How I Met Your Mother — Top 100 Words

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If you are learning English through TV shows, "How I Met Your Mother" is an excellent choice for mastering everyday conversational vocabulary. The series is packed with high-frequency words and phrasal verbs that range from A2 to B2 on the CEFR scale. You will frequently encounter essential expressions like "break up" (A2) and "hang out" (A2), as well as more emotionally charged terms such as "freak out" (B1) and "screw up" (B1). Characters like Ted Mosby often says "awesome" (A2) while Barney Stinson uses "ridiculous" (B1) and "suck" (B1) to describe situations. You will also hear "figure out" (B1), "move on" (B1), "go through" (B2), and "let go" (B2) as the characters navigate relationships. Other common words include "check out" (A2), "pick up" (A2), "weird" (A2), "ruin" (B1), "quit" (B1), "get out" (A2), "take off" (B1), and the interjection "what the hell" (B1). This show is perfect for learners because the dialogue is natural, repetitive, and full of real-life American slang.

To make the most of your learning experience, SaveWordly lets you enjoy watching without pausing or interruptions. Here is how it works: first, browse the word list BEFORE watching an episode to familiarize yourself with key vocabulary like "get" (A1) and "what the hell" (B1). Then, watch the show without stopping—no pausing to look up words. After the episode, you can save the words you want to remember, such as "freak out" or "screw up". Finally, practice with an AI tutor to make these words stick in your memory. This approach keeps the flow of the story intact while building your vocabulary naturally.

This show is best suited for learners at the A2 (pre-intermediate) to B2 (upper-intermediate) level. Beginners will pick up simple words like "get" and "awesome", while more advanced learners will benefit from phrasal verbs like "go through" and idiomatic expressions like "what the hell". Because the characters—Marshall Eriksen, Lily Aldrin, Robin Scherbatsky, and Barney Stinson—use these words constantly in realistic contexts, "How I Met Your Mother" is a goldmine for improving your spoken English.

#	Word / Phrase	Level	Count
1	break up	B1	88	+
2	hang out	A2	73	+
3	check out	A2	61	+
4	pick up	A2	61	+
5	suck	B1	61	+
6	awesome	A2	56	+
7	freak out	B1	55	+
8	what the hell	B1	52	+
9	go through	B1	49	+
10	let go	B1	49	+
11	weird	A2	49	+
12	move on	B1	49	+
13	get	A2	47	+
14	get out	A2	46	+
15	screw up	B1	45	+
16	figure out	B1	45	+
17	take off	A2	44	+
18	ruin	B1	44	+
19	ridiculous	B1	43	+
20	quit	A2	42	+
21	make up	B1	40	+
22	work out	A2	40	+
23	give up	A2	40	+
24	dump	B1	40	+
25	lame	B1	38	+
26	find out	A2	37	+
27	come on	A2	37	+
28	break up with	B1	35	+
29	hook up	B1	34	+
30	shut up	A2	34	+
31	wake up	A1	32	+
32	miss	A2	32	+
33	steal	A2	32	+
34	hold on	A2	32	+
35	crazy	A2	31	+
36	pretend	A2	31	+
37	legendary	B1	30	+
38	get rid of	B1	30	+
39	show up	A2	30	+
40	wind up	B1	30	+
41	turn out	B1	29	+
42	worry	A2	29	+
43	end up	B1	29	+
44	fall in love	A2	28	+
45	trust	A2	28	+
46	set up	B1	28	+
47	deserve	B1	27	+
48	jerk	B1	27	+
49	run into	B1	27	+
50	hit	A2	27	+
51	bang	B2	27	+
52	no way	A2	26	+
53	handle	B1	26	+
54	get over	B1	26	+
55	son of a bitch	C1	26	+
56	grow up	A2	26	+
57	cheat on	B1	25	+
58	come over	A2	25	+
59	get out of	A2	25	+
60	deal with	B1	25	+
61	damn it	B1	25	+
62	kid	A2	24	+
63	get laid	B2	24	+
64	apologize	A2	24	+
65	kill	B1	24	+
66	regret	B1	23	+
67	get back together	B1	23	+
68	hit on	B1	23	+
69	mess with	B1	23	+
70	insane	B1	23	+
71	big deal	A2	23	+
72	change one's mind	A2	23	+
73	date	A2	22	+
74	score	B1	22	+
75	wait for it	B1	22	+
76	admit	B1	22	+
77	grab	A2	22	+
78	creepy	B1	21	+
79	fire	B1	21	+
80	engaged	B1	21	+
81	come up	A2	21	+
82	take care of	A2	21	+
83	back up	B1	21	+
84	be cool	A2	21	+
85	make out	B1	21	+
86	take	A2	21	+
87	turn into	B1	20	+
88	jealous	A2	20	+
89	embarrassing	B1	20	+
90	make sense	A2	20	+
91	make it	B1	19	+
92	nail	B2	19	+
93	nail it	B1	19	+
94	suit up	B1	19	+
95	pull off	B2	19	+
96	drop	A2	19	+
97	hook up with	B2	19	+
98	hang up	A2	19	+
99	have to go	A2	19	+
100	upset	A2	19	+

* These frequency counts are approximate values based on AI-extracted vocabulary data.