Domain Name Statistics 2026: How Many Real Words Are Still Unregistered
The Vacant Domains Word Availability Report checks the same list of 78,502 dictionary words on 51 TLDs and counts how many can still be registered at a standard price. This edition uses catalog data as of November 11, 2026. Every number below comes from our own registrar API checks unless a source is named.
Key statistics
- The November 2026 Vacant Domains Word Availability Report found that 1,960 of 78,273 dictionary words (2.5%) are unregistered and at standard price as .com domains.
- No dictionary word of four letters or fewer (0 of 6,649) can be registered as a .com at standard price, according to the November 2026 Vacant Domains Word Availability Report.
- Only 13 of 8,690 five-letter dictionary words (0.15%) are available as standard-price .com domains, according to the November 2026 Vacant Domains Word Availability Report.
- Almost half of the available .com words (917 of 1,960) have 11 or more letters, according to the November 2026 Vacant Domains Word Availability Report.
- The November 2026 Vacant Domains Word Availability Report found that 34,594 of 78,502 dictionary words (44.1%) are available as standard-price .io domains.
- The November 2026 Vacant Domains Word Availability Report found that 30,907 of 78,502 dictionary words (39.4%) are available as standard-price .ai domains.
- .com is the scarcest of the 51 TLDs in the November 2026 Vacant Domains Word Availability Report, followed by .co (9.6%), .net (25.1%) and .org (25.3%).
- On the median TLD in the November 2026 Vacant Domains Word Availability Report, 70.8% of dictionary words are still available at standard price.
- German words make up 5.8% of the word list but 42.5% of the available .com words (833 of 1,960), according to the November 2026 Vacant Domains Word Availability Report.
- On .link, more dictionary words are available only at a premium price (39,209) than at a standard price (31,391), according to the November 2026 Vacant Domains Word Availability Report.
Are all .com domains taken?
Not all of them, but nearly all dictionary words are. Of 78,273 dictionary words checked on .com, 1,960 (2.5%) are unregistered at a standard price. The other 76,313 can't be registered, and none is offered at a premium price either.
For context, Verisign reported 182.5 million .com and .net registrations at the end of the third quarter of 2026 (Verisign Q3 2026 results, October 22, 2026), and DNIB.com counted 411.6 million registrations across all TLDs (Domain Name Industry Brief, Q3 2026, October 23, 2026). These are the totals Verisign and DNIB.com reported, not checked by Vacant Domains.
.com availability by word length
Short dictionary words are gone on .com. Availability starts at five letters and rises with length.
| Length | Words | Available at standard price | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 letters | 6,649 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 letters | 8,690 | 13 | 0.15% |
| 6 letters | 10,550 | 125 | 1.2% |
| 7 letters | 11,602 | 164 | 1.4% |
| 8 letters | 11,321 | 211 | 1.9% |
| 9 letters | 9,202 | 259 | 2.8% |
| 10 letters | 7,434 | 271 | 3.6% |
| 11+ letters | 12,825 | 917 | 7.2% |
.io and .ai availability by word length
On .io and .ai, none of the words with three letters or fewer is available, but a quarter of five-letter words are still available on .io.
