Multiword units occurring
100 times or more
Checked
| #'s | 727 |
| a_bit | 7,610 |
| a_good_deal | 471 |
| a_great_deal | 1,295 |
| a_la | 172 |
| a_la_carte | 167 |
| a_little | 9,173 |
| a_little_bit | 493 |
| a_lot | 3,152 |
| a_priori | 225 |
| according_to | 14,187 |
| ad_hoc | 465 |
| ad_lib | 120 |
| adjacent_to | 515 |
| ahead_of | 2,296 |
| all_at_once | 342 |
| all_but | 483 |
| all_of_a_sudden | 262 |
| all_right | 4,190 |
| all_the_same | 755 |
| along_with | 4,424 |
| an_awful_lot | 115 |
| and_so_forth | 428 |
| and_so_on | 4,082 |
| any_longer | 629 |
| anything_but | 179 |
| apart_from | 5,485 |
| as_against | 368 |
| as_between | 245 |
| as_for | 2,208 |
| as_from | 253 |
| as_if | 13,162 |
| as_it_were | 789 |
| as_long_as | 2,172 |
| as_of | 679 |
| as_opposed_to | 1,256 |
| as_regards | 631 |
| as_soon_as | 3,661 |
| as_though | 4,555 |
| as_to | 6,722 |
| as_usual | 1,059 |
| as_well_as | 15,975 |
| as_yet | 1,320 |
| aside_from | 268 |
| at_all | 12,496 |
| at_best | 799 |
| at_first | 3,654 |
| at_large | 713 |
| at_last | 3,855 |
| at_least | 22,088 |
| at_length | 440 |
| at_long_last | 112 |
| at_most | 346 |
| at_once | 3,261 |
| at_present | 2,639 |
| at_random | 409 |
| at_worst | 235 |
| away_from | 10,592 |
| because_of | 15,576 |
| bona_fide | 224 |
| brand_new | 385 |
| but_for | 591 |
| by_and_large | 442 |
| by_far | 851 |
| by_means_of | 1,481 |
| by_no_means | 1,535 |
| by_now | 1,899 |
| by_reason_of | 300 |
| by_way_of | 1,308 |
| considering_that | 154 |
| contrary_to | 1,219 |
| de_facto | 303 |
| depending_on | 2,027 |
| due_to | 7,170 |
| each_other | 9,727 |
| en_masse | 111 |
| en_route | 494 |
| en_suite | 183 |
| et_al | 2,956 |
| even_if | 7,341 |
| even_so | 1,258 |
| even_though | 4,984 |
| even_when | 2,083 |
| ever_so | 259 |
| every_so_often | 147 |
| ex_parte | 503 |
| except_for | 1,555 |
| except_that | 1,127 |
| far_from | 1,012 |
| fed_up | 463 |
| follow_up | 572 |
| for_certain | 224 |
| for_ever | 1,175 |
| for_example | 19,962 |
| for_fear_of | 337 |
| for_good | 357 |
| for_instance | 6,384 |
| for_long | 629 |
| for_once | 661 |
| for_sure | 406 |
| for_the_most_part | 681 |
| for_the_time_being | 625 |
| from_now_on | 423 |
| from_time_to_time | 1,573 |
| given_that | 1,109 |
| grand_prix | 679 |
| guardian_ad_litem | 152 |
| half_way | 343 |
| in_accord_with | 148 |
| in_accordance_with | 1,954 |
| in_addition | 4,229 |
| in_addition_to | 3,178 |
| in_aid_of | 220 |
| in_answer_to | 275 |
| in_association_with | 366 |
| in_between | 897 |
| in_brief | 238 |
| in_case | 1,839 |
| in_case_of | 299 |
| in_charge_of | 1,491 |
| in_co-operation_with | 104 |
| in_common | 917 |
| in_common_with | 715 |
| in_comparison_with | 403 |
| in_conjunction_with | 1,180 |
| in_connection_with | 1,421 |
| in_consultation_with | 152 |
| in_contact_with | 417 |
| in_defence_of | 202 |
| in_defiance_of | 121 |
| in_excess_of | 771 |
| in_favour_of | 3,291 |
| in_front_of | 5,558 |
| in_full | 608 |
| in_general | 3,847 |
