English words iceberg

English words iceberg is an iceberg chart topic from r/IcebergCharts. The highest-scoring chart on it, "English words iceberg", was posted by u/Thomas_Chinchilla on 13 March 2021 and had about 1,592 upvotes when it was collected.^[1] The subreddit has 1 other chart on the same or closely related topics; see Other versions.

Eight tiers of English words. They go from the most common function words down to rare, archaic and curiosity words, beside the progressively dishevelled cartoon figure template. Entries reflect the chart author's choices and are not verified fact.

Tiers[edit]

Tier 1[edit]

in
a
he
the
of
word
that
she
and
it
be
to
if
people
hello
across
one
water
dog
food

Tier 2[edit]

make
guess
talk
chart
keep
cold
pull
rock
pizza
bite
hill
iceberg
scheme
lack
official

Tier 3[edit]

violent
tier
pressure
achieve
precise
toxic
spectrum
modify
obscure
ignite
copyright
paradigm
terse
malfunction
surreal

Tier 4[edit]

foundry
tungsten
brumous
azure
euphoria
calcaneus
acuity
icosahedron
serendipity
zephyr
facetious
antidisestablishmentarianism
penultimate

Tier 5[edit]

lunula
idyllic
forecastle
axiom
octothorpe
bruxism
jaundice
phenolphthalein
defenestration
pareidolia
gleek
ambisinistrous

Tier 6[edit]

ebullient
hemidemisemiquaver
meldrop
aa
micromort
kwashiorkor
obelus
euouae
syzygy

Tier 7[edit]

aphthong
petrichor
zoea
mondegreen
woebegone
orotund
grawlix
pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism

Tier 8[edit]

ulotrichous
parvenu
gobbledygook
kerfuffle
quizzaciously
xertz
dord

Other versions[edit]

Other charts from r/IcebergCharts grouped under this topic, ordered by score:

Another English words iceberg by u/Thomas_Chinchilla, 28 May 2021 (162 upvotes) (image no longer available)

Source[edit]

Original post: u/Thomas_Chinchilla. English words iceberg. Reddit (r/IcebergCharts). 13 March 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2026.

References[edit]

↑ u/Thomas_Chinchilla. English words iceberg. Reddit (r/IcebergCharts). 13 March 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2026.

[top-1] u/Thomas_Chinchilla. English words iceberg. Reddit (r/IcebergCharts). 13 March 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2026.

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