1000 MOST COMMON WORDS IN ENGLISH
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| No | Word |
|---|---|
| 1 | a |
| 2 | ability |
| 3 | able |
| 4 | about |
| 5 | above |
| 6 | accept |
| 7 | according |
| 8 | account |
| 9 | across |
| 10 | act |
| 11 | action |
| 12 | activity |
| 13 | actually |
| 14 | add |
| 15 | address |
| 16 | administration |
| 17 | admit |
| 18 | adult |
| 19 | affect |
| 20 | after |
| 21 | again |
| 22 | against |
| 23 | age |
| 24 | agency |
| 25 | agent |
| 26 | ago |
| 27 | agree |
| 28 | agreement |
| 29 | ahead |
| 30 | air |
| 31 | all |
| 32 | allow |
| 33 | almost |
| 34 | alone |
| 35 | along |
| 36 | already |
| 37 | also |
| 38 | although |
| 39 | always |
| 40 | American |
| 41 | among |
| 42 | amount |
| 43 | analysis |
| 44 | and |
| 45 | animal |
| 46 | another |
| 47 | answer |
| 48 | any |
| 49 | anyone |
| 50 | anything |
| 51 | appear |
| 52 | apply |
| 53 | approach |
| 54 | area |
| 55 | argue |
| 56 | arm |
| 57 | around |
| 58 | arrive |
| 59 | art |
| 60 | article |
| 61 | artist |
| 62 | as |
| 63 | ask |
| 64 | assume |
| 65 | at |
| 66 | attack |
| 67 | attention |
| 68 | attorney |
| 69 | audience |
| 70 | author |
| 71 | authority |
| 72 | available |
| 73 | avoid |
| 74 | away |
| 75 | baby |
| 76 | back |
| 77 | bad |
| 78 | bag |
| 79 | ball |
| 80 | bank |
| 81 | bar |
| 82 | base |
| 83 | be |
| 84 | beat |
| 85 | beautiful |
| 86 | because |
| 87 | become |
| 88 | bed |
| 89 | before |
| 90 | begin |
| 91 | behavior |
| 92 | behind |
| 93 | believe |
| 94 | benefit |
| 95 | best |
| 96 | better |
| 97 | between |
| 98 | beyond |
| 99 | big |
| 100 | bill |
| 101 | billion |
| 102 | bit |
| 103 | black |
| 104 | blood |
| 105 | blue |
| 106 | board |
| 107 | body |
| 108 | book |
| 109 | born |
| 110 | both |
| 111 | box |
| 112 | boy |
| 113 | break |
| 114 | bring |
| 115 | brother |
| 116 | budget |
| 117 | build |
| 118 | building |
| 119 | business |
| 120 | but |
| 121 | buy |
| 122 | by |
| 123 | call |
| 124 | camera |
| 125 | campaign |
| 126 | can |
| 127 | cancer |
| 128 | candidate |
| 129 | capital |
| 130 | car |
| 131 | card |
| 132 | care |
| 133 | career |
| 134 | carry |
| 135 | case |
| 136 | catch |
| 137 | cause |
| 138 | cell |
| 139 | center |
| 140 | central |
| 141 | century |
| 142 | certain |
| 143 | certainly |
| 144 | chair |
| 145 | challenge |
| 146 | chance |
| 147 | change |
| 148 | character |
| 149 | charge |
| 150 | check |
| 151 | child |
| 152 | choice |
| 153 | choose |
| 154 | church |
| 155 | citizen |
| 156 | city |
| 157 | civil |
| 158 | claim |
| 159 | class |
| 160 | clear |
| 161 | clearly |
| 162 | close |
| 163 | coach |
| 164 | cold |
| 165 | collection |
| 166 | college |
| 167 | color |
| 168 | come |
| 169 | commercial |
| 170 | common |
| 171 | community |
| 172 | company |
| 173 | compare |
| 174 | computer |
| 175 | concern |
| 176 | condition |
| 177 | conference |
| 178 | Congress |
| 179 | consider |
| 180 | consumer |
| 181 | contain |
| 182 | continue |
| 183 | control |
| 184 | cost |
| 185 | could |
| 186 | country |
| 187 | couple |
| 188 | course |
| 189 | court |
| 190 | cover |
| 191 | create |
| 192 | crime |
