In 2003, I’ve collected the Google page count for over 27,000 words in an English dictionary. I’ve now done the same to update the database. Here is the current top 30 of the most-used words online:
Following are the top gainers in the last 3 years. For example, 10,900 pages in 2003 included the word “furl” – meaning “to be or become rolled up” – whereas the same word returns 67,100,000 pages in 2006 (likely because of the web app appearing with the same name). Many other words in the list of top gainers are of foreign language, hinting perhaps at a faster growth of the foreign web (or a deeper crawl by Google).
# | Word | Increase |
---|---|---|
1. | furl | x 6155 |
2. | soignee | x 1729 |
3. | pus | x 1369 |
4. | finis | x 1246 |
5. | motorise | x 1214 |
6. | misplace | x 1208 |
7. | unmask | x 937 |
8. | fur | x 928 |
9. | handpick | x 927 |
10. | proximo | x 899 |
11. | determiner | x 782 |
12. | derange | x 717 |
13. | hospitalise | x 714 |
14. | benefice | x 679 |
15. | conge | x 650 |
16. | hecatomb | x 593 |
17. | unstrung | x 592 |
18. | bulbul | x 567 |
19. | rontgen | x 561 |
20. | sextuplet | x 497 |
21. | confrere | x 491 |
22. | detente | x 487 |
23. | metier | x 487 |
24. | cloture | x 483 |
25. | corelate | x 465 |
26. | soupcon | x 461 |
27. | iterne | x 450 |
28. | gibbous | x 440 |
29. | senor | x 415 |
30. | depute | x 397 |
31. | macadamise | x 389 |
32. | pussycat | x 387 |
33. | inquietude | x 384 |
34. | transistorise | x 368 |
35. | slither | x 367 |
36. | habitue | x 361 |
37. | mastodon | x 358 |
38. | carpetbagger | x 334 |
39. | evacuee | x 329 |
40. | fete | x 327 |
41. | fleapit | x 322 |
42. | unsexed | x 315 |
43. | menage | x 314 |
44. | vocative | x 311 |
45. | arbor | x 310 |
46. | breadcrumb | x 309 |
47. | executant | x 302 |
48. | vivisect | x 301 |
49. | mensuration | x 300 |
50. | dejection | x 290 |
51. | highwayman | x 286 |
52. | graphical | x 282 |
53. | sri | x 282 |
54. | mercerise | x 272 |
55. | stylise | x 271 |
56. | goer | x 268 |
57. | esthete | x 265 |
58. | deism | x 259 |
59. | darky | x 258 |
60. | markdown | x 258 |
61. | laurels | x 254 |
62. | acclivity | x 252 |
63. | flu | x 252 |
64. | dashboard | x 245 |
65. | calliper | x 240 |
66. | colloquy | x 236 |
67. | vicuna | x 234 |
68. | ameba | x 230 |
69. | mambo | x 229 |
70. | civilise | x 225 |
71. | wink | x 225 |
72. | estate | x 224 |
73. | esperanto | x 222 |
74. | corvee | x 220 |
75. | gory | x 220 |
76. | gateau | x 217 |
77. | medicament | x 217 |
78. | raglan | x 215 |
79. | grippe | x 214 |
80. | melange | x 214 |
81. | atom | x 213 |
82. | freeboard | x 213 |
83. | seance | x 213 |
84. | senora | x 211 |
85. | soiree | x 211 |
86. | swayback | x 210 |
87. | tracksuit | x 207 |
88. | individualise | x 206 |
89. | demode | x 205 |
90. | milgramme | x 205 |
91. | vesture | x 204 |
92. | payday | x 201 |
93. | afrikaans | x 200 |
94. | ineluctable | x 200 |
95. | tatter | x 199 |
96. | kummel | x 198 |
97. | hop | x 196 |
98. | sundrenched | x 196 |
99. | baton | x 194 |
100. | scion | x 193 |
You can download the updated CSV file as ZIP. It consists of the 2003 and 2006 page count, as well as Google definitions and synonyms for the word.
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