cab cabaret cabbage cabby cabin Cabinet cabinet cable cable car cable TV caboose cache cachet cackle cacti cactus cadaver cadence cadet cadre cafe cafeteria caffeine cage caged cagey cahoots cajole cake calamity calcium

B.A. baa babble babe baboon baby baby boom baby boomer baby carriage babysat babysit babysitter bachelor back backbone backbreaking backdrop backer backfire backgammon background backhand backhanded backing backlash backlog

aback abacus abandon abandoned abandonment abashed abate abbey abbr. abbreviate abbreviation ABC ABC’s abdicate abdication abdomen abdominal abduct abduction aberration abet abhor abhorrence abhorrent abide abiding

There are very few lexical words (that is, not counting interjections) without vowel letters. The longest such lexical word is tsktsks, pronounced /ˌtɪskˈtɪsks/. The mathematical expression nth /ˈɛnθ/, as in delighted to the

English has very few words of more than one syllable without a consonant, apart from proper names such as Aeaea, Aiea, Aia, Io, Eiao, Oea, and sometimes Iowa (below), and perhaps a few taxonomic terms such as Iouea below.

A list of 100 words that occur most frequently in written English is given below, based on an analysis of the Oxford English Corpus (a collection of texts in the English language, comprising over 2 billion running words) Word