Here is a list of english stop words:

a

about

above

across

after

afterwards

again

against

all

almost

alone

along

already

also

although

always

am

among

amongst

amoungst

amount

an

and

another

any

anyhow

anyone

anything

anyway

anywhere

are

around

as

at

back

be

became

because

become

becomes

becoming

been

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being

below

beside

besides

between

beyond

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bottom

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by

call

can

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computer

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couldnt

cry

de

describe

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ever

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fill

find

fire

first

five

for

former

formerly

forty

found

four

from

front

full

further

get

give

go

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has

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her

here

hereafter

hereby

herein

hereupon

hers

herse”

him

himse”

his

how

however

hundred

i

ie

if

in

inc

indeed

interest

into

is

it

its

itse”

keep

last

latter

latterly

least

less

ltd

made

many

may

me

meanwhile

might

mill

mine

more

moreover

most

mostly

move

much

must

my

myse”

name

namely

neither

never

nevertheless

next

nine

no

nobody

none

noone

nor

not

nothing

now

nowhere

of

off

often

on

once

one

only

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or

other

others

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ourselves

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part

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please

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see

seem

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seems

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sincere

six

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system

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than

that

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them

themselves

then

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thereafter

thereby

therefore

therein

thereupon

these

they

thick

thin

third

this

those

though

three

through

throughout

thru

thus

to

together

too

top

toward

towards

twelve

twenty

two

un

under

until

up

upon

us

very

via

was

we

well

were

what

whatever

when

whence

whenever

where

whereafter

whereas

whereby

wherein

whereupon

wherever

whether

which

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whither

who

whoever

whole

whom

whose

why

will

with

within

without

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you

your

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yourselves

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Updated October 3d, 2009.

This is the stop words list used by MySQL FullText feature

a’s, able, about, above, according, accordingly, across, actually, after, afterwards, again, against, ain’t, all, allow, allows, almost, alone, along, already, also, although, always, am, among, amongst, an, and, another, any, anybody, anyhow, anyone, anything, anyway, anyways, anywhere, apart, appear, appreciate, appropriate, are, aren’t, around, as, aside, ask, asking, associated, at, available, away, awfully, be, became, because, become, becomes, becoming, been, before, beforehand, behind, being, believe, below, beside, besides, best, better, between, beyond, both, brief, but, by, c’mon, c’s, came, can, can’t, cannot, cant, cause, causes, certain, certainly, changes, clearly, co, com, come, comes, concerning, consequently, consider, considering, contain, containing, contains, corresponding, could, couldn’t, course, currently, definitely, described, despite, did, didn’t, different, do, does, doesn’t, doing, don’t, done, down, downwards, during, each, edu, eg, eight, either, else, elsewhere, enough, entirely, especially, et, etc, even, ever, every, everybody, everyone, everything, everywhere, ex, exactly, example, except, far, few, fifth, first, five, followed, following, follows, for, former, formerly, forth, four, from, further, furthermore, get, gets, getting, given, gives, go, goes, going, gone, got, gotten, greetings, had, hadn’t, happens, hardly, has, hasn’t, have, haven’t, having, he, he’s, hello, help, hence, her, here, here’s, hereafter, hereby, herein, hereupon, hers, herself, hi, him, himself, his, hither, hopefully, how, howbeit, however, i’d, i’ll, i’m, i’ve, ie, if, ignored, immediate, in, inasmuch, inc, indeed, indicate, indicated, indicates, inner, insofar, instead, into, inward, is, isn’t, it, it’d, it’ll, it’s, its, itself, just, keep, keeps, kept, know, knows, known, last, lately, later, latter, latterly, least, less, lest, let, let’s, like, liked, likely, little, look, looking, looks, ltd, mainly, many, may, maybe, me, mean, meanwhile, merely, might, more, moreover, most, mostly, much, must, my, myself, name, namely, nd, near, nearly, necessary, need, needs, neither, never, nevertheless, new, next, nine, no, nobody, non, none, noone, nor, normally, not, nothing, novel, now, nowhere, obviously, of, off, often, oh, ok, okay, old, on, once, one, ones, only, onto, or, other, others, otherwise, ought, our, ours, ourselves, out, outside, over, overall, own, particular, particularly, per, perhaps, placed, please, plus, possible, presumably, probably, provides, que, quite, qv, rather, rd, re, really, reasonably, regarding, regardless, regards, relatively, respectively, right, said, same, saw, say, saying, says, second, secondly, see, seeing, seem, seemed, seeming, seems, seen, self, selves, sensible, sent, serious, seriously, seven, several, shall, she, should, shouldn’t, since, six, so, some, somebody, somehow, someone, something, sometime, sometimes, somewhat, somewhere, soon, sorry, specified, specify, specifying, still, sub, such, sup, sure, t’s, take, taken, tell, tends, th, than, thank, thanks, thanx, that, that’s, thats, the, their, theirs, them, themselves, then, thence, there, there’s, thereafter, thereby, therefore, therein, theres, thereupon, these, they, they’d, they’ll, they’re, they’ve, think, third, this, thorough, thoroughly, those, though, three, through, throughout, thru, thus, to, together, too, took, toward, towards, tried, tries, truly, try, trying, twice, two, un, under, unfortunately, unless, unlikely, until, unto, up, upon, us, use, used, useful, uses, using, usually, value, various, very, via, viz, vs, want, wants, was, wasn’t, way, we, we’d, we’ll, we’re, we’ve, welcome, well, went, were, weren’t, what, what’s, whatever, when, whence, whenever, where, where’s, whereafter, whereas, whereby, wherein, whereupon, wherever, whether, which, while, whither, who, who’s, whoever, whole, whom, whose, why, will, willing, wish, with, within, without, won’t, wonder, would, would, wouldn’t, yes, yet, you, you’d, you’ll, you’re, you’ve, your, yours, yourself, yourselves, zero



Wiki Version

a,able,about,across,after,all,almost,also,am,among,an,and,any,are,

as,at,be,because,been,but,by,can,cannot,could,dear,did,do,does,either,

else,ever,every,for,from,get,got,had,has,have,he,her,hers,him,his,how,

however,i,if,in,into,is,it,its,just,least,let,like,likely,may,me,might,most,

must,my,neither,no,nor,not,of,off,often,on,only,or,other,our,own,rather,said,

say,says,she,should,since,so,some,than,that,the,their,them,then,there,these,

they,this,tis,to,too,twas,us,wants,was,we,were,what,when,where,which,while,

who,whom,why,will,with,would,yet,you,your

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