Top 50 Prepositions
Out of the 2265 most frequently used words, 46 were identified as prepositions. However, 40 words were primarily used as prepositions, while the remaining 6 words were different types but could be used as a preposition. For example, the word "above" is an adverb, such as, "the text written above is accurate." However, it can also be a preposition, "A general is above a captain."
Because of the multiple meaning of words, the ordering of words were conducted by 1) taking the frequency of only preposition types, then 2) taking the frequency of (prepositions + other type), then finally 3) taking the frequency of (other type + prepositions).
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Word | Frequency | Type |
with | 1062 | (preposition) |
at | 624 | (preposition) |
from | 622 | (preposition) |
into | 301 | (preposition) |
during | 103 | (preposition) |
including | 58 | (preposition) |
until | 54 | (preposition) |
against | 46 | (preposition) |
among | 37 | (preposition) |
throughout | 27 | (preposition) |
despite | 17 | (preposition) |
towards | 16 | (preposition) |
upon | 15 | (preposition) |
concerning | 3 | (preposition) |
of | 5220 | (preposition, auxiliary verb) |
to | 4951 | (preposition, adverb) |
in | 2822 | (preposition, adverb) |
for | 1752 | (preposition, conjunction) |
on | 1087 | (preposition, adverb, adjective) |
by | 706 | (preposition, adverb) |
about | 451 | (preposition, adverb, adjective) |
like | 324 | (preposition, verb, conjunction) |
through | 235 | (preposition, adverb, adjective) |
over | 170 | (preposition, adjective, noun) |
before | 141 | (preposition, adverb, conjunction) |
between | 137 | (preposition, adverb) |
after | 110 | (preposition, adjective, adverb) |
since | 107 | (preposition, adverb, conjunction) |
without | 89 | (preposition, adverb, conjunction) |
under | 70 | (preposition, adverb, adjective) |
within | 46 | (preposition, adverb) |
along | 45 | (preposition, adverb) |
following | 39 | (preposition, noun, adjective) |
across | 36 | (preposition, adverb, adjective) |
behind | 22 | (preposition, adverb, adjective) |
beyond | 20 | (preposition, noun) |
plus | 14 | (preposition, adjective, noun) |
except | 6 | (preposition, conjunction, idiom) |
but | 626 | (conjunction, preposition, adverb) |
up | 296 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
out | 294 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
around | 101 | (adverb, preposition) |
down | 94 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
off | 74 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
above | 40 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
near | 13 | (adverb, preposition, adjective) |
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