Stop Word Remover
Remove stop words (the, and, of, is…) from English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese or Italian text to get the keywords, with your own words added or kept.
Stop-word lists differ between tools; this one holds the most common function words of each language. Negations such as not and no are on the English list, so add them to “never remove” for sentiment work.
| Stop word | Times |
|---|---|
| the | 4 |
| over | 1 |
| because | 1 |
| it | 1 |
| to | 1 |
| before | 1 |
| Word | Times |
|---|---|
| quick | 1 |
| brown | 1 |
| fox | 1 |
| jumps | 1 |
| lazy | 1 |
| dog | 1 |
| wants | 1 |
| reach | 1 |
| farm | 1 |
| rain | 1 |
| starts | 1 |
Stop words are the short, very frequent words of a language, such as the, and, of, is, to and it in English, that carry grammar rather than meaning. Removing them leaves the content words, which is useful for keyword lists, SEO checks, tag clouds, search queries and simple text analysis. This tool removes them from English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian text, lets you add your own words or protect words you need, and lists what was removed.
How to use this tool
- Paste your text.
- Choose its language.
- Optionally add extra words to remove, or words that must stay (such as not for sentiment analysis).
- Copy the cleaned text, or switch the output to a keyword list sorted by frequency.
Formula
Keep a word if its lower-case form is not on the stop list (or is on your keep list)
Words are matched whole and without regard to capital letters, so “The” and “the” are both removed but “theory” stays. French and Italian elided articles are split off (l’homme → homme, dell’arte → arte). After removal, double spaces are collapsed and spaces left before punctuation are removed. The lists are compact selections of each language’s most common function words: articles, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and forms of be and have.
Example
The sample sentence loses 9 of its 20 words (the four times, over, because, it, to and before), giving “quick brown fox jumps lazy dog wants reach farm rain starts.” In keyword mode the same words appear one per line.
Frequently asked questions
Should I remove stop words for SEO?
Not from the page itself, which must read naturally. Removing them is useful when analysing text, for example to see which content words a page uses most, or to build short URLs and tags.
Why was “not” removed?
It is on most English stop lists, but it reverses meaning. Add not (and no, never) to “Never remove these words” when the meaning matters, as in reviews.
Does it work for other languages?
Six languages have built-in lists. For any other language, choose one of them and type that language’s stop words in “Also remove these words”.
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