Most common verbs starting with S

The most frequently used verbs starting with the letter S in English are listed on this page. The top 10 and top 100 S verb lists are arranged below both from most to least common and also alphabetically.

Top 10 by frequency

1. said
2. should
3. see
4. say
5. shall
6. seen
7. set
8. saw
9. seemed
10. says

Top 10 in alphabetical order

1. said
2. saw
3. say
4. says
5. see
6. seemed
7. seen
8. set
9. shall
10. should

Top 99 by frequency

1. said
2. should
3. see
4. say
5. shall
6. seen
7. set
8. saw
9. seemed
10. says
11. seems
12. show
13. shown
14. sent
15. stood
16. seem
17. speak
18. started
19. sat
20. saying
21. shows
22. stand
23. spoke
24. showed
25. standing
26. stay
27. spent
28. start
29. stopped
30. stop
31. serve
32. suggested
33. send
34. suppose
35. support
36. save
37. seeing
38. served
39. supposed
40. speaking
41. sitting
42. stated
43. seek
44. suggest
45. sit
46. sought
47. suggests
48. sold
49. showing
50. smiled
51. struck
52. selected
53. supported
54. spread
55. share
56. shook
57. spend
58. studied
59. settled
60. spoken
61. sell
62. suffered
63. stands
64. sleep
65. shared
66. saved
67. surprised
68. setting
69. seeking
70. shut
71. starting
72. sees
73. shot
74. suffer
75. succeeded
76. secure
77. satisfied
78. stepped
79. study
80. signed
81. separated
82. surrounded
83. select
84. stayed
85. surrounding
86. specified
87. stared
88. suffering
89. speaks
90. smiling
91. stored
92. sharing
93. seized
94. sending
95. supporting
96. supplied
97. sing
98. secured
99. shouted

Top 99 in alphabetical order

1. said
2. sat
3. satisfied
4. save
5. saved
6. saw
7. say
8. saying
9. says
10. secure
11. secured
12. see
13. seeing
14. seek
15. seeking
16. seem
17. seemed
18. seems
19. seen
20. sees
21. seized
22. select
23. selected
24. sell
25. send
26. sending
27. sent
28. separated
29. serve
30. served
31. set
32. setting
33. settled
34. shall
35. share
36. shared
37. sharing
38. shook
39. shot
40. should
41. shouted
42. show
43. showed
44. showing
45. shown
46. shows
47. shut
48. signed
49. sing
50. sit
51. sitting
52. sleep
53. smiled
54. smiling
55. sold
56. sought
57. speak
58. speaking
59. speaks
60. specified
61. spend
62. spent
63. spoke
64. spoken
65. spread
66. stand
67. standing
68. stands
69. stared
70. start
71. started
72. starting
73. stated
74. stay
75. stayed
76. stepped
77. stood
78. stop
79. stopped
80. stored
81. struck
82. studied
83. study
84. succeeded
85. suffer
86. suffered
87. suffering
88. suggest
89. suggested
90. suggests
91. supplied
92. support
93. supported
94. supporting
95. suppose
96. supposed
97. surprised
98. surrounded
99. surrounding