| in_keeping_with | 421 |
| in_lieu_of | 132 |
| in_light_of | 109 |
| in_line_with | 1,118 |
| in_need_of | 719 |
| in_order | 12,025 |
| in_part | 1,976 |
| in_particular | 6,015 |
| in_place_of | 703 |
| in_possession_of | 300 |
| in_private | 334 |
| in_proportion_to | 232 |
| in_public | 736 |
| in_pursuit_of | 313 |
| in_receipt_of | 196 |
| in_regard_to | 269 |
| in_relation_to | 4,302 |
| in_reply_to | 141 |
| in_respect_of | 2,823 |
| in_response_to | 1,881 |
| in_return_for | 864 |
| in_search_of | 936 |
| in_short | 1,115 |
| in_situ | 315 |
| in_so_far_as | 771 |
| in_spite_of | 2,450 |
| in_support_of | 1,000 |
| in_terms_of | 9,238 |
| in_that | 1,527 |
| in_the_light_of | 1,691 |
| in_the_main | 190 |
| in_touch_with | 1,116 |
| in_vain | 434 |
| in_view_of | 1,403 |
| in_vitro | 524 |
| in_vivo | 391 |
| inside_out | 165 |
| insofar_as | 248 |
| instead_of | 5,989 |
| inter_alia | 298 |
| into_line_with | 224 |
| irrespective_of | 794 |
| just_about | 1,116 |
| kind_of | 436 |
| kung_fu | 142 |
| less_than | 3,631 |
| let_alone | 1,120 |
| more_than | 13,149 |
| near_to | 759 |
| nearer_to | 287 |
| nearest_to | 143 |
| next_to | 2,474 |
| no_doubt | 3,206 |
| no_longer | 8,069 |
| no_matter_how | 902 |
| no_matter_what | 456 |
| no_one | 6,622 |
| none_other | 140 |
| none_the_less | 642 |
| now_that | 2,525 |
| of_course | 24,091 |
| off_of | 155 |
| old_fashioned | 216 |
| on_account_of | 433 |
| on_behalf_of | 2,470 |
| on_board | 1,472 |
| on_the_part_of | 1,454 |
| on_to | 7,946 |
| on_top_of | 2,132 |
| once_again | 3,285 |
| once_and_for_all | 246 |
| once_more | 2,061 |
| one_another | 2,528 |
| other_than | 3,785 |
| out_of | 41,845 |
| out_of_date | 251 |
| out_of_touch_with | 104 |
| outside_of | 678 |
| over_here | 575 |
| over_there | 894 |
| owing_to | 738 |
| per_annum | 847 |
| per_capita | 572 |
| per_cent | 35,474 |
| per_se | 345 |
| pertaining_to | 120 |
| post_mortem | 119 |
| prima_facie | 309 |
| prior_to | 2,953 |
| provided_that | 997 |
| providing_that | 113 |
| pursuant_to | 417 |
| raison_d'etre | 129 |
| rather_than | 19,332 |
| relative_to | 912 |
| save_for | 185 |
| seeing_that | 229 |
| sinn_fein | 387 |
| so_as | 1,607 |
| so_called | 301 |
| so_long_as | 1,118 |
| so_much_as | 528 |
| so_that | 17,192 |
| sort_of | 2,836 |
| status_quo | 505 |
| straight_away | 621 |
| subject_to | 4,698 |
| subsequent_to | 103 |
| such_as | 28,783 |
| such_that | 557 |
| thanks_to | 374 |
| that_is | 2,660 |
| that_is_to_say | 493 |
| time_and_again | 216 |
| time_and_again | 216 |
| to_and_fro | 276 |
| ultra_vires | 189 |
| under_way | 852 |
| up_front | 287 |
| up_to | 21,088 |
| up_to_date | 582 |
| up_until | 461 |
| upside_down | 390 |
| upwards_of | 130 |
| vice_versa | 642 |
| well_off | 144 |
| whether_or_not | 2,614 |
| with_a_view_to | 773 |
| with_reference_to | 343 |
| with_regard_to | 1,532 |
| with_respect_to | 1,236 |
|
Multiword units occurring
fewer than 100 times
Ignored
| a_capella | 0 |
