independent theatre producer and film assistant director.

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Do you ever find yourself chatting with a bilingual friend in English, but then throwing in a word in that other language? It usually happens when you want to communicate a concept that English just doesn’t capture quite right. There is something great about the way learning a new language can expand the ways in which we understand the world. We asked our staff members to share their favorite words in other languages – check them out!

The conceptual words

A number of staff members shared words that succinctly express a concept in a way that English can’t. Check these out:

1. Gezellig

“People in Holland take the concept of gezelligheid seriously and strive to have a lot of their restaurants, pubs, public spaces and homes reflect this. It’s as much of an attitude as it is an aesthetic,” explained Kate from Au Pair USA.

2. Natsukashi

Michael McHugh, Vice President of Au Pair USA, likes this phrase because “it is an expression of experiencing nostalgia for a time, place, or thing. For example, you eat a McDonald’s cheeseburger for the first time in 20 years, but you instantly recognize the taste from your past. The taste is ‘natsukashi’.”

“It has an emotional connotation, but not too much. It is emotionally stronger than saying ‘I remember that time, place, or thing’ but is much lighter than saying ‘I am nostalgic for that time, place, or thing’ or ‘I miss that time, place, or thing’.”

3. Madrugada

James Bridge, our Working Abroad Program Manager, chose this word that refers to the early hours of the morning that we often still consider late night. We don’t have an Engish equivalent!

4. Achachai

Ani, on our Marketing team, said that this word is “fun to say and seems to articulate feeling cold better than ‘brrr!’”

Auditory bliss

Unsurprisingly, many people love words that are fun to say and listen to!

5. Ouais

Nabil, from our Career Training department, says that this word is pronounced like “way”. “I like the way it sounds,” he said, “especially when French speakers say ‘Ah, Ouais!’”

6. Murciélago

“It’s so fun to say!” said Melissa Quintero, our Work & Travel Program Coordinator.

7. Vacilón

Megan from Au Pair USA loves the sound of this word.

8. Se acicala

Megan is also a fan of this word!

9. Calabaza

Liz from Work & Travel especially loves the way that Spanish speakers in Spain pronounce this word.

10. Pamplemousse

Au Pair USA’s Megan thinks this word is just fun to say!

Love is in the air

11. Mi amore

One of our staff members loves this phrase simply because she’s “quite the romantic!”

12. حبيبتى

“It’s sweet and fun to say,” said Meggie from Au Pair USA.

Flexibility and versatility

These are qualities that many of our respondants cited as a positive characteristic of a word.

13. عادي

Megan from Au Pair USA likes the versatility of this word. “It has multiple meanings and you can use it in many different contexts,” she said.

14. Magari

Charlotte from Au Pair USA said that she likes this word because it has “so many different meanings, and there’s no English equivalent!”

15. خلص‎

Megan, on our Au Pair USA team, loves this word because, “you can use it in almost every sentence.”

Compound words

16. Oachkätzlschwoaf

Michael Gates, our Au Pair USA International Recruitment and Placement Manager, likes this word best because “It’s a great phonetic example of the Steierisch dialect in southern Austria.”

17. Sehenswürdigkeiten

Tanya Burovtseva, our Work & Travel USA Experiential Learning and Support Coordinator likes this German word best. “It’s super long and it took me a few attempts to pronounce it once I saw it for the first time. I was also very proud once I learned how to spell it by heart,” she said.

Opulent. Peach. Elbow.

What’s your favorite word in English? When you work at an online language school, these are the kinds of questions that get asked every day. Not just because it’s helpful for communication, (although that’s important of course), but because some words carry a personal meeting. Sometimes they sound poetic. And sometimes just plain weird. This morning we surveyed the Lingoda team, and here are some of their favorite words in English, and why.