| 193 | cultural |
| 194 | culture |
| 195 | cup |
| 196 | current |
| 197 | customer |
| 198 | cut |
| 199 | dark |
| 200 | data |
| 201 | daughter |
| 202 | day |
| 203 | dead |
| 204 | deal |
| 205 | death |
| 206 | debate |
| 207 | decade |
| 208 | decide |
| 209 | decision |
| 210 | deep |
| 211 | defense |
| 212 | degree |
| 213 | Democrat |
| 214 | democratic |
| 215 | describe |
| 216 | design |
| 217 | despite |
| 218 | detail |
| 219 | determine |
| 220 | develop |
| 221 | development |
| 222 | die |
| 223 | difference |
| 224 | different |
| 225 | difficult |
| 226 | dinner |
| 227 | direction |
| 228 | director |
| 229 | discover |
| 230 | discuss |
| 231 | discussion |
| 232 | disease |
| 233 | do |
| 234 | doctor |
| 235 | dog |
| 236 | door |
| 237 | down |
| 238 | draw |
| 239 | dream |
| 240 | drive |
| 241 | drop |
| 242 | drug |
| 243 | during |
| 244 | each |
| 245 | early |
| 246 | east |
| 247 | easy |
| 248 | eat |
| 249 | economic |
| 250 | economy |
| 251 | edge |
| 252 | education |
| 253 | effect |
| 254 | effort |
| 255 | eight |
| 256 | either |
| 257 | election |
| 258 | else |
| 259 | employee |
| 260 | end |
| 261 | energy |
| 262 | enjoy |
| 263 | enough |
| 264 | enter |
| 265 | entire |
| 266 | environment |
| 267 | environmental |
| 268 | especially |
| 269 | establish |
| 270 | even |
| 271 | evening |
| 272 | event |
| 273 | ever |
| 274 | every |
| 275 | everybody |
| 276 | everyone |
| 277 | everything |
| 278 | evidence |
| 279 | exactly |
| 280 | example |
| 281 | executive |
| 282 | exist |
| 283 | expect |
| 284 | experience |
| 285 | expert |
| 286 | explain |
| 287 | eye |
| 288 | face |
| 289 | fact |
| 290 | factor |
| 291 | fail |
| 292 | fall |
| 293 | family |
| 294 | far |
| 295 | fast |
| 296 | father |
| 297 | fear |
| 298 | federal |
| 299 | feel |
| 300 | feeling |
| 301 | few |
| 302 | field |
| 303 | fight |
| 304 | figure |
| 305 | fill |
| 306 | film |
| 307 | final |
| 308 | finally |
| 309 | financial |
| 310 | find |
| 311 | fine |
| 312 | finger |
| 313 | finish |
| 314 | fire |
| 315 | firm |
| 316 | first |
| 317 | fish |
| 318 | five |
| 319 | floor |
| 320 | fly |
| 321 | focus |
| 322 | follow |
| 323 | food |
| 324 | foot |
| 325 | for |
| 326 | force |
| 327 | foreign |
| 328 | forget |
| 329 | form |
| 330 | former |
| 331 | forward |
| 332 | four |
| 333 | free |
| 334 | friend |
| 335 | from |
| 336 | front |
| 337 | full |
| 338 | fund |
| 339 | future |
| 340 | game |
| 341 | garden |
| 342 | gas |
| 343 | general |
| 344 | generation |
| 345 | get |
| 346 | girl |
| 347 | give |
| 348 | glass |
| 349 | go |
| 350 | goal |
| 351 | good |
| 352 | government |
| 353 | great |
| 354 | green |
| 355 | ground |
| 356 | group |
| 357 | grow |
| 358 | growth |
| 359 | guess |
| 360 | gun |
| 361 | guy |
| 362 | hair |
| 363 | half |
| 364 | hand |
| 365 | hang |
| 366 | happen |
| 367 | happy |
| 368 | hard |
| 369 | have |
| 370 | he |
| 371 | head |
| 372 | health |
| 373 | hear |
| 374 | heart |
| 375 | heat |
| 376 | heavy |
| 377 | help |
| 378 | her |
| 379 | here |
| 380 | herself |
| 381 | high |
| 382 | him |
| 383 | himself |
| 384 | his |
| 385 | history |
| 386 | hit |