| a_fortiori | 35 |
| a_heck_of_a_lot | 0 |
| a_hell_of_a_lot | 12 |
| a_la_mode | 12 |
| a_la_provencale | 0 |
| a_posteriori | 6 |
| a_propos | 6 |
| ab_initio | 46 |
| according_as | 22 |
| ad_astra | 0 |
| ad_hominem | 20 |
| ad_infinitum | 44 |
| ad_libs | 16 |
| ad_nauseam | 30 |
| ad_valorem | 22 |
| affaire_d'honneur | 0 |
| affaire_de_coeur | 0 |
| affaire_du_coeur | 0 |
| affaires_d'honneur | 0 |
| affaires_de_coeur | 0 |
| agent_provocateur | 7 |
| agents_provocateurs | 14 |
| agnus_dei | 9 |
| aide_de_camp | 0 |
| aide_memoire | 13 |
| aides_de_camp | 0 |
| al_dente | 10 |
| al_fresco | 25 |
| alla_breve | 0 |
| alma_mater | 19 |
| alma_maters | 0 |
| alter_ego | 44 |
| alter_egos | 3 |
| an'_all | 78 |
| ancien_regime | 55 |
| anno_dom | 0 |
| anno_domini | 4 |
| annus_horribilis | 11 |
| annus_mirabilis | 17 |
| ante_meridiem | 0 |
| aqua_vitae | 0 |
| art_deco | 66 |
| art_nouveau | 71 |
| asti_spumante | 4 |
| at_long_length | 0 |
| au_contraire | 6 |
| au_fait | 28 |
| au_naturel | 5 |
| au_pair | 44 |
| au_pairs | 14 |
| au_revoir | 19 |
| auf_wiedersehen | 7 |
| aurora_australis | 0 |
| aurora_borealis | 9 |
| avant_garde | 56 |
| bar_mitzvah | 14 |
| bar_mitzvahs | 3 |
| basso_continuo | 3 |
| basso_profundo | 3 |
| beau_monde | 5 |
| beaujolais_nouveau | 14 |
| belles_lettres | 0 |
| bete_noir | 6 |
| bete_noire | 16 |
| betes_noires | 3 |
| billet_doux | 0 |
| billets_doux | 0 |
| bon_appetit | 6 |
| bon_jour | 3 |
| bon_mot | 11 |
| bon_soir | 0 |
| bon_vivant | 7 |
| bon_viveur | 9 |
| bon_voyage | 8 |
| bona_fides | 17 |
| bons_mots | 0 |
| bons_vivants | 0 |
| bons_viveurs | 0 |
| bouquet_garni | 28 |
| bric_a_brac | 0 |
| by_and_by | 13 |
| by_far_and_away | 18 |
| by_the_by | 17 |
| cafe_au_lait | 9 |
| camera_obscura | 17 |
| camera_obscuras | 0 |
| carte_blanche | 50 |
| casus_belli | 5 |
| casus_omissus | 3 |
| cause_celebre | 24 |
| causes_celebres | 7 |
| caveat_emptor | 24 |
| ceteris_paribus | 44 |
| chaise_longue | 18 |
| chaise_longues | 0 |
| chaises_longues | 0 |
| charge_d'affaires | 33 |
| charges_d'affaires | 0 |
| check_outs | 0 |
| chef_d'oeuvre | 0 |
| chez_moi | 0 |
| chez_nous | 4 |
| chez_vous | 0 |
| chilli_con_carne | 13 |
| chop_suey | 9 |
| chow_mein | 0 |
| clamp_down | 0 |
| close_to | 0 |
| compos_mentis | 6 |
| con_brio | 3 |
| con_fuoco | 0 |
| con_moto | 0 |
| cordon_bleu | 39 |
| cordon_sanitaire | 8 |
| corps_de_ballet | 18 |
| corpus_delicti | 0 |
| corpus_juris | 0 |
| coup_d'etat | 52 |
| coup_de_foudre | 4 |
| coup_de_grace | 33 |
| coup_de_theatre | 3 |
| coups_d'etat | 6 |
| coups_de_grace | 0 |
| coups_de_theatre | 0 |
| creme_brulee | 13 |
| creme_de_la_creme | 17 |
| creme_de_menthe | 8 |
| creme_fraiche | 20 |
| cri_de_coeur | 5 |
| crime_passionel | 0 |
| crimes_passionels | 0 |
| cris_de_coeur | 0 |
| croix_de_guerre | 8 |
| cul_de_sac | 12 |
| curriculum_vitae | 0 |
| danse_macabre | 8 |
| danse_ronde | 0 |
| de_jure | 28 |
| de_luxe | 56 |
| de_profundis | 8 |
| de_rigeur | 3 |
| de_rigueur | 37 |
