Which Words Does ChatGPT Use the Most?

I analyzed 1 million words of ChatGPT output and found the words that ChatGPT overuses most.

In the realm of AI, it’s important to understand that ChatGPT often weaves a rich tapestry of repetitive words and phrases.

No, ChatGPT didn’t write that sentence; I did. It just sounds so ChatGPT… but why?

Turns out ChatGPT likes to use certain words at an extreme frequency. As you’ll see in the data below, some of these are shockingly prevalent. I decided to programmatically test these patterns to get to the bottom of what words ChatGPT loves the most.

How I gathered my data

I ran a GPT-4 code that allowed GPT to write freely about a set of topics without any direct prompting. Here’s the code:

def completion(prompt):
    response = client.chat.completions.create(
        model="gpt-4-1106-preview",
        temperature=0.8,
        messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
        {"role": "user", "content": f"Write about anything that you can imagine about {prompt}. You have"
                                    f" creative freedom here to write whatever you…