Most common words in Spanish Most common words in Spanish Below are two estimates of the most common words in Modern Spanish. Each estimate comes from an analysis of a different text corpus. A "text corpus" is a large collection of samples of written and/or spoken language, that has been carefully prepared for linguistic analysis. To determine which words are the most common, researchers create a database of all the words found in the corpus, and categorise them based on the context in which they are used. The first table lists the 100 most common word forms from the Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual
Internet-related prefixes Internet-related prefixes Internet-related prefixes such as "e-", "i-", "cyber-", "info-", "techno-" and "net-" are added to a wide range of existing words to describe new, Internet- or computer-related flavors of existing concepts, often electronic products and services that already have a non-electronic counterpart. The adjective "virtual" is often used in a similar manner. "Cyber-" is derived from "cybernetic," which comes from the Greek word κυβερνητικός meaning "skilled in steering or governing". It is mainly used in the terms "cyberspace", "cyberlaw", "cyberbullying", "cybercrime", "cyberwarfare", "cyberterrorism", "cybersex", and "cyberdelic" among others. Although it is more commonly used to describe policies and politics