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Ay-up: “It reminds me of home (Yorkshire) and it can be used in a variety of situations. I checked and it’s in the Collins dictionary… though it hasn’t been confirmed as a real word yet!” (Laura, UK)

Tenacity: “Because it is a characteristic that can get you through the challenges and help you get to the ‘finish line’.” (Shari United States)

Whimsical: “Just because it’s my favorite quote from my favorite book*. ‘Life is full of whimsical happenings, Watson.’ *Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. (Caro, Germany)

Fluffy: “Because of the Little Girl with the unicorn from the movie Despicable Me, ‘It’s so fluffy I’m gonna dieeee’.” (Charlotte, Germany)

We: “I love the word ‘we’. It shows strength.” (Palvi, India)

Serendipity: “I just like how it sounds.” (Ari, Colombia)

Sarcasm: “Because life is pain.” (Akber, Pakistan)

Queue: “Because the last four letters in the word are not even needed but they exist.” (Lana, Russia)

Wanderlust: “It is what keeps us going. And I like that it is rooted in the German language.” (Fabio, Italy)

Strengths: “It’s more like a love/hate relationship. Obviously I like the meaning but there are just too many consonants and being a German native the th+s is just torture.” (Caro, Germany)

Underpants: “Only the English could come up with a word so unsexy when talking about underwear.” (Paul, UK)

Synergy: “I like the concept and it sounds and looks cool.” (Abel, United States)

Irregardless: “Because it doesn’t exist but people use it and it’s funny.” (Enrique, Venezuela)

Bewildered: “It sounds exactly like what it means (confused and distracted).” (Peter, UK)

Other words that also made the list: Becoming, Bungalow, Conflate, Dulcet, Elixir, Glamour, Panacea, Ripple, Summery, Umbrella.

That’s a pretty comprehensive list, at least from the Lingoda team. What’s your favorite word in English?

Basque

• zarra-marra, n. = rubblish
• zurru-murru, n. = whisper (also txutxu-mutxu)
• zirrimarra, n. = scribbling

Cornish (Kernewek)

• bulhorn, n. [bɤlˈhɔrn] = snail
• solempnya v. [sɔˈlɛmpnja] = to celebrate

Czech (čeština)

• šňůrka, n. [ˈʃnuːrka] = string (from the German Schnur)
• zmrzlina, n. [zmr̩z.lɪ.na] = icecream

Dutch (Nederlands)

• klomp, n. [klɔmp] = lump of, clog, wooden shoe
• knuffelbeest, n. [ˈknʏ.fəlˌbeːst] = stuffed toy animal (“cuddle-beast”)
• winkelwagen, n. [ʋɪŋkəlʋaːɣə(n)] = shopping trolley / chart

English

• bosky, adj. [ˈbɒski] – consisting of or covered with bushes; full of thickets, bushy
• hornswoggle, v. – to get the better of; to cheat, swindle, hoodwink, humbug, bamboozle
• huffkin, n. – a traditional type of bread roll from Kent
• hullabaloo, n. [ˌhʌl.ə.bəˈluː] = uproar, fuss
• kerfuffle, n. [kəˈfʌf.əl] = a commotion or fuss
• misodoctakleidist, n. = someone who hates practising the piano
• murmuration, adj. [ˌmɜː.məˈreɪ.ʃən] – a flock (of starlings)
• never-thriving, adj. [ˈnev.ər ˈθraɪ.vɪŋ] – collective noun for jugglers
• purfle, v. [ˈpəːfəl] = to decorate the surface of a violin
• shenanigans, n. [ʃəˈnænɪgənz] = mischievous play, especially by children; deceitful trick(s); trickery, games

Estonian (eesti)

• õueaiaäär, n. = the edge of the fence surrounding a yard
• jäääär, n. [ˈjæːˌæːr] = the edge of the ice. e.g. Kuuuurijate töööö jäääärel = A moon researchers’ work-night at the edge of the ice

French (français)

• ouistiti, n. [wi.sti.ti] = marmoset

German (Deutsch)

• Erbsenzähler, n. = “pea counter” – control freak [source]
• Frühjahrsmüdigkeit = “springtime lethargy” – a general sense of weariness in the springtime [source]
• mampfen, v. [ˈmampfn̩] = to munch
• quatschen, v. [ˈkvatʃn̩/ˈkvatʃən] = to gab; to piffle; to talk rubbish; to chew the fat; to shoot the breeze; to blab; to yak; to squelch; to squidge
• schrumpfen, v. [ˈʃʁʊm(p)fən] = to shrink
• Schnalzlaut, n. = (linguistic) click
• schnalzen, v. [ˈʃnalt͡sən] = to snap/click one’s fingers
• Schnalzer, n. = click, snap, crack

