RandomWord []
gives a pseudorandom commonly used word.
RandomWord [n]
gives a list of n pseudorandom words.
RandomWord [type]
gives a pseudorandom word of the specified type.
RandomWord [type,n]
gives a list of n pseudorandom words of the specified type.
RandomWord
RandomWord []
gives a pseudorandom commonly used word.
RandomWord [n]
gives a list of n pseudorandom words.
RandomWord [type]
gives a pseudorandom word of the specified type.
RandomWord [type,n]
gives a list of n pseudorandom words of the specified type.
Details and Options
- The following types are supported:
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"CommonWords" common words in their base forms (default)"KnownWords" known dictionary words in their base formspos common words that can be a given part of speech{"type",pos} inflected, known, etc. words filtered by part of speech"Stopwords" words like "the" that are often considered insignificant
- Parts of speech can be given as "GrammaticalUnit" entities or as strings.
- Core parts of speech are "Noun", "Verb", "Adjective", "Adverb", "Preposition", "Conjunction", "Pronoun", "Determiner", and "Interjection".
- RandomWord selects from words available in WordList .
- RandomWord supports the following options:
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Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (4)
A random common word:
A random common noun:
Four random common adverbs:
Six random adjectives selected from known words:
Options (2)
Language (1)
Get a list of random Spanish words:
Language specifications can be strings or "Language" entities:
IncludeInflections (1)
With IncludeInflections->True , inflected forms can also be included in results:
With IncludeInflections->False , only uninflected words are returned:
Properties & Relations (2)
Use SeedRandom to get repeatable random values:
Use BlockRandom to block one use of RandomWord from affecting others:
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2015), RandomWord, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RandomWord.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2015. "RandomWord." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RandomWord.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2015). RandomWord. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RandomWord.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_randomword, author="Wolfram Research", title="{RandomWord}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RandomWord.html}", note=[Accessed: 24-November-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_randomword, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={RandomWord}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/RandomWord.html}, note=[Accessed: 24-November-2025]}