| de_trop | 5 |
| decree_nisi | 0 |
| dei_gratia | 0 |
| deja_vu | 59 |
| delirium_tremens | 3 |
| demi_monde | 0 |
| deus_ex_machina | 18 |
| double_entendre | 3 |
| double_entendres | 11 |
| doubles_entendres | 0 |
| dramatis_personae | 7 |
| eau_de_cologne | 14 |
| eminence_grise | 7 |
| en_bloc | 34 |
| en_famille | 7 |
| en_passant | 11 |
| enfant_terrible | 21 |
| enfants_terribles | 0 |
| entente_cordiale | 6 |
| esprit_de_corps | 31 |
| et_cetera | 62 |
| ex_ante | 26 |
| ex_army | 0 |
| ex_cathedra | 3 |
| ex_gratia | 60 |
| ex_hypothesi | 27 |
| ex_libris | 4 |
| ex_officio | 60 |
| ex_post | 31 |
| ex_post_facto | 11 |
| ex_silentio | 0 |
| ex_tempore | 0 |
| ex_turpi_causa | 32 |
| ex_vitro | 0 |
| ex_vivo | 14 |
| excepting_for | 0 |
| fair_do's | 0 |
| fait_accompli | 63 |
| far_off | 25 |
| faute_de_mieux | 4 |
| faux_ami | 0 |
| faux_amis | 0 |
| faux_pas | 21 |
| femme_fatale | 27 |
| femmes_fatales | 9 |
| film_noir | 13 |
| films_noirs | 0 |
| fin_de_siecle | 20 |
| fines_herbes | 6 |
| foie_gras | 28 |
| for_keeps | 16 |
| force_majeure | 32 |
| fromage_frais | 59 |
| gee_whizz | 0 |
| genius_loci | 5 |
| getting_on_for | 45 |
| grand_mal | 0 |
| grande_dame | 10 |
| grands_prix | 42 |
| grown_up | 4 |
| grown_ups | 9 |
| gung_ho | 4 |
| habeas_corpus | 48 |
| hara_kiri | 0 |
| hard_up | 69 |
| hasta_la_vista | 4 |
| hasta_luego | 0 |
| haute_couture | 39 |
| haute_cuisine | 30 |
| have_nots | 4 |
| heave_ho | 0 |
| hey_presto | 29 |
| higgledy_piggledy | 0 |
| hocus_pocus | 0 |
| hoi_polloi | 14 |
| hoity_toity | 0 |
| homo_sapiens | 71 |
| hooray_henry | 0 |
| hooray_henrys | 0 |
| hors_d'oeuvre | 13 |
| hors_d'oeuvres | 18 |
| hors_de_combat | 3 |
| hotch_potch | 0 |
| hush_hush | 0 |
| hysteron_proteron | 0 |
| idee_fixe | 8 |
| ignis_fatuus | 0 |
| in_absentia | 40 |
| in_as_much_as | 82 |
| in_back_of | 4 |
| in_camera | 38 |
| in_cooperation_with | 46 |
| in_course_with | 0 |
| in_extremis | 24 |
| in_face_of | 57 |
| in_favor_of | 20 |
| in_flagrante_delicto | 3 |
| in_loco_parentis | 16 |
| in_medias_res | 6 |
| in_memoriam | 21 |
| in_perpetuum | 0 |
| in_propria_persona | 0 |
| in_quest_of | 17 |
| in_the_order_of | 52 |
| in_toto | 22 |
| in_vino_veritas | 3 |
| inasmuch_as | 95 |
| infra_dig | 3 |
| infra_dignitatem | 0 |
| insomuch_as | 0 |
| ipso_facto | 42 |
| je_ne_sais_quoi | 6 |
| joie_de_vivre | 18 |
| know_how | 9 |
| la_dolce_vita | 10 |
| laissez_faire | 27 |
| lasagne_verde | 0 |
| le_mot_juste | 0 |
| let_'s | 0 |
| lingua_franca | 33 |
| lo_and_behold | 44 |
| loc_cit | 0 |
| locum_tenens | 0 |
| locus_classicus | 5 |
| long-term_wise | 0 |
| magna_carta | 42 |
| magna_cum_laude | 0 |
| magnum_opus | 11 |
| maitre_d | 5 |
| maitre_d' | 4 |
| maitre_d'hotel | 19 |
| mal_de_mer | 0 |
| mardi_gras | 9 |
| matter_of_fact | 78 |
| mea_culpa | 13 |
| medecins_sans_frontieres | 13 |
| medicins_sans_frontieres | 0 |
| menage_a_trois | 9 |
| mezzo_soprano | 0 |
| modus_operandi | 37 |
| modus_vivendi | 34 |
| mot_juste | 7 |
