Transition words in your language

The readability analysis in the Yoast SEO plugin comes with a transition words check. This check assesses whether you use enough transition words throughout your text. In this article, we’ve listed examples of transition words in the various languages we support.

• English
• German
• Dutch
• French
• Spanish
• Italian
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Polish
• Catalan
• Swedish
• Hungarian
• Arabic
• Hebrew
• Indonesian
• Turkish
• Japanese

English

The transition words check is available in English. See the list below for examples of transition words in English.

Single words	Multiple words	Two parts
accordingly	above all	both … and
additionally	after all	if … then
afterward	after that	not only … but also
afterwards	all in all	neither … nor
albeit	all of a sudden	whether … or
also	all things considered	no sooner … than
although	analogous to
altogether	although this may be true
another	another key point
basically	as a matter of fact
because	as a result
before	as an illustration
besides	as can be seen
but	as has been noted
certainly	as I have noted
chiefly	as I have said
comparatively	as I have shown
concurrently	as long as
consequently	as much as
contrarily	as shown above
conversely	as soon as
correspondingly	as well as
despite	at any rate
doubtedly	at first
during	at last
e.g.	at least
earlier	at length
emphatically	at the present time
equally	at the same time
especially	at this instant
eventually	at this point
evidently	at this time
explicitly	balanced against
finally	being that
firstly	by all means
following	by and large
formerly	by comparison
forthwith	by the same token
fourthly	by the time
further	compared to
furthermore	be that as it may
generally	coupled with
hence	different from
henceforth	due to
however	equally important
i.e.	even if
identically	even more
indeed	even so
instead	even though
last	first thing to remember
lastly	for example
later	for fear that
lest	for instance
likewise	for one thing
markedly	for that reason
meanwhile	for the most part
moreover	for the purpose of
nevertheless	for the same reason
nonetheless	for this purpose
nor	for this reason
notwithstanding	from time to time
obviously	given that
occasionally	given these points
otherwise	important to realize
once	once in a while
overall	in a word
particularly	in addition
presently	in another case
previously	in any case
rather	in any event
regardless	in brief
secondly	in case
shortly	in conclusion
significantly	in contrast
similarly	in detail
simultaneously	in due time
since	in effect
so	in either case
soon	in essence
specifically	in fact
still	in general
straightaway	in light of
subsequently	in like fashion
surely	in like manner
surprisingly	in order that
than	in order to
then	in other words
thereafter	in particular
therefore	in reality
thereupon	in short
thirdly	in similar fashion
though	in spite of
thus	in sum
till	in summary
undeniably	in that case
undoubtedly	in the event that
unless	in the final analysis
unlike	in the first place
unquestionably	in the fourth place
until	in the hope that
when	in the light of
whenever	in the long run
whereas	in the meantime
while	in the same fashion
	in the same way
	in the second place
	in the third place
	in this case
	in this situation
	in time
	in truth
	in view of
	most compelling evidence
	most important
	must be remembered
	not to mention
	now that
	of course
	on account of
	on balance
	on condition that
	on one hand
	on the condition that
	on the contrary
	on the negative side
	on the other hand
	on the positive side
	on the whole
	on this occasion
	only if
	owing to
	point often overlooked
	prior to
	provided that
	seeing that
	so as to
	so far
	so long as
	so that
	sooner or later
	such as
	summing up
	take the case of
	that is
	that is to say
	then again
	this time
	to be sure
	to begin with
	to clarify
	to conclude
	to demonstrate
	to emphasize
	to enumerate
	to explain
	to illustrate
	to list
	to point out
	to put it another way
	to put it differently
	to repeat
	to rephrase it
	to say nothing of
	to sum up
	to summarize
	to that end
	to the end that
	to this end
	together with
	under those circumstances
	until now
	up against
	up to the present time
	vis a vis
	what’s more
	while it may be true
	while this may be true
	with attention to
	with the result that
	with this in mind
	with this intention
	with this purpose in mind
	with attention to
	with the result that
	with this in mind
	with this intention
	with this purpose in mind
	without a doubt
	without delay
	without doubt
	without reservation

German

The transition words check is available in German. See the list below for examples of transition words in German.

weil

doch

mit anderen worten

so dass

Dutch

The transition words check is available in Dutch. See the list below for examples of transition words in Dutch.

omdat

maar

net als

ter conclusie

French

The transition words check is available in French. See the list below for examples of transition words in French.

car

toutefois

si bien que

en raison de

Spanish

The transition words check is available in Spanish. See the list below for examples of transition words in Spanish.

porque

pero

a causa de

sin embargo

Italian

The transition words check is available in Italian. See the list below for examples of transition words in Italian.

perché

però

a causa

in sentesi

Portuguese

The transition words check is available in Portuguese. See the list below for examples of transition words in Portuguese.

pois

contudo

por causa de

em suma

Russian

The transition words check is available in Russian. See the list below for examples of transition words in Russian.

потому

однако

потому что

в итоге

Polish

The transition words check is available in Polish. See the list below for examples of transition words in Polish.

ponieważ

jednak

z uwagi że

w podsumowaniu

Catalan

The transition words check is available in Catalan. See the list below for examples of transition words in Catalan.

perquè

resumint

pel que

en a resum

Swedish

The transition words check is available in Swedish. See the list below for examples of transition words in Swedish.

emellertid

men

i syfte att

för att sammanfatta

Hungarian

The transition words check is available in Hungarian. See the list below for examples of transition words in Hungarian.

mivel

azonban

ahhoz hogy

más szóval

Arabic

The transition word check is also available in Arabic. See the list below for examples of transition words in Arabic.

Single words	Multiple words
بينما	علاوة على
حيثما	من ناحية أخرى
هكذا	على سبيل المثال
كذلك	في النهاية
كما	بناء على ذلك

Hebrew

The transition word check is also available in Hebrew. See the list below for examples of transition words in Hebrew.

Single words	Multiple words
למרות	לא כל שכן
בשביל	כמו כן
כגון	בזמן האחרון
מלבד	לטווח ארוך
מפאת	לא כל שכן

Indonesian

The transition word check is also available in Indonesian. See the list below for examples of transition words in Indonesian.

Single words	Multiple words
berikut	berbeda dari
kedua	kendatipun begitu
terutamanya	dengan pemikiran ini
terdahulu	pada waktu
contohnya	seperti yang sudah dijelaskan

Turkish

The transition word check is also available in Turkish. See the list below for examples of transition words in Turkish.

Single words	Multiple words
fakat	demek ki
ama	farz edelim ki
çünkü	dolayısı ile
yüzünden	bunun yanı sıra
topyekun	kısaca söylecek olursak

Japanese

The transition word check is also available in Japanese. See the list below for examples of transition words in Japanese.

だから

そのため

第一に

具体的には