Irish (Gaeilge)

• smugairle róin, n. = jellyfish (lit. “seal snot”)
• sceallóga, n. = chips

Italian (italiano)

• zanzara, n. [d͡zanˈd͡za.ra] – mosquito

Manx (Gaelg)

• dramane / drapane, n. = misty rain
• neusloateil, n. = non-stop rain (sloateil = cessation of rain)
• smooidraght, n. = a little rain
• smoogh, n. = a playful kiss
• smittag, n. = a playful kiss / dark-looking girl
• ee, v. = to eat – e.g. Eeee ee – She will eat

Scots (Scoats leid)

• dreic, a. [driːç] = extensive, lasting, tedious, tiresome, slow
• gandaguster / gandiegow, a. = strong, sudden gust or a storm of short duration
• pingle, v. [pɪŋl] = to trifle, dabble or meddle with (esp. food)
• rumballiach, a. = tempestuous
• smirr,n. = light rain
• tirry-wirry, a. = cross, petulant, peevish
• wirry-boggle, n. = a rogue, a rascal

Orkney dialect (source)

• ugsome, a. = threatening, awe-inspiring (of weather). From Old Norse uggr, apprehension
• skuther / skwither, n. = a sharp breeze of short duration
• skreever, n. = a very strong gale

Shetland dialect

• plink, v. = to play a string instrument; to twinkle – Gie wis a wee plink apo dee fiddle afore we gang hame
• scobbins, n. = porridge/cereal stuck to a pan; scrapings from a pan
• smuksin, v. = shuffling about in clumsy footwear
• smush, n. = fine drizzle
• twartle, v. = to contradict

Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig)

• smùid [smuːdʲ], n. = steam, vapour, fumes, smoke, a state of drunkenness (steaming/smashed), e.g. tha smùid orra = they’re drunk
• snog, a. [sn̪ˠog] = nice, pleasant

Swedish

• snigelhus, n. [ˈsniːgɛl.hʉːs] = shell (snail-house)
• snilleblixt, n. [ˈsnɪlə.blɪkst] = brainwave; a great idea; serendipity (genius-flash)
• snö, n. [snøː] = snow
• snöby, n. [snøːbʏ] = flurry
• snögubbe, n. [snøːˈɡɵˌbɛ] = snowman
• snömos, n. [snøːmɔs] = slush, empty talk

Spanish (español)

• susurro, n. [suˈsurːoː] = whisper

Welsh (Cymraeg)

• bochgoch, n. [ˈboːχgoːχ] = rosy-cheeked; poppy
• mwnwgl, n. [ˈmʊnʊgl] = neck (also gwddf, mŵn)
• mympwy, n. [ˈməmpʊɨ̯] = whim, fad, fancy
• mympwyol, adj. [məmˈpʊɨ̯ol] = whimsical, arbitary
• mympwywr, n. [məmˈpʊɨ̯ʊr] = faddist
• odl, n. [ɔdl] = rhyme – odli = to rhyme – odliad = rhymning
• rhygyngog a. [rəˈgəŋɔg] = ambling
• slefren fôr, n. [ˈslɛvrɛn voːr] = jellyfish (lit. “sea slime”)
• sglodion, n. [ˈsg̊lɔdɪɔn] = chips
• smwc, n. [smuːk] = drizzle
• sbratast n. = cat which steals food from the table
• treigloffobia, n. [trəɨglɔˈfɔbɪa] = fear of treigladau (mutations)

Quotes

Quotations and other snippets that appeal to me.

• Braille – something about it gives me the bumps.
• Vietnamese looks like an explosion in a diacritics factory.
• English is a relatively simple language, absurdly spelled.
• Be firmly convinced you are a linguistic genius. (Kató Lomb)

More sayings and proverbs about language

• UMBRELLA is my favorite words. It is a strong word besides loving its sound.

• Exquisite is my favorite word….

