10 Letter Words

Common ten-letter words

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• everything 20/21
• understand 12/15 know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
• absolutely 15/18 completely and without qualification
• lieutenant 10/14 a commissioned military officer
• interested 11/12 having or showing interest
• appreciate 16/19 recognize with gratitude
• completely 19/23 to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
• difference 19/21 the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
• girlfriend 15/18 any female friend
• definitely 17/18 without question and beyond doubt
• especially 17/20 to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
• government 16/21 the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
• sweetheart 16/15 a person loved by another person
• department 15/18 a specialized division of a large organization
• experience 21/24 undergo or live through a difficult experience
• impossible 16/20 not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
• ridiculous 13/17 inspiring scornful pity
• everywhere 22/21 to or in any or all places
• apparently 17/20 from appearances alone
• restaurant 10/12 a building where people go to eat
• themselves 18/20
• downstairs 14/15 on a floor below
• incredible 15/19 beyond belief or understanding
• personally 15/18 as yourself
• television 13/16 broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
• understood 12/14 fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation
• permission 14/17 approval to do something
• yourselves 16/18
• discovered 17/19 discovered or determined by scientific observation
• particular 14/18 unique or specific to a person or thing or category
• connection 14/19 a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
• disgusting 13/17 highly offensive
• conference 17/21 a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
• attractive 15/17 pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
• eventually 16/20 after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
• university 16/18 the body of faculty and students at a university
• protection 14/17 the activity of protecting someone or something
• frightened 18/19 made afraid
• considered 14/16 (form of consider) deem to be
• friendship 19/20 the state of being friends (or friendly)
• remembered 17/20 (form of remember) recall knowledge from memory
• basketball 18/22 a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players
• successful 17/22 having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
• confidence 18/22 freedom from doubt
• reputation 12/15 the state of being held in high esteem and honor
• impression 14/17 a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
• reasonable 12/15 showing reason or sound judgment
• collection 14/19 several things grouped together or considered as a whole
• previously 18/21 at an earlier time or formerly
• assignment 13/17 a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

The 1,000 most common of 20,285 ten-letter words

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