PartOfSpeech ["word"]
returns the possible parts of speech for the specified word.
PartOfSpeech
PartOfSpeech ["word"]
returns the possible parts of speech for the specified word.
Details
- PartOfSpeech gives a list of the parts of speech that the specified word can be.
- PartOfSpeech returns "GrammaticalUnit" entities.
- Possible parts of speech are: "Noun", "Verb", "Adjective", "Adverb", "Pronoun", "Preposition", "Conjunction", "Determiner", and "Interjection".
- PartOfSpeech ["word"] gives Missing ["UnknownWord"] if "word" is not a recognized English-language word.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (1)
Find the parts of speech associated with an English-language word:
Possible Issues (1)
Words that are not recognized have no discernible part of speech:
See Also
TextStructure TextCases WordDefinition Antonyms Synonyms WordList RandomWord WordData WordFrequencyData
Function Repository: NounQ VerbQ AdjectiveQ AdverbQ JapaneseTextTokenizer
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2015), PartOfSpeech, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PartOfSpeech.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2015. "PartOfSpeech." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PartOfSpeech.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2015). PartOfSpeech. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PartOfSpeech.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_partofspeech, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PartOfSpeech}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PartOfSpeech.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-December-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_partofspeech, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PartOfSpeech}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PartOfSpeech.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-December-2025]}