• It’s difficult to choose only one word, for I like many words. Two words I like the most are: satisfied & complacent, cuz my name “Radia” in my language, Arabic, means that. I like the sound of satisfied and the meaning of complacent as it means so satisfied. I also like the word courageous. Radia, Libya.

• I like the word “sunshine” the most. Its warmth, glittering and spirituous. It shows a good start, hope and yet…lucky! I wanna be “sunshine in the rain”

• MY favorite word is wherever, because it sounds good…
  Fabiola

• My favorite is SOURCE… =]
  It just sounds very nice and the meaning is great!

• My favourite word is APPRECIATE…

• My favorite word is zucchini ^^ It sounds great !!!!

• One of my favourite word is enthusiastic (sorry, I know I’m not being very original), it took me ages to be able to pronounce it correctly! I also like outrageous and forerunner.

• My favorite word is resplendent. It sounds as grand as the sun

• my favorite words are serenity mmm..and serendipity…oh and sentinel…
  I love the way they sssound 🙂

• ‘Indigo” is great – it manages to sound both cozy and dangerous.

• One of my favourite English words is EXTRAORDINARY! Firstly because of the pronounciation, especially when being uttered by my Brittish friends, secondly due to its meaning which is so “out of the way”! =)
  I also love the words HILLARIOUS, FABULOUS and BRILLIANT! Same too reasons!

• Well, my favourite English word would be “bee”. I don’t know, it just sounds so cute and you instantly can imagine the sound of bees. And you might forget that they can sting, too. So yeah, that’s my favourite word.

• I love the word ‘procrastination’ because it doesn’t exist in my mother tongue (German), because it sounds sophisticated and because I can use it to tell people in a nice way that they should get their work done 😉

• My favorite English word is “perhaps” I like to pronounce it and the sound when someone else pronounce it.

• My favourite English word is “LOVE”…….. 🙂

• My favorite word is “Serendipity” The first time I heard about this word was in a movie….I like it for its meaning and because in my mother tongue, Spanish, there is not a word that means the same.

• “payday”.. no seriously.. well half-seriously “acquiese” or “lascivious” 😉

• that should be “acquiesce”.. can’t spell so why do I teach English??

• My favorite English word is “twilight” because it asociates with two lovely things bird twitting and day light )

• I definitely love the sound of “scissors”: you can feel how paper is cut when you pronounce it. And also “Malmsey”, which reminds me of my English History lessons at university…. the Tudors always drank that wine in my teacher’s opinion. Some years later I travelled to Sicily and tasted the local variety of it… Wonderful! Finally, 2 more words: “pristine” and “gorgeous”.

• hey guys what do you think of..

  UBIQUITOUS?

  i think it’s cool.

• My favourite is LOVELY…. it has a very nice pronuciation with my Slovak accent.

• My favourite English word is “compassion” firstly because of the meaning and also because it includes the word “passion” which is another word I love- thus I get 2 for the price of 1…it’s great-I don’t have to choose between the 2 words!

• Kerfuffle

• My favorite word is OBLIVION. It sound magical and it evokes the sea and the mountains.

• i love to use PLEASURE in my sentences 🙂

• My favourite English word is an expression actually:” two thumbs up”;
  I like this expression because when you say it you use your fingers and body as well and usually when someone speaks he uses his whole body to communicate.
  Morevoer this expression can initiate others like: three thumbs up or ten thumbs up or two hands up etc…….that’s why I do like these words together!

• “Ombudsman” is Swedish, “zucchini” is Italian – English is such a fabulous language – constantly adorning itself with jewels from multicultural crowns. By the way, “slut” comes from “slattern” which means a sloppy housekeeper, NOTHING to do with loose morals! My favourite word is “voluptuous”, especially as pronounced by an old Finnish friend of mine who used to say “volumptuous” !!!

• My favorite words are all the performative verbs (promise, forbid, invite, swear, declare etc) not because of their sound but rather because of their power to convey the kind of speech act being performed.
  Claudio Silva

• My favorite word in English is ‘knowledge’, because I think sounds good! HAHAHA’

• My favorite English word is definitely “procrastination”. It just sounds good and it’s a very useful word. We also have an equivalent in Spanish (procrastinar), though we don’t use it as often.

