Words with P

Common words that contain the letter P

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

• up 4/6 being or moving higher in position or greater in some value
• people 10/13 (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
• please 8/10 give pleasure to or be pleasing to
• help 9/10 give help or assistance
• put 5/7 put into a certain place or abstract location
• stop 6/7 come to a halt, stop moving
• keep 10/11 cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
• place 9/12 a point located with respect to surface features of some region
• happened 16/18 (form of happen) come to pass
• pretty 11/11 pleasing by delicacy or grace
• play 9/10 participate in games or sport
• happy 15/15 enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
• problem 13/17 a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
• hope 9/9 a specific instance of feeling hopeful
• open 6/8 affording unobstructed entrance and exit
• probably 17/20 with considerable certainty
• phone 10/11 electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then…
• part 6/7 something determined in relation to something that includes it
• pay 8/8 give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
• happen 13/15 come to pass
• supposed 13/16 required or under orders
• point 7/9 a geometric element that has position but no extension
• police 10/13 the force of policemen and officers
• party 10/10 an organization to gain political power
• sleep 7/9 a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
• couple 10/14 a pair who associate with one another
• person 8/10 a human being
• captain 11/14 an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
• important 13/16 of great significance or value
• pick 12/14 select carefully from a group
• speak 11/12 express in speech
• stupid 9/11 lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
• perfect 14/16 make perfect or complete
• promise 11/13 make a promise or commitment
• power 10/11 possession of controlling influence
• special 11/14 unique or specific to a person or thing or category
• playing 13/16 (form of play) participate in games or sport
• company 16/19 an institution created to conduct business
• pull 6/10 cause to move by pulling
• plan 6/9 have the will and intention to carry out some action
• parents 9/11 (form of parent) a father or mother
• president 12/14 an executive officer of a firm or corporation
• picture 11/14 a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
• happens 14/16 (form of happen) come to pass
• perhaps 14/15 by chance
• top 5/6 the upper part of anything
• drop 7/8 let fall to the ground
• poor 6/7 deserving or inciting pity
• suppose 11/14 express a supposition
• piece 9/11 a separate part of a whole

The 1,000 most common of 40,533 words that contain the letter P

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Longest: ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHICALLY (27 letters).