| 387 | hold |
| 388 | home |
| 389 | hope |
| 390 | hospital |
| 391 | hot |
| 392 | hotel |
| 393 | hour |
| 394 | house |
| 395 | how |
| 396 | however |
| 397 | huge |
| 398 | human |
| 399 | hundred |
| 400 | husband |
| 401 | I |
| 402 | idea |
| 403 | identify |
| 404 | if |
| 405 | image |
| 406 | imagine |
| 407 | impact |
| 408 | important |
| 409 | improve |
| 410 | in |
| 411 | include |
| 412 | including |
| 413 | increase |
| 414 | indeed |
| 415 | indicate |
| 416 | individual |
| 417 | industry |
| 418 | information |
| 419 | inside |
| 420 | instead |
| 421 | institution |
| 422 | interest |
| 423 | interesting |
| 424 | international |
| 425 | interview |
| 426 | into |
| 427 | investment |
| 428 | involve |
| 429 | issue |
| 430 | it |
| 431 | item |
| 432 | its |
| 433 | itself |
| 434 | job |
| 435 | join |
| 436 | just |
| 437 | keep |
| 438 | key |
| 439 | kid |
| 440 | kill |
| 441 | kind |
| 442 | kitchen |
| 443 | know |
| 444 | knowledge |
| 445 | land |
| 446 | language |
| 447 | large |
| 448 | last |
| 449 | late |
| 450 | later |
| 451 | laugh |
| 452 | law |
| 453 | lawyer |
| 454 | lay |
| 455 | lead |
| 456 | leader |
| 457 | learn |
| 458 | least |
| 459 | leave |
| 460 | left |
| 461 | leg |
| 462 | legal |
| 463 | less |
| 464 | let |
| 465 | letter |
| 466 | level |
| 467 | lie |
| 468 | life |
| 469 | light |
| 470 | like |
| 471 | likely |
| 472 | line |
| 473 | list |
| 474 | listen |
| 475 | little |
| 476 | live |
| 477 | local |
| 478 | long |
| 479 | look |
| 480 | lose |
| 481 | loss |
| 482 | lot |
| 483 | love |
| 484 | low |
| 485 | machine |
| 486 | magazine |
| 487 | main |
| 488 | maintain |
| 489 | major |
| 490 | majority |
| 491 | make |
| 492 | man |
| 493 | manage |
| 494 | management |
| 495 | manager |
| 496 | many |
| 497 | market |
| 498 | marriage |
| 499 | material |
| 500 | matter |
| 501 | may |
| 502 | maybe |
| 503 | me |
| 504 | mean |
| 505 | measure |
| 506 | media |
| 507 | medical |
| 508 | meet |
| 509 | meeting |
| 510 | member |
| 511 | memory |
| 512 | mention |
| 513 | message |
| 514 | method |
| 515 | middle |
| 516 | might |
| 517 | military |
| 518 | million |
| 519 | mind |
| 520 | minute |
| 521 | miss |
| 522 | mission |
| 523 | model |
| 524 | modern |
| 525 | moment |
| 526 | money |
| 527 | month |
| 528 | more |
| 529 | morning |
| 530 | most |
| 531 | mother |
| 532 | mouth |
| 533 | move |
| 534 | movement |
| 535 | movie |
| 536 | Mr |
| 537 | Mrs |
| 538 | much |
| 539 | music |
| 540 | must |
| 541 | my |
| 542 | myself |
| 543 | name |
| 544 | nation |
| 545 | national |
| 546 | natural |
| 547 | nature |
| 548 | near |
| 549 | nearly |
| 550 | necessary |
| 551 | need |
| 552 | network |
| 553 | never |
| 554 | new |
| 555 | news |
| 556 | newspaper |
| 557 | next |
| 558 | nice |
| 559 | night |
| 560 | no |
| 561 | none |
| 562 | nor |
| 563 | north |
| 564 | not |
| 565 | note |
| 566 | nothing |
| 567 | notice |
| 568 | now |
| 569 | n’t |
| 570 | number |
| 571 | occur |
| 572 | of |
| 573 | off |
| 574 | offer |
| 575 | office |
| 576 | officer |
| 577 | official |
| 578 | often |
| 579 | oh |
| 580 | oil |
| 581 | ok |
| 582 | old |
