Random Verb Generator

The Random Verb Generator returns 1 to 20 English verbs per click from a list of 3,723 verbs, and lets you narrow them by length, first letter and last letter. Leave the filters open and you get common verbs like think, begin, serve, watch, bring and speak; set the length to 8 and the start letter to c and you get words like consider, complete and continue. It is meant for grammar exercises, writing prompts, word games and anyone who needs a verb and does not want to think one up.

Filters

• Number of verbs – 1 to 20 per press.
• Verb length – the field starts at 5, which limits results to five-letter verbs. Clear it to allow any length. The list has verbs from 2 letters (be, do, go) up to 16, with the bulk between 4 and 9 letters: 600 four-letter, 684 five-letter, 747 six-letter and 602 seven-letter verbs.
• Start letter and end letter – Any, or a single letter a–z for each. Combine them: start s, end e gives serve, shake, share, smile, solve, state.

The tool counts how many verbs matched and shows that number in the results heading. If the filters are too tight (a 2-letter verb starting with z, say) it tells you no verbs were generated rather than showing an empty page. Results appear on individual cards, in lowercase as stored.

Which verbs are in the list

The verbs come from the same 12,725-word frequency dictionary that powers the site's other English word tools, where each entry is tagged as a noun, verb or adjective. So the list is built from words people actually use, ordered by how common they are: the first entries are be, have, say, make, see, do, know, come, give, get, take and find. Further down are ordinary but less frequent verbs such as reach, place, stand and start, and toward the long end you get words like differentiate and characterize. Verbs are stored in their base form (infinitive without “to”), so you will get “write” rather than “wrote” or “writing”. A few words that are both noun and verb (place, watch, start) appear because they are tagged as verbs in the source list.

Ways to use it

• Grammar practice. Generate ten verbs and conjugate each one in the past simple and past participle, or turn each into a sentence in a given tense. The base-form output is exactly what a conjugation drill needs.
• Writing warm-ups. Three random verbs, one paragraph that uses all of them. Pair it with the Random Noun Generator and Random Adjective Generator for a full subject–verb–modifier prompt.
• Charades and Pictionary. Verbs are the best category to act out. Set the length to 4 or 5 for quick rounds.
• Vocabulary by length. ESL teachers can ask for ten 7-letter verbs beginning with a chosen letter for a themed worksheet.
• Names and slogans. A short, active verb is a common base for a product or app name (Notion, Stripe-style single words). Set length to 4 or 5 and scan.

Related word tools

If you do not need a specific part of speech, the general Random Word Generator uses the same dictionary with the same filters. The Random Letter Generator is useful for choosing the start letter blind before you come back here, and the Fake Word Generator makes invented words when a real verb is too tame. See all word & language generators for the rest.