Moby Project Word Lists

467 current fiction substrings (fiction.txt) The most frequently occurring 467 character sequences (n-grams) occurring in a best-selling novel by Amy Tan in 1990.

6,213 acronyms (acronyms.txt) common acronyms & abbreviations

Over 354,000 single words, excluding proper names, acronyms, or compound words and phrases. This list does not exclude archaic words or significant variant spellings.

A word list with over 100,000 entries that are officially permitted in crossword games like Scrabble™. This word list is available in a simple, alphabetically-ordered Excel format, making it convenient for reference, spell-checking, or in more sophisticated application, for developers looking to build a custom spelling dictionary. The entries include variants of ...

4,160 official crosswords delta (crswd-d.txt) When combined with the 113,809 crosswords file, it produces the official crossword list compatible with the second edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. (Scrabble is a registered trademark of Milton-Bradley licensed to Merriam-Webster.)

1,185 King James Version frequent substrings (KJVfreq.txt) The most frequently occurring 1,185 substrings in the King James Version Bible ranked and counted by order of frequency.

This file consists of the 1,000 most frequently used English words as used on the Internet computer network in 1992.

21,986 names (names.txt) This database contains the most common names used in the United States and Great Britain. Spelling checkers may want to supplement their basic word list with this one.

4,946 female names (names-f.txt) Frequent given names of females in English speaking countries. Spelling checkers may want to supplement their basic word list with this one.

3,800 male names Frequent given names of male in English speaking countries. Spelling checkers may want to supplement their basic word list with this one.

A common word list with over 250,000 entries of hyphenated, capitalized and compound English words. The download consists of entries containing more than one word, as well as capitalized words and acronyms. Phrases are considered “common” if they or variations of them occur in a standard dictionary or thesaurus. This word list is available in a simple, ...

366 often misspelled words (oftenmis.txt) many of the most commonly misspelled words in English speaking countries

U.S. place names for more than 10,000 entries. This U.S. place name list is available in a simple, alphabetically-ordered .txt format, making it convenient for reference, spell-checking, or in more sophisticated application, for developers looking to build a custom location tool or database. The entries represent a sampling of U.S. place names: 10,196 places in total.

Over 354,000 single words, excluding proper names, acronyms, or compound words and phrases. This list does not exclude archaic words or significant variant spellings.

113,809 official crosswords A list of words permitted in crossword games such as Scrabble™. Compatible with the first edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary™. Since this list has all forms: -ing, -ed, -s, and so on of words, it makes a good addition when building a custom spelling dictionary.