List of the Top 100 Power Words

Need to discover the most powerful words in the English language? Here is a list of the Power Words compiled by popularity.

These have been taken from our database of over 15 million words that comprise articles, news stories and works of literature. Our word scanner is currently scanning around 1 million words per week.

There is no clear definition of what constitutes a “Power Word” so we have sifted through our frequency chart List of Positive Words to extract the most powerful words that should convey strong emotions and rapport with your audience.

They are great for use in presentations, written work such as emails, or in general conversation.

Rank	Power Word	Frequency (per million words)
1	now	1867
2	great	880
3	always	589
4	really	458
5	best	428
6	change	308
7	understand	274
8	real	224
9	free	222
10	strong	213
11	ready	195
12	pleasure	181
13	truth	175
14	action	171
15	beautiful	163
16	leader	133
17	knowledge	133
18	worth	131
19	natural	130
20	everyone	124
21	save	123
22	increase	113
23	opportunity	112
24	special	110
25	simple	108
26	energy	106
27	win	106
28	perfect	105
29	modern	104
30	fresh	103
31	exactly	102
32	value	102
33	instant	101
34	entirely	99
35	easily	99
36	nice	88
37	proud	87
38	bright	85
39	difference	85
40	absolutely	82
41	delight	81
42	honour	81
43	fully	80
44	available	79
45	highest	78
46	popular	77
47	intelligence	74
48	powerful	73
49	excellent	73
50	wonderful	72
51	quick	69
52	advantage	69
53	quality	68
54	extraordinary	68
55	highly	68
56	enjoy	64
57	clean	64
58	excited	64
59	grand	63
60	passion	63
61	grow	62
62	focus	62
63	charming	62
64	alive	61
65	positive	60
66	welcome	59
67	delicious	57
68	wise	53
69	honest	53
70	wealth	52
71	cool	50
72	brave	49
73	willing	48
74	fun	48
75	winning	47
76	remarkable	47
77	satisfaction	44
78	brilliant	43
79	friendly	43
80	splendid	43
81	clever	43
82	comfortable	43
83	delightful	41
84	vision	41
85	unusual	40
86	friendship	40
87	superior	39
88	exciting	38
89	essential	38
90	exquisite	37
91	inspired	36
92	loving	36
93	practical	36
94	generous	35
95	discover	35
96	genius	35
97	achieve	33
98	gift	33
99	adventure	33
100	ideal	32
101	magnificent	31
102	lucky	31
103	expert	31
104	treasure	30
105	totally	29

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