# Weaviate stopword list for 'en' preset

**URL:** <https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-stopword-list-for-en-preset/650>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 11, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-stopword-list-for-en-preset/650 "2023-09-11T16:13:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![junbetterway](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/junbetterway/32/174_2.png) [@junbetterway](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/junbetterway)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-stopword-list-for-en-preset/650/1 "2023-09-11T16:13:01Z")

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Is there a list of ‘en’ preset values by Weaviate for ‘en’ language? Something like this → [NLTK's list of english stopwords · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/sebleier/554280)

This will help as a good reference in case we wanted to override the additionals and removals config.

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**Author:** ![pavan4](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/pavan4/32/910_2.png) [@pavan4](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/pavan4)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-stopword-list-for-en-preset/650/2 "2024-02-05T22:07:05Z")

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Here is the list - [weaviate/adapters/repos/db/inverted/stopwords/presets.go at 5ac17909e3652cd7a6014e047417fdaad00e7e18 · weaviate/weaviate · GitHub](https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/blob/5ac17909e3652cd7a6014e047417fdaad00e7e18/adapters/repos/db/inverted/stopwords/presets.go#L12)