Most Common Words on the Internet – WordsRated (2024)

• The adjective “New” is the most commonly used word on the internet, accounting for 0.46% of all main words and 0.26% of all words found online. It shares the top spot with the adverb “more.”
• The top 5 list of the most common words on the internet is closed with 3 nouns: “home,” “page,” and “search,” accounting for 0.38%, 0.32%, and 0.31% of all words, respectively.
• 74 most frequent words account for over 5% of all words used on the internet.
• 126 most common words account for over 10% of all words used on the internet.

• All word types included, the determiner “the” is the most common word found on the internet, making up for 3.93% of all words.
• It is followed by the deposition “of”, which accounts for 2.24% of all internet words.
• 5 most used words on the internet account for over 12% of all words used.
• First 464 words in terms of frequency account for over 50% of all words used on the internet.
• 12,000 unique words account for over 90% of all words used on the internet.

The Internet is a great place to increase a person’s vocabulary. Words Rated has created several word tools, such as the Unjumbled Words tool, that help people learn new words from any letter combination. For example, try out generating as many 5-letter and 2-letter words as possible.

• In terms of word types, nouns are the most frequent words used on the internet, accounting for 34.70% of all words. However, 48.52% of all unique words on the internet are nouns.
• Adpositions are the second most-used word type on the internet, accounting for 10.17% of all words, even though only 0.53% of all unique words are adpositions.
• Over 95% of all words used online are one of the 4 main word types (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs). However, they only account for 63% of all words used on the internet.