| 583 | on |
| 584 | once |
| 585 | one |
| 586 | only |
| 587 | onto |
| 588 | open |
| 589 | operation |
| 590 | opportunity |
| 591 | option |
| 592 | or |
| 593 | order |
| 594 | organization |
| 595 | other |
| 596 | others |
| 597 | our |
| 598 | out |
| 599 | outside |
| 600 | over |
| 601 | own |
| 602 | owner |
| 603 | page |
| 604 | pain |
| 605 | painting |
| 606 | paper |
| 607 | parent |
| 608 | part |
| 609 | participant |
| 610 | particular |
| 611 | particularly |
| 612 | partner |
| 613 | party |
| 614 | pass |
| 615 | past |
| 616 | patient |
| 617 | pattern |
| 618 | pay |
| 619 | peace |
| 620 | people |
| 621 | per |
| 622 | perform |
| 623 | performance |
| 624 | perhaps |
| 625 | period |
| 626 | person |
| 627 | personal |
| 628 | phone |
| 629 | physical |
| 630 | pick |
| 631 | picture |
| 632 | piece |
| 633 | place |
| 634 | plan |
| 635 | plant |
| 636 | play |
| 637 | player |
| 638 | PM |
| 639 | point |
| 640 | police |
| 641 | policy |
| 642 | political |
| 643 | politics |
| 644 | poor |
| 645 | popular |
| 646 | population |
| 647 | position |
| 648 | positive |
| 649 | possible |
| 650 | power |
| 651 | practice |
| 652 | prepare |
| 653 | present |
| 654 | president |
| 655 | pressure |
| 656 | pretty |
| 657 | prevent |
| 658 | price |
| 659 | private |
| 660 | probably |
| 661 | problem |
| 662 | process |
| 663 | produce |
| 664 | product |
| 665 | production |
| 666 | professional |
| 667 | professor |
| 668 | program |
| 669 | project |
| 670 | property |
| 671 | protect |
| 672 | prove |
| 673 | provide |
| 674 | public |
| 675 | pull |
| 676 | purpose |
| 677 | push |
| 678 | put |
| 679 | quality |
| 680 | question |
| 681 | quickly |
| 682 | quite |
| 683 | race |
| 684 | radio |
| 685 | raise |
| 686 | range |
| 687 | rate |
| 688 | rather |
| 689 | reach |
| 690 | read |
| 691 | ready |
| 692 | real |
| 693 | reality |
| 694 | realize |
| 695 | really |
| 696 | reason |
| 697 | receive |
| 698 | recent |
| 699 | recently |
| 700 | recognize |
| 701 | record |
| 702 | red |
| 703 | reduce |
| 704 | reflect |
| 705 | region |
| 706 | relate |
| 707 | relationship |
| 708 | religious |
| 709 | remain |
| 710 | remember |
| 711 | remove |
| 712 | report |
| 713 | represent |
| 714 | Republican |
| 715 | require |
| 716 | research |
| 717 | resource |
| 718 | respond |
| 719 | response |
| 720 | responsibility |
| 721 | rest |
| 722 | result |
| 723 | return |
| 724 | reveal |
| 725 | rich |
| 726 | right |
| 727 | rise |
| 728 | risk |
| 729 | road |
| 730 | rock |
| 731 | role |
| 732 | room |
| 733 | rule |
| 734 | run |
| 735 | safe |
| 736 | same |
| 737 | save |
| 738 | say |
| 739 | scene |
| 740 | school |
| 741 | science |
| 742 | scientist |
| 743 | score |
| 744 | sea |
| 745 | season |
| 746 | seat |
| 747 | second |
| 748 | section |
| 749 | security |
| 750 | see |
| 751 | seek |
| 752 | seem |
| 753 | sell |
| 754 | send |
| 755 | senior |
| 756 | sense |
| 757 | series |
| 758 | serious |
| 759 | serve |
| 760 | service |
| 761 | set |
| 762 | seven |
| 763 | several |
| 764 | sex |
| 765 | sexual |
| 766 | shake |
| 767 | share |
| 768 | she |
| 769 | shoot |
| 770 | short |
| 771 | shot |
