Per language "Strings to remove" suggestions

Last updated on
14 January 2026

Pathauto has a feature to remove less important words from rewritten URLs in order to save space without compromising semantical meaning, or potentially, usefulness in search engine optimization (SEO).

This page gives suggestions on strings could be used for removal on the administration page in various languages. Please add more. A good starting point seems to be most words that are prepositions. You could also advertise this page in you national Drupal group (groups.drupal.org).

For reference, this is the default list included with the module (English):
a, an, as, at, before, but, by, for, from, is, in, into, like, of, off, on, onto, per, since, than, the, this, that, to, up, via, with

Note: Languages should be placed in alphabetical order, so it is easier to locate them. Words within the lists should also be in alphabetical order.

Catalan

a, abans, això, al, algú, algun, alguna, algunes, alguns, allí, allò, altra, altre, altres, amb, ambdós, ambdues, aqueix, aqueixa, aqueixes, aqueixos, aquell, aquella, aquelles, aquells, aquest, aquesta, aquestes, aquests, aquí, bastant, bastants, cada, cadascú, cap, cert, certa, certes, certs, de, del, des, després, diverses, diversos, el, els, em, en, enfront, enmig, ens, entre, entorn, es, et, fins, fora, gaire, gaires, gens, ho, hi, la, les, lluny, llur, llurs, li, ma, malgrat, mant, manta, mantes, mants, massa, mateix, mateixa, mateixes, mateixos, menys, mes, més, meu, meua, meues, meus, meva, meves, molt, molta, moltes, molts, mon, mos, ningú, nostra, nostre, nostres, on, per, poc, poca, pocs, poques, prop, prou, qualsevol, qualsevulla, qualssevol, qualssevulla, quan, quant, quanta, quantes, quants, què, qui, quin, quina, quines, quins, res, sa, segons, sengles, sense, ses, seu, seua, seues, seus, seva, seves, son, sos, ta, tal, tals, tant, tanta, tantes, tants, tes, teu, teua, teues, teus, teva, teves, ton, tos, tot, tota, totes, tothom, tots, una, un, unes, uns, us, vostra, vostre, vostres

Dutch

aan, af, al, als, bij, dan, dat, de, deze, die, dit, door, een, en, er, had, heb, hem, het, hij, hoe, hun, ik, in, is, je, kan, maar, me, men, met, mij, n, naar, nog, nu, of, om, op, ons, ook, per, sinds, te, tot, uit, van, via, voor was, wat, we, wel, wij, zal, ze, zei, zij, zo, zoals, zou

French

à, ainsi, alors, après, aussi, avant, avec, car, certes, chez, comme, d, dans, de, dehors, depuis, derrière, des, donc, en, ensuite, envers, et, etc, ici, jusqu, jusque, l, la, le, les, là, mais, même, ni, or, où, par, pendant, pour, près, sans, sauf, selon, sous, sur, tout, un, une, vers, vu

Galician

a, aga, agás, ante, ao, após, as, ata, até, baixo, bardante, cabo, canda, cas, catar, co, coa, coas, con, conforme, conmigo, connosco, consigo, consoante, consonte, contigo, contra, convosco, cos, cun, cunha, cunhas, cuns, da, das, de, deica, dende, des, desde, do, dos, dun, dunha, dunhas, duns, durante, el, ela, elas, eles, en, entre, excepto, fóra, malia, mediante, menos, moi, na, nas, no, nos, nun, nunha, nuns, o, onda, os, ou, outra, outras, outro, outros, para, perante, por, porén, quitando, sacado, sacando, salvante, salvo, segundo, sen, senón, sinte, so, sobre, tirante, tras, un, unha, unhas, uns, xunta

German

an, ab, auf, bei, bis, durch, gegen, hinter, in, mit, nach, neben, unter, von, vor, zwischen

Greek

αλλα, ανα, απο, για, ειμαι, ειναι, ενα, ενας, εως, με, μετα, μια, να, οι, πριν, σε, στη, στην, στις, στο, στον, τη, την, της, τις, το, τον, του, ως

Italian

a, con, da, dai, dei, delle, di, essi, fra, gli, i, il, in, io, la, le, lei, lo, loro, lui, mia, mie, miei, mio, noi, nostra, nostre, nostri, nostro, per, su, sua, sue, suoi, suo, tra, tu, tua, tue

Latvian

ar, arī, bet, bija, būs, cik, gan, gandrīz, gar, ik, ir, jau, jeb, ka, kā, kam, kas, ko, kopš, kurpretī, lai, līdz, līdzi, no, pa, par, pat, pār, pēc, pie, pirms, pretī, pretīm, priekš, šāda, šādas, šādi, šāds, šis, šitais, šitā, šī, tas, tā, tāda, tādas, tādi, tāds, teju, to, un, uz, vai, iekš

Portuguese

a, ao, as, com, como, da, das, de, desde, do, dos, e, em, mas, na, nas, no, nos, num, numa, o, os, para, pela, pelo, por, pra, pro, que, sobre, um, uma

Russian

а, б, без, безо, бы, в, во, да, для, до, ж, же, за, и, из, из-за, изо, или, к, как, ко, кроме, ли, ль, меж, между, мимо, на, над, надо, но, о, об, около, перед, по, под, подо, посредством, пред, предо, при, про, промеж, против, прежде, ради, с, сквозь, среди, средь, со, согласно, так, у, через, черезо, чрез, это

Spanish

a, ante, aquel, aquella, aquellas, aquellos, bajo, cabe, como, con, contra, de, del, desde, durante, el, ellos, en, entre, ese, esa, esas, este, esta, estas, estos, excepto, hacia, hasta, la, las, le, les, los, mas, mediante, nosotros, nosotras, nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, para, por, que, salvo, se, segun, sin, so, sobre, sus, tras, un, una, uno, unos, vosotros, vosotras, vuestro, vuestra, y

Swedish

à, af, an, apropå, av, bak, bakanför, bakom, bland, bortanför, bortom, bredvid, efter, efteråt, enligt, framanför, framför, från, för, före, genom, hinsides, hitom, hos, i, ifrån, igenom, ikring, inifrån, innan, innanför, inom, intill, inuti, invid, jämte, kring, längs, med, medelst, mellan, mot, oavsett, om, ovan, ovanför, per, på, runt, sedan, till, tills, trots, under, undör, uppför, ur, utan, utanför, utom, utöver, via, vid, åt, å, över

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