# Full-Text Index Stopwords
Stopwords are used to provide a list of commonly-used words that can be ignored for the purposes of [Full-text-indexes](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/ha-and-performance/optimization-and-tuning/optimization-and-indexes/full-text-indexes).
Full-text indexes built in [MyISAM](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/myisam-storage-engine) and [InnoDB](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/innodb) have different stopword lists by default.
## MyISAM Stopwords
For full-text indexes on MyISAM tables, by default, the list is built from the file `storage/myisam/ft_static.c`, and searched using the server's character set and collation. The [ft\_stopword\_file](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-management/variables-and-modes/server-system-variables#ft_stopword_file) system variable allows the default list to be overridden with words from another file, or for stopwords to be ignored altogether.
If the stopword list is changed, any existing full-text indexes need to be rebuilt
The following table shows the default list of stopwords, although you should always treat `storage/myisam/ft_static.c` as the definitive list. See the [Fulltext Index Overview](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/ha-and-performance/optimization-and-tuning/optimization-and-indexes/full-text-indexes/full-text-index-overview) for more details, and [Full-text-indexes](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/ha-and-performance/optimization-and-tuning/optimization-and-indexes/full-text-indexes) for related articles.
| | | | |
| ------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ------------ |
| a's | able | about | above |
| according | accordingly | across | actually |
| after | afterwards | again | against |
| ain't | all | allow | allows |
| almost | alone | along | already |
| also | although | always | am |
| among | amongst | an | and |
| another | any | anybody | anyhow |
| anyone | anything | anyway | anyways |
| anywhere | apart | appear | appreciate |
| appropriate | are | aren't | around |
| as | aside | ask | asking |
| associated | at | available | away |
| awfully | be | became | because |
| become | becomes | becoming | been |
| before | beforehand | behind | being |
| believe | below | beside | besides |
| best | better | between | beyond |
| both | brief | but | by |
| c'mon | c's | came | can |
| can't | cannot | cant | cause |
| causes | certain | certainly | changes |
| clearly | co | com | come |
| comes | concerning | consequently | consider |
| considering | contain | containing | contains |
| corresponding | could | couldn't | course |
| currently | definitely | described | despite |
| did | didn't | different | do |
| does | doesn't | doing | don't |
| done | down | downwards | during |
| each | edu | eg | eight |
| either | else | elsewhere | enough |
| entirely | especially | et | etc |
| even | ever | every | everybody |
| everyone | everything | everywhere | ex |
| exactly | example | except | far |
| few | fifth | first | five |
| followed | following | follows | for |
| former | formerly | forth | four |
| from | further | furthermore | get |
| gets | getting | given | gives |
| go | goes | going | gone |
| got | gotten | greetings | had |
| hadn't | happens | hardly | has |
| hasn't | have | haven't | having |
| he | he's | hello | help |
| hence | her | here | here's |
| hereafter | hereby | herein | hereupon |
| hers | herself | hi | him |
| himself | his | hither | hopefully |
| how | howbeit | however | i'd |
| i'll | i'm | i've | ie |
| if | ignored | immediate | in |
| inasmuch | inc | indeed | indicate |
| indicated | indicates | inner | insofar |
| instead | into | inward | is |
| isn't | it | it'd | it'll |
| it's | its | itself | just |
| keep | keeps | kept | know |
| knows | known | last | lately |
| later | latter | latterly | least |
| less | lest | let | let's |
| like | liked | likely | little |
| look | looking | looks | ltd |
| mainly | many | may | maybe |
| me | mean | meanwhile | merely |
| might | more | moreover | most |
| mostly | much | must | my |
| myself | name | namely | nd |
| near | nearly | necessary | need |
| needs | neither | never | nevertheless |
| new | next | nine | no |
| nobody | non | none | noone |
| nor | normally | not | nothing |
| novel | now | nowhere | obviously |
| of | off | often | oh |
| ok | okay | old | on |
| once | one | ones | only |
| onto | or | other | others |
| otherwise | ought | our | ours |
| ourselves | out | outside | over |
| overall | own | particular | particularly |
| per | perhaps | placed | please |
| plus | possible | presumably | probably |
| provides | que | quite | qv |
| rather | rd | re | really |
| reasonably | regarding | regardless | regards |
| relatively | respectively | right | said |
| same | saw | say | saying |
| says | second | secondly | see |
| seeing | seem | seemed | seeming |
| seems | seen | self | selves |
| sensible | sent | serious | seriously |
| seven | several | shall | she |
| should | shouldn't | since | six |
| so | some | somebody | somehow |
| someone | something | sometime | sometimes |
| somewhat | somewhere | soon | sorry |
| specified | specify | specifying | still |
| sub | such | sup | sure |
| t's | take | taken | tell |
| tends | th | than | thank |
| thanks | thanx | that | that's |
| thats | the | their | theirs |
| them | themselves | then | thence |
| there | there's | thereafter | thereby |
| therefore | therein | theres | thereupon |
| these | they | they'd | they'll |
| they're | they've | think | third |
| this | thorough | thoroughly | those |
| though | three | through | throughout |
| thru | thus | to | together |
| too | took | toward | towards |
| tried | tries | truly | try |
| trying | twice | two | un |
| under | unfortunately | unless | unlikely |
| until | unto | up | upon |
| us | use | used | useful |
| uses | using | usually | value |
| various | very | via | viz |
| vs | want | wants | was |
| wasn't | way | we | we'd |
| we'll | we're | we've | welcome |
| well | went | were | weren't |
| what | what's | whatever | when |
| whence | whenever | where | where's |
| whereafter | whereas | whereby | wherein |
| whereupon | wherever | whether | which |
| while | whither | who | who's |
| whoever | whole | whom | whose |
| why | will | willing | wish |
| with | within | without | won't |
| wonder | would | wouldn't | yes |
| yet | you | you'd | you'll |
| you're | you've | your | yours |
| yourself | yourselves | zero | |
## InnoDB Stopwords
Stopwords on full-text indexes are only enabled if the [innodb\_ft\_enable\_stopword](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/innodb/innodb-system-variables) system variable is set (by default it is) at the time the index was created.
The stopword list is determined as follows:
* If the [innodb\_ft\_user\_stopword\_table](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/innodb/innodb-system-variables) system variable is set, that table is used as a stopword list.
* If `innodb_ft_user_stopword_table` is not set, the table set by [innodb\_ft\_server\_stopword\_table](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/server-usage/storage-engines/innodb/innodb-system-variables) is used.
* If neither variable is set, the built-in list is used, which can be viewed by querying the [INNODB\_FT\_DEFAULT\_STOPWORD table](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/system-tables/information-schema/information-schema-tables/information-schema-innodb-tables/information-schema-innodb_ft_default_stopword-table) in the [Information Schema](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/system-tables/information-schema).
In the first two cases, the specified table must exist at the time the system variable is set and the full-text index created. It must be an InnoDB table with a single column, a [VARCHAR](https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/string-data-types/varchar) named VALUE.
The default InnoDB stopword list differs from the default MyISAM list, being much shorter, and contains the following words:
| | | | |
| ---- | ----- | ---- | ---- |
| a | about | an | are |
| as | at | be | by |
| com | de | en | for |
| from | how | i | in |
| is | it | la | of |
| on | or | that | the |
| this | to | was | what |
| when | where | who | will |
| with | und | the | www |
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