150 Common Words

Pitmans New Era Shorthand

Long Live Pitmans Shorthand!

The list is an approximation of the 200 commonest words, with all the
short forms removed, and derivatives, similar words and some
phrases added in, bringing the total to 772 entries.

The pages are set out for printing for an A5 ring binder. Ring binder
tabs can be printed from the PDF Print Your Own Shorthand
Notepad.

The 150 headwords plus the 70 most-used short forms cover

approximately 80% of everyday speech. These 70 short forms are
shown separately at the end of the list.

The blue headwords are ordered according to the first stroke. Phrases
are unvocalised except where necessary and advisable. Basic
contractions are indicated but derivatives that are part-contraction or
part-short form are not marked as such.

The words are given as real text on the end pages to enable
searching.

This material is for shorthand learning only and is not suitable for
academic word frequency research.

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STROKE PEE it is possible setup daytime cause housing
part spell inset daylight causes housed
parts spells onset midday causing in the house
parting spelling outset did caused (compare with STROKE WAY
parted spelled stand done cost) one
partly spelt (verb & noun) stands does causer ones
parter speller standing do not causal once
partner up standard dont (insert vowel) causeway oneness
taking part upper standardise did not causative oneself
in all parts of upwards standby didnt (insert vowel) causeless want
in all parts of the world about stood down kind wants
person STROKE BEE stander downwards kinds wanting
persons back take downhill kinder wanted
personal backs takes downright kindest unwanted
personality backing taking differ kindly water
personnel backed taken differs STROKE GAY waters
personable backer taker differing again watering
picture backwards took differed again and again watered
pictures backup take-over said against watery
picturing before overtake gainsaid get waterproof
pictured beforehand mistake aforesaid gets rainwater
depict beforetime mistaken unsaid getting way weigh
place begin mistook STROKE CHAY got ways
places begins time change gotten away
placing beginning times changes good anyway
placed beginner timing changing goods in no way (insert vowel)
placement began timed changed goodly went
play at the beginning timer changeless goodness STROKE WHAY
plays below timely changeable goodwill (insert vowel) where
playing between timeless changeover goodbye anywhere
played in-between at the same time each goodnight nowhere
player big considerable time each other together (contraction) somewhere
playful bigger try such togetherness elsewhere
point biggest tries suchlike altogether (contraction) wherever
points both trying such and such STROKE HAY whereabouts
pointing boy tried (short form) STROKE JAY he STROKE YAY
pointed boys trier tryer just if he can use
pointer boyish turn justly high uses
pointless boyfriend turns justice highly using
point of view boyhood turning justness highest used
appointment (contraction) by buy turned justify higher (compare with user
port STROKE TEE turner unjust hire) useful
ports at turnover STROKE KAY hire (compare with useless
porter (compare with its (contraction) STROKE DEE act higher) usable
operator) Short form itself is through add acts hot usage
portable line adds acting hotter misuse (noun, verb)
portal out adding acted hottest STROKE ELL
import outer added actor hotly along
imported outing adder action hotness alongside
importer outwards addition active hotheaded also
export carried out additional activity hotbed I am also
exported set additionally actively hothouse it is also
exporter sets additive actual hotspot help
possible setting day actually house helps
possibility setter days came houses helping
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helped line STROKE WEL worker afterwards three
helper lines well rework father thrice
helpful lining wells STROKE RAY fathers threesome
helpless lined welled read fathering threefold
unhelpful liner unwell reads fathered through
land linear welcome reading fatherly throughout
lands lineal welcomer read (past tense) red fatherhood through-put
landing little welcomed reader fatherland STROKE THEE
landed littleness welcoming readable few other
landowner belittle well-known unreadable fewer others
landscape belittled as well as possible real fewest otherwise
landlord long very well really fewness any other way
last longs will reality find no other way
lasts longing wills realism finds in other words
lasting longed willing realistic finding on the other hand
lastlingly longer willingly realise finder than
lasted longest willed realisation found more than
lastly look wilful unreal founder better than
last week looks wilfully unrealistic follow then
last year looking you will right rite follows thence
leave looked we will rights following there and then
leaves looker STROKE WHEL righting (compare with followed these
leaving onlooker while writing) follower for these (insert vowel)
leaver outlook whilst righted form for those (insert vowel)
left lookout whiling rightful forms they
left-hand low meanwhile rightly forming STROKE ESS
left-handed lows awhile right-angle formed ask
life lowing STROKE AR right-hand formerly asks
lifelike lowed load lode air heir ere right-handed former (earlier) asking
lifeless lowly airs round former (one who forms) asked
lives lowest airing rounds application form say
light lower aired rounding we have formed says
lights lowered airy rounded if saying
lighting lowering (to let down) airline roundest off see sea
lighter lowering louring (gloomy, around rounders offhand sees
lightest menacing) turnaround roundly offchance seeing
lighted self or roundabout take off saw
lightly selves one or two roundhouse write off seen scene
lighten selfless two or three round-table STROKE VEE unseen
lightening (verb, compare selflessly her round-up even so sew
with lightning) selflessness hers world evens so-so
lightness self-respect herself worlds evenly us
lightning (noun, compare self-control here worldwide evenness for us
with lightening) self-confidence herewith worldly evening with us
lighthouse still hereabouts in the world uneven to us
like stilled were all over the world every STROKE ISH
likes stillness were not write everything (contraction) she
liking STROKE LD werent (insert vowel) writes everyone show
liked old you were writing (compare with everywhere shows
likely older they were righting) STROKE ITH showing
unlikely oldest they were not written thought showed
liken lichen oldish work wrote rote thoughts shown
likened oldness works STROKE EFF thoughtful STROKE EM
likeness old-fashioned working after thoughtfully home
I would like worked afters thoughtless homes
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homework seemly new gnu
homeless some sum news
home-made somebody newly The 70 short forms that occur
at home (insert vowel) somehow newer in the 200 common word list,
make someone newest (compare with short in frequency order:
makes something form next)
making sometime (contraction) newcomer 36-70:
1-35:
maker somewhat newspaper
makeup somewhere no their
the
man small nohow them
of
men smaller not would
to
manly smallest it will not thing
and
manhood smallness we have not him
a
mankind STROKE MD now two
in
woman (singular above line) made maid nowadays has
is
women (plural on line) handmade only more
it
many manmade only been could
you
manifold self-made it is only/it has only go
that
may STROKE EN we have only been come
he
maybe animal since most
was
mayhap animals STROKE ND number
for
mean another end who
on
means one another ends over
are
meaning interest (contraction) ending call
with
meant mend interests ended first
as
meanness interesting endless (compare with people
his
meantime interested needless) been
be
might mite self-interest need kneed knead any
have
mighty into needs year
this
mightily know needing me
from
almighty knows needed give
had
mother knowing needless our
but
mothers knowingly (compare with endless) under
what
mothered known sound very
there
mothering unknown sounds much
we
move knowable sounding great
can
moves knew sounded think
all
moving knowhow soundly too
your
moved knowledge (contraction) soundless put
when
mover knowledgeable unsound large
word
movable name VOWEL SIGN why
how
movement names I near
which
remove naming I am build
do
unmoved named I will
must namely I would
mustnt unnamed I consider
my nation
mine nations
my own (insert vowel) national
same nationalisation
sameness international
seem seam nationwide
seems never (contraction)
seeming nevertheless (contraction)
seemed nevermore (contraction)
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