• “tangerine ” because it sounds as it tastes:sour and sweet

• My favourite English word is “candy” because is sweet

• I hated MENAGERIE as a child. It made me itch. I see someone wrote RENDEZVOUS. This reminds me of George W, who apparently said that the French were no good in business because they didn’t have a word for ENTREPRENEUR. Well, well!!

• I really like the word WINNINGEST which I gather is used by sports announcers in the States. In the U.K. we never use that word but it is such a funny (and useful) word!

  Also on the Simpsons they used that word EMBIGGENS, as in “A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man”.

  It’s amazing how these words start off tongue in cheek but end up being used day to day.

• I think I went thru about a 1/4 of the comments before someone said a “true” English word … one that has Anglo-Germanic roots rather than a Latinate or Greek-rooted word. That’s kind of sad.

  The one that I like the best … bedoven … means to be drenched or drowned (ppl from archaic bedive). For byspel: After walking thru the jungle, he was bedoven with sweat.

• My favorite English word is “TOUCH”. It sounds great!!!

• my best word is WEIRD. I love the pronunciation

• i like to us the word ‘SIBLINGS because it sounds very good when we use it instead saying brothers and sisters

• My favourite word is awkward. Maybe because of its structure.I really love to use it everyday ! 😀 :))))

• My favourite word is “super”. It is easily recognized and frequently used by almost everybody!

• My favourite word is ‘forlorn’, which I heard first in John Keat’s Ode to a Nightingale. I just love how it sounds, because it’s true, “the very word is like a bell”.
  I also like other English words such as ‘solace’ (the very sound of the word transmits softness and calm), ‘dearest’ (it sounds very tender and endearing), ‘sojourn’ (I find it graceful)…

• my favorite word in English is : AWESOME . and i use it a lot

Top-ten favourite words

• 1 – Serendipity. Type of word: Noun. …
• 2 – Quidditch. Type of word: Noun. …
• 3 – Love. You already know this word; it appears in nearly every song you hear on the radio!
• 4 – Peace/why. …
• 5 – Onomatopoeia. …
• 6 – Hope. …
• 7 – Faith. …
• 8 – Football/muggle/ hello/family.

What are 10 interesting words?

Let’s see which of these craziest words you already know and which ones are new to you:

• Bumfuzzle. This is a simple term that refers to being confused, perplexed, or flustered or to cause confusion. …
• Cattywampus. …
• Gardyloo. …
• Taradiddle. …
• Snickersnee. …
• Widdershins. …
• Collywobbles. …
• Gubbins.

Favorite (or favourite, if that’s the spelling you favour) is a word that can be used both as a noun and as an adjective. … We mentioned that favorite can also be used as an adjective. When we use it like that, favorite has only one meaningmost liked or preferred: Blue is Peter’s favorite color.

What are some cool words?

60+ of the Coolest, Most Epic Words in the English Language

#115	#1630	#3145
3. Bizarre	18. Flippant	33. Onomatopoeia
4. Blasphemy	19. Gerrymandering	34. Persnickety
5. Bumblebee	20. Hyperbolic	35. Phosphorous
6. Capricious	21. Hypnosis	36. Picturesque

What are the 10 most popular words?

The 100 most common words in English

1. the	21. at	61. some
8. you	28. had	68. time
9. that	29. by	69. has
10. it	30. word	70. look
11. he	31. but	71. two

What are the most beautiful words?

The Top 10 Most Beautiful English Words

• 3 Pluviophile (n.)
• 4 Clinomania (n.) …
• 5 Idyllic (adj.) …
• 6 Aurora (n.) …
• 7 Solitude (n.) …
• 8 Supine (adj.) …
• 9 Petrichor (n.) The pleasant, earthy smell after rain. …
• 10 Serendipity (n.) The chance occurrence of events in a beneficial way. …

What is a fun word to say?

Fun Words You Can Say Every Day

Word	Definition
badassery (n.)	behavior or quality of being cool and tough
blithering (adj.)	talking without making sense
bougie (adj.)	slang for acting like you’re a higher social status
d’oh (interj.)	expresses frustration at own stupidity

What is unique word?

adjective. existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics: a unique copy of an ancient manuscript. having no like or equal; unparalleled; incomparable: Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint.

