# detain

**Part of speech:** VERB  
**Frequency rank:** #5194 most common English word  
**Language:** English

## Nearby words by frequency

- [bedtime](https://mostspoken.com/words/en/bedtime)
- [caller](https://mostspoken.com/words/en/caller)
- [convinced](https://mostspoken.com/words/en/convinced)
- [decline](https://mostspoken.com/words/en/decline)
- [deliberately](https://mostspoken.com/words/en/deliberately)
- [demonstration](https://mostspoken.com/words/en/demonstration)
- [disappearance](https://mostspoken.com/words/en/disappearance)
- [discretion](https://mostspoken.com/words/en/discretion)
- [european](https://mostspoken.com/words/en/european)
- [fed](https://mostspoken.com/words/en/fed)
- [freezer](https://mostspoken.com/words/en/freezer)
- [involvement](https://mostspoken.com/words/en/involvement)

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Source: [https://mostspoken.com/words/en/detain](https://mostspoken.com/words/en/detain) — MostSpoken English frequency dictionary.