stopword
/ˈstɑpˌwɜrd/
noun
- A common word (such as 'the', 'a', 'is') that is often ignored by search engines or text analysis programs because it appears too frequently to be useful.
- Search engines usually filter out stopwords like 'and' and 'of' to speed up results.
- When analyzing a text, the program removes stopwords to focus on important words.
- The list of stopwords includes articles, prepositions, and conjunctions.