8 letter words
There are 500 8 letter words in this list, most common first. Filter by letters.
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The most-used 8 letter words, and what they mean
These are the 14 that come up most often in written English, so they are the ones worth knowing first.
- american
- nounA citizen or national of the United States of America.
- possible
- adjective(comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible.
- problems
- nounA difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
- analysis
- noun(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
- position
- nounA place or location.
- approach
- verb(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
- probably
- adverbIn all likelihood.
- activity
- noun(countable) Something done as an action or a movement.
- practice
- nounRepetition of an activity to improve a skill.
- personal
- adjectiveOf or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals
- pressure
- nounA pressing; a force applied to a surface.
- anything
- adverbIn any way, any extent or any degree.
- provided
- verbTo give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
- addition
- noun(uncountable, arithmetic) The arithmetic operation of adding.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Of the 500 words in this list, 334 can be used as a noun, including american, possible, problems, analysis, position. Plenty of words do more than one job: state is a noun, a verb and an adjective depending on how you use it, which is why these numbers add up to more than the list itself.
How this list is built
The words come from the Datamuse language API, then get cleaned up, because the raw output is not much use on its own. Each word is checked against an English dictionary, with a frequency floor for anything not in it, so ordinary inflections survive while noise does not. Roman numerals, fragments and vowel-less abbreviations are stripped out.
What is left is ranked by how often each word actually appears in written English. That ordering is the point: it puts the words you might actually want at the top. The full method is on how we build these.
Common questions
How many 8 letter words are there?
This list holds 500, filtered to real dictionary words and ranked by how common they are. English has more if you count obscure and archaic ones, but they are little use to anybody.
Can a 8 letter word be a noun?
Yes. 334 of the 500 words on this list can be used as a noun. The breakdown above shows how many work as verbs, adjectives and adverbs too.
How are the words ordered?
By how often each word appears in written English, most common first, so the useful ones are at the top rather than buried under rarities. See how we build these.
Can I search inside the list?
Yes. The filter box narrows the list as you type, and where a list mixes lengths there are buttons to show only words of a given length.