As AI content proliferates across the internet, it's becoming harder and harder to figure out if content is real or AI-generated.
If you’re looking for how to figure out whether ChatGPT wrote something, here are some of the most commonly used ChatGPT words, phrases, and writing styles that indicate something may have been written by ChatGPT.
How were these words and phrases identified?
Sometimes, words become more popular over time - for example, people used the word "pandemic" a lot more in 2020 than in the previous years. However, doing an analysis of academic papers shows that there are many words that were not related to any world-wide trends that started getting used a lot more beginning in 2023 (presumably because of ChatGPT).
This list of the most overused ChatGPT words is a compilation of research from several bloggers, Reddit users, X.com posts, and academic papers. It changes over time as OpenAI's AI models change.
Most overused ChatGPT words
- Delve
- Quiet
- Tapestry
- Vibrant
- Landscape
- Realm
- Embark
- Excels
- Vital
- Comprehensive
- Intricate
- Pivotal
- Moreover
- Arguably
- Notably
Most overused ChatGPT phrases
- No fluff
- Shouting into the void
- Curious what others think
- And honestly? That's rare
- Here's the kicker
- And here's the part most people miss
- You're not imagining it
- Dive into…
- It’s important to note…
- It’s important to remember…
- Certainly, [here are / here is / here's]...
- Important to consider…
- Based on the information provided…
- Remember that…
- Navigating the [landscape]/[complexities of]
- Delving into the intricacies of...
- A testament to…
Obvious ChatGPT phrases
- I'm sorry, but as an AI Language Model, I cannot...
- I'm sorry, but I don't have access to...
- As an AI language model…
- As of my last knowledge update…
- As of my last...
- Regenerate response
- I do not have access to...
ChatGPT writing style
- Short, fragmented sentences. That try to feel profound. Isolated. Overly reflective.
- Paragraphs filled with contrasting sentences. It's not X, it's Y. Repeated many times.
- Contrasting questions with short answers. "The best part? It's this. The kicker? It's that."
- Excessive, dramatic flattery. E.g., You're not wrong to feel that way. The fact that you do is a quiet affirmation from your intuition that you're still here.
- Many bold words highlighted in every sentence in a paragraph.
- Excessive "signposting." Here's the key takeaway. The most important thing is.
Here's an example of all of these words, phrases, and styles tied together:
- No fluff. Just shouting into the void here. This is not a rant. It is a reflection. Not a complaint, but an observation. Not chaos. Clarity. Short sentences. Fragmented thoughts. Pauses for weight. You feel it. Here is the key takeaway: patterns are everywhere. It is not that people are copying. It is that voices are converging. It is not originality that’s missing. It is restraint. Not depth, but delivery. The important part is this: once you notice it, you cannot unsee it. Anyway, curious what others think.
Conclusion
Just because a document contains some of these phrases does not mean that it was conclusively written by ChatGPT. However, these are stylistic phrases which statistically appear more often in ChatGPT outputs than typical human-written text.
But if there is a stray phrase or sentence in the middle of a doc with content phrases like "Regenerate response" or "As of my last knowledge update" without a mention of ChatGPT or another AI model, then the document was probably written using AI.
One tip to make ChatGPT writing more human is to give ChatGPT instructions to avoid using these words and phrases. You will also get better results from ChatGPT if you write more effective prompts that provide examples of good writing and details about what you want, or use specialized tools like AI presentation makers that can create more natural content for your use case.
(We will continue adding to this list as OpenAI continues to update ChatGPT and its language evolves.)
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