| mumbo_jumbo | 0 |
| mutatis_mutandis | 26 |
| nem_con | 4 |
| nigh_on | 28 |
| nitty_gritty | 0 |
| no_matter_when | 3 |
| no_matter_where | 58 |
| no_matter_which | 25 |
| no_matter_who | 34 |
| no_matter_whom | 0 |
| no_matter_whose | 0 |
| noblesse_oblige | 13 |
| nom_de_guerre | 4 |
| nom_de_plume | 11 |
| noms_de_guerre | 0 |
| noms_de_plume | 0 |
| non_compos_mentis | 0 |
| non_sequitur | 9 |
| non_sequiturs | 5 |
| none_the | 63 |
| not_withstanding | 21 |
| nouveau_rich | 0 |
| nouveau_riche | 16 |
| nouveaux_riches | 13 |
| nouvelle_cuisine | 24 |
| o'_course | 8 |
| obiter_dictum | 14 |
| objet_d'art | 9 |
| objets_d'art | 37 |
| off_guard | 47 |
| oft_times | 0 |
| okey_doke | 0 |
| okey_dokey | 0 |
| one_'s | 0 |
| op_cit | 6 |
| out_front | 0 |
| out_of_line_with | 52 |
| papier_mache | 34 |
| par_excellence | 88 |
| pari_passu | 17 |
| pas_de_deux | 45 |
| pate_de_foie_gras | 16 |
| pax_americana | 8 |
| pax_britannica | 8 |
| pax_romana | 4 |
| per_diem | 0 |
| persona_non_grata | 23 |
| personae_non_gratae | 0 |
| petit_bourgeois | 17 |
| petit_four | 0 |
| petit_mal | 6 |
| petite_bougeoisie | 0 |
| petits_bourgeois | 3 |
| piece_de_resistance | 27 |
| pied_a_terre | 4 |
| pina_colada | 0 |
| pina_coladas | 0 |
| pince_nez | 0 |
| poco_a_poco | 0 |
| point_blank | 38 |
| porte_cochere | 8 |
| post_hoc | 41 |
| post_meridiem | 0 |
| post_mortems | 12 |
| poste_restante | 4 |
| pot_pourri | 16 |
| prima_donna | 29 |
| prima_donnas | 9 |
| primus_inter_pares | 12 |
| pro_forma | 54 |
| pro_rata | 49 |
| pro_tem | 9 |
| qui_vive | 4 |
| quid_pro_quo | 41 |
| raisons_d'etre | 0 |
| reductio_ad_absurdum | 14 |
| rigor_mortis | 23 |
| roman_a_clef | 0 |
| sang_froid | 3 |
| save_that | 78 |
| savoir_faire | 6 |
| savoir_vivre | 0 |
| seeing_as | 83 |
| semper_fidelis | 0 |
| shin_bet | 6 |
| shish_kebab | 0 |
| shish_kebabs | 0 |
| sine_die | 6 |
| sine_qua_non | 39 |
| so_'s | 0 |
| some_one | 52 |
| something_like | 0 |
| son_et_lumiere | 7 |
| sotto_voce | 27 |
| spaghetti_bolognese | 17 |
| spina_bifida | 52 |
| spot_on | 68 |
| sq_feet/metres/etc | 0 |
| sq_ft/m/cm/etc. | 0 |
| straight_forward | 49 |
| sub_judice | 27 |
| sub_poena | 0 |
| sub_rosa | 0 |
| sui_generis | 33 |
| sui_juris | 0 |
| summa_cum_laude | 4 |
| super_duper | 5 |
| supposing_that | 82 |
| table_d'hote | 57 |
| tabula_rasa | 18 |
| tai_chi | 30 |
| tai_kwan_do | 0 |
| teeny_weeny | 0 |
| terra_firma | 14 |
| terra_incognita | 8 |
| through_thick_and_thin | 26 |
| tittle_tattle | 0 |
| topsy_turvy | 0 |
| tour_de_force | 55 |
| tours_de_force | 5 |
| tout_court | 9 |
| tout_de_suite | 0 |
| tutti_frutti | 0 |
| up_to_the_minute | 26 |
| upward_of | 6 |
| vin_de_table | 3 |
| vin_ordinaire | 6 |
| vis_a_vis | 28 |
| viva_voce | 17 |
| void_ab_initio | 0 |
| vol_au_vent | 0 |
| vols_au_vent | 0 |
| volte_face | 18 |
| vox_pop | 0 |
| vox_pops | 12 |
| vox_populi | 0 |
| well_being | 66 |
| wiener_schnitzel | 4 |
| wiener_schnitzels | 0 |
| with_relation_to | 9 |
|