What is a great word?

1 immense, enormous, gigantic, huge, vast, grand. 6 noteworthy. 7 weighty, serious, momentous, vital, critical. 8 famed, eminent, noted, notable, prominent, renowned.

Where is Favourite used?

5. Since most of the English-speaking world is using American English, favorite is most commonly used while favourite is used mainly by the British, Canadians, Australians, and other countries which have been under British rule.

Is Favourite or favorite?

Favorite and favourite are two variant spellings of the same word with the exact same definition. Favorite without the u is the spelling used in the United States, while favourite is used in the rest of the English-speaking world.

Can you have more than 1 favorite?

Does Favorite only describe on thing, since it’s normal to have ONE FAVORITE THING AND NOT SEVERAL. You can have two or more favorites.

What are badass words?

badass

• agitator.
• rebel.
• demagogue.
• dissident.
• fighter.
• frondeur.
• renegade.
• sparkplug.

What words have Z?

• adze.
• azan.
• azon.
• bazz.
• bize.
• bozo.
• buzz.
• cazh.

What are aesthetic words?

• elegant,
• exquisite,
• glorious,
• Junoesque,
• magnificent,
• resplendent,
• splendid,
• statuesque,

What’s the most famous word?

OK is one of the most frequently used and recognised words in the world. It is also one of the oddest expressions ever invented. But this oddity may in large measure account for its popularity.

Whats the most popular word?

Top 100 words

Rank	Word
1	the
2	be
3	to
4	of

What are the most used words?

100 most common words

Word	Parts of speech	OEC rank
the	Article	1
be	Verb	2
to	Preposition	3
of	Preposition	4

What is the cutest word ever?

A List Of The Cutest Words Ever Created!

• dunderhead.
• dobby.
• lewispoo.
• chomp.
• wiggly.
• snurfle.
• toesy woesies.
• piggy.

What is the happiest word in the world?

The happiest word: Laughter.

What is the most rare word?

Here are the fifteen most unusual words you can find in the English language.

• Serendipity. This word appears in numerous lists of untranslatable words and is a mystery mostly for non native speakers of English. …
• Gobbledygook. …
• Scrumptious. …
• Agastopia. …
• Halfpace. …
• Impignorate. …
• Jentacular. …
• Nudiustertian.

What are the short words?

Short A Words

act	apt	ask
cap	cab	dad
fad	gap	gab
had	hat	jab
lap	man	mad

What are some beautiful rare words?

Here are 126 rare words with beautiful meanings:

• Zephyr. Noun: a calm, gentle breeze. …
• Eunoia. Noun: beautiful thinking; healthy mind. …
• Fika. Noun: a moment to slow down and appreciate the little things in life. …
• Philocalist. Noun: lover of beauty; someone who finds beauty in all things. …
• Redamancy. …
• Aliferous. …
• Munificence. …
• Peiskos.

What words describe energy?

Synonyms

• energetic. adjective. an energetic person has a lot of energy and is very active.
• lively. adjective. full of energy and enthusiasm.
• active. adjective. …
• dynamic. adjective. …
• vigorous. adjective. …
• alive. adjective. …
• exuberant. adjective. …
• vital. adjective.

What are some elegant words?

elegant

• classy,
• courtly,
• fine,
• graceful,
• handsome,
• majestic,
• refined,
• stately,

What can I say instead of great?

Common synonyms for the word Great.

• Admirable.
• Amazing.
• Arresting.
• Astonishing.
• Awesome.
• Beautiful.
• Breathtaking.
• Brilliant.

What is a better word than wonderful?

admirable, amazing, astonishing, awesome, brilliant, cool, enjoyable, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, fine, incredible, magnificent, marvelous, outstanding, phenomenal, pleasant, pleasing, remarkable, sensational.

What is a better word than awesome?

adjective. 1’the scale of the mountains was awesome’ breathtaking, amazing, stunning, astounding, astonishing, awe-inspiring, stupendous, staggering, extraordinary, incredible, unbelievable. magnificent, wonderful, spectacular, remarkable, phenomenal, prodigious, miraculous, sublime. formidable, imposing, impressive.