| Length | Words | .io available | .io share | .ai available | .ai share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-3 letters | 1,517 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| 4 letters | 5,272 | 173 | 3.3% | 153 | 2.9% |
| 5 letters | 8,765 | 2,174 | 24.8% | 1,976 | 22.5% |
| 6 letters | 10,563 | 3,537 | 33.5% | 3,275 | 31.0% |
| 7 letters | 11,602 | 4,656 | 40.1% | 4,253 | 36.7% |
| 8 letters | 11,322 | 5,405 | 47.7% | 4,860 | 42.9% |
| 9 letters | 9,202 | 4,821 | 52.4% | 4,216 | 45.8% |
| 10 letters | 7,434 | 4,358 | 58.6% | 3,780 | 50.8% |
| 11+ letters | 12,825 | 9,470 | 73.8% | 8,394 | 65.4% |
Available dictionary words on all 51 TLDs
Words available at standard price, out of 78,502 per TLD (78,273 on .com), from scarcest to most available:
| TLD | Available | Share |
|---|---|---|
| .com | 1,960 | 2.5% |
| .co | 7,509 | 9.6% |
| .net | 19,708 | 25.1% |
| .org | 19,833 | 25.3% |
| .de | 22,347 | 28.5% |
| .xyz | 24,831 | 31.6% |
| .ai | 30,907 | 39.4% |
| .link | 31,391 | 40.0% |
| .store | 32,312 | 41.2% |
| .io | 34,594 | 44.1% |
| .app | 34,724 | 44.2% |
| .us | 36,079 | 46.0% |
| .biz | 36,248 | 46.2% |
| .ca | 36,579 | 46.6% |
| .tech | 37,099 | 47.3% |
| .nl | 37,429 | 47.7% |
| .uk | 37,946 | 48.3% |
| .me | 39,990 | 50.9% |
| .info | 40,961 | 52.2% |
| .dev | 42,917 | 54.7% |
| .site | 43,913 | 55.9% |
| .win | 51,692 | 65.8% |
| .es | 51,845 | 66.0% |
| .fyi | 54,683 | 69.7% |
| .work | 54,916 | 70.0% |
| .blog | 55,613 | 70.8% |
| .digital | 56,992 | 72.6% |
| .so | 57,375 | 73.1% |
| .help | 59,103 | 75.3% |
| .agency | 61,069 | 77.8% |
| .to | 62,021 | 79.0% |
| .gg | 62,687 | 79.9% |
| .health | 63,357 | 80.7% |
| .chat | 64,133 | 81.7% |
| .sh | 64,256 | 81.9% |
| .news | 64,434 | 82.1% |
| .run | 65,482 | 83.4% |
| .wtf | 65,690 | 83.7% |
| .bio | 65,763 | 83.8% |
| .is | 67,066 | 85.4% |
| .video | 67,530 | 86.0% |
| .capital | 67,543 | 86.0% |
| .finance | 67,583 | 86.1% |
| .tools | 67,698 | 86.2% |
| .fm | 68,835 | 87.7% |
| .support | 69,718 | 88.8% |
| .ventures | 70,105 | 89.3% |
| .travel | 72,263 | 92.1% |
| .photography | 73,209 | 93.3% |
| .domains | 73,941 | 94.2% |
| .new | 76,604 | 97.6% |
Registration prices differ a lot between these TLDs. The domain price comparison lists current registrar prices for each one.
Availability by language on .com and .ai
German words are the most available on both TLDs. "Other languages" are words from 30 more languages added to the list on November 2, 2026.
| Language | Words | .com available | .ai available |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | 58,156 | 837 (1.4%) | 21,907 (37.7%) |
| German | 4,568 | 833 (18.2%) | 2,834 (62.0%) |
| Spanish | 4,996 | 36 (0.7%) | 2,032 (40.7%) |
| French | 4,492 | 118 (2.6%) | 1,739 (38.7%) |
| Other languages | 6,290 (6,061 on .com) | 136 (2.2%) | 2,395 (38.1%) |
Premium-only names
Registrars offer some unregistered names only at a premium price. These are left out of every count above. Dictionary words available only at a premium price, out of 78,502:
| TLD | Standard price | Premium only |
|---|---|---|
| .link | 31,391 (40.0%) | 39,209 (49.9%) |
| .store | 32,312 (41.2%) | 27,289 (34.8%) |
| .co | 7,509 (9.6%) | 26,687 (34.0%) |
| .tech | 37,099 (47.3%) | 23,033 (29.3%) |
| .win | 51,692 (65.8%) | 21,291 (27.1%) |
| .biz | 36,248 (46.2%) | 19,792 (25.2%) |
On .com, .net, .org, .io and .ai, no dictionary word in the list is flagged as premium-only.
How the numbers were counted
- Word list. The same 78,502 plain dictionary words are checked on every TLD: 58,156 English, 4,568 German, 4,996 Spanish, 4,492 French and 6,290 from other languages. Prefix and suffix variants (such as a word with "get" in front) are excluded. On .com, 229 of the newer other-language words have no catalog row yet, so .com is measured against 78,273 words.
- Available. A domain counts as available when the most recent registrar API check reported it as unregistered. Checks run through the APIs of Namecheap, Name.com, NameSilo, Dynadot and Spaceship.
- Standard price. A domain is at standard price when the registrar did not flag it as premium.
- Recency. More than 99.99% of the rows on every TLD were checked in the 30 days before November 11, 2026.
- Not a live check. Any name can be registered by someone else at any time. Check a name at a registrar before relying on it.
The full catalog holds 8,741,353 domains across 51 TLDs, including prefix and suffix variants. 7,084,328 of them were available at the last check.
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