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Introducing Yublin (PDF cheatsheet), a shorthand for the 600 most common words in the English language. For use in journals, notetaking, and writing novels, this shorthand system reduces the most frequently used words to 1- and 2-letter combinations ("shortcuts"). It's convenient, it's fast, and it's fun!

(Interested in generating Yublin shortcuts for your language? Use the online form).

How I generated the list. I started with a list of the 600 most common words in English. I then proceeded to assign 1-letter combinations to the most frequent words, followed by 2-letter combinations for the rest. For the most frequent words, the algorithm tries to choose shortcuts that are similar (e.g., t for the, sh for should, ng for nothing). Shortcuts must save at least 2 letters, otherwise they are discarded (thus there are no shortcuts for 1- and 2-letter English words).

Below are the Yublin shortcuts for the 100 most common words. For the full 600-word list, see the cheatsheet (PDF).

t - the
n - and
w - was
h - that
i - his
e - her
y - you
d - had
b - with
f - for
s - she
o - not
u - but
v - have
m - him
c - said
g - which
j - this
l - all
r - from
k - they
p - were
q - would
x - when
z - what
th - there
bn - been
co - could
ve - very
tm - them
mo - more
tr - their
yo - your
wi - will
li - little
tn - than
te - then
se - some
io - into
wl - well
mu - much
ab - about
ti - time
kn - know
sh - should
le - like
un - upon
su - such
ne - never
oy - only
gd - good
bf - before
ot - other
mt - must
ce - come
dn - down
af - after
tk - think
ma - made
mi - might
bg - being
ag - again
gr - great
ov - over
hr - here
ca - came
tt - thought
hf - himself
wh - where
fi - first
tu - though
wt - without
wn - went
aw - away
mk - make
ts - these
yg - young
ng - nothing
lo - long
sl - shall
ba - back
dt - don't
ho - house
ev - ever
ta - take
ey - every
ha - hand
ms - most
la - last
es - eyes
ss - miss
hg - having
ld - looked
en - even
hl - while
de - dear
lk - look
mn - many
lf - life
st - still

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