9 letter words
There are 500 9 letter words in this list, most common first. Filter by letters.
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The most-used 9 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.
- political
- adjectiveConcerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
- available
- adjectiveReadily obtainable.
- according
- adjectiveAgreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
- attention
- noun(uncountable) Mental focus.
- president
- nounThe head of state of a republic.
- potential
- nounA currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
- presented
- adjective(mathematics, of a group) Having a specified presentation, or a presentation with specified properties.
- authority
- noun(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.
- processes
- a monthly peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering process/systems related research in chemistry, biology, materials, and allied engineering fields.
- principle
- nounA fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
- procedure
- nounA particular method for performing a task.
- agreement
- noun(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
- practical
- adjectiveRelating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
- performed
- verb(ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
Of the 500 words in this list, 321 can be used as a noun, including political, attention, president, potential, authority. 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 9 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 9 letter word be a noun?
Yes. 321 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.