Words Starting with S

Common words that start with S

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

• so 2/2 to a very great extent or degree
• she 6/5
• see 3/3 perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
• some 6/7 (quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
• say 6/5 express in words
• something 15/17
• sorry 8/7 feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
• said 5/5 being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
• sure 4/5 having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty
• should 10/11
• sir 3/3 term of address for a man
• still 5/7 not in physical motion
• stop 6/7 come to a halt, stop moving
• stay 7/6 stay the same
• show 10/9 give an exhibition of to an interested audience
• someone 9/11 a human being
• same 6/7 same in identity
• son 3/4 a male human offspring
• saw 6/6 cut with a saw
• seen 4/5
• somebody 16/17 a human being
• start 5/5 take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
• school 11/12 an educational institution
• says 7/6 (form of say) express in words
• since 7/9
• sit 3/3 be seated
• stuff 11/12 the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
• saying 10/11 (form of say) express in words
• such 9/10 of so extreme a degree or extent
• second 9/11 1/60 of a minute
• shut 7/7 move so that an opening or passage is obstructed
• soon 4/5 in the near future
• supposed 13/16 required or under orders
• set 3/3 put into a certain place or abstract location
• sleep 7/9 a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
• shot 7/6 the act of firing a projectile
• stand 6/7 be standing
• story 8/7 a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events
• side 5/5 a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
• six 10/10 the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
• started 8/8 (form of start) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
• speak 11/12 express in speech
• shall 8/9
• stupid 9/11 lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
• sister 6/6 a female person who has the same parents as another person
• send 5/6 cause to go somewhere
• sometimes 13/15 on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
• seems 7/8 (form of seem) give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
• sick 10/11 affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
• shoot 8/7 hit with a missile from a weapon

The 1,000 most common of 18,921 words that start with S

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Longest: SPECTROPHOTOMETRICALLY (22 letters).