| 772 | should |
| 773 | shoulder |
| 774 | show |
| 775 | side |
| 776 | sign |
| 777 | significant |
| 778 | similar |
| 779 | simple |
| 780 | simply |
| 781 | since |
| 782 | sing |
| 783 | single |
| 784 | sister |
| 785 | sit |
| 786 | site |
| 787 | situation |
| 788 | six |
| 789 | size |
| 790 | skill |
| 791 | skin |
| 792 | small |
| 793 | smile |
| 794 | so |
| 795 | social |
| 796 | society |
| 797 | soldier |
| 798 | some |
| 799 | somebody |
| 800 | someone |
| 801 | something |
| 802 | sometimes |
| 803 | son |
| 804 | song |
| 805 | soon |
| 806 | sort |
| 807 | sound |
| 808 | source |
| 809 | south |
| 810 | southern |
| 811 | space |
| 812 | speak |
| 813 | special |
| 814 | specific |
| 815 | speech |
| 816 | spend |
| 817 | sport |
| 818 | spring |
| 819 | staff |
| 820 | stage |
| 821 | stand |
| 822 | standard |
| 823 | star |
| 824 | start |
| 825 | state |
| 826 | statement |
| 827 | station |
| 828 | stay |
| 829 | step |
| 830 | still |
| 831 | stock |
| 832 | stop |
| 833 | store |
| 834 | story |
| 835 | strategy |
| 836 | street |
| 837 | strong |
| 838 | structure |
| 839 | student |
| 840 | study |
| 841 | stuff |
| 842 | style |
| 843 | subject |
| 844 | success |
| 845 | successful |
| 846 | such |
| 847 | suddenly |
| 848 | suffer |
| 849 | suggest |
| 850 | summer |
| 851 | support |
| 852 | sure |
| 853 | surface |
| 854 | system |
| 855 | table |
| 856 | take |
| 857 | talk |
| 858 | task |
| 859 | tax |
| 860 | teach |
| 861 | teacher |
| 862 | team |
| 863 | technology |
| 864 | television |
| 865 | tell |
| 866 | ten |
| 867 | tend |
| 868 | term |
| 869 | test |
| 870 | than |
| 871 | thank |
| 872 | that |
| 873 | the |
| 874 | their |
| 875 | them |
| 876 | themselves |
| 877 | then |
| 878 | theory |
| 879 | there |
| 880 | these |
| 881 | they |
| 882 | thing |
| 883 | think |
| 884 | third |
| 885 | this |
| 886 | those |
| 887 | though |
| 888 | thought |
| 889 | thousand |
| 890 | threat |
| 891 | three |
| 892 | through |
| 893 | throughout |
| 894 | throw |
| 895 | thus |
| 896 | time |
| 897 | to |
| 898 | today |
| 899 | together |
| 900 | tonight |
| 901 | too |
| 902 | top |
| 903 | total |
| 904 | tough |
| 905 | toward |
| 906 | town |
| 907 | trade |
| 908 | traditional |
| 909 | training |
| 910 | travel |
| 911 | treat |
| 912 | treatment |
| 913 | tree |
| 914 | trial |
| 915 | trip |
| 916 | trouble |
| 917 | TRUE |
| 918 | truth |
| 919 | try |
| 920 | turn |
| 921 | TV |
| 922 | two |
| 923 | type |
| 924 | under |
| 925 | understand |
| 926 | unit |
| 927 | until |
| 928 | up |
| 929 | upon |
| 930 | us |
| 931 | use |
| 932 | usually |
| 933 | value |
| 934 | various |
| 935 | very |
| 936 | victim |
| 937 | view |
| 938 | violence |
| 939 | visit |
| 940 | voice |
| 941 | vote |
| 942 | wait |
| 943 | walk |
| 944 | wall |
| 945 | want |
| 946 | war |
| 947 | watch |
| 948 | water |
| 949 | way |
| 950 | we |
| 951 | weapon |
| 952 | wear |
| 953 | week |
| 954 | weight |
| 955 | well |
| 956 | west |
| 957 | western |
| 958 | what |
| 959 | whatever |
| 960 | when |
| 961 | where |
| 962 | whether |
| 963 | which |
| 964 | while |
| 965 | white |
| 966 | who |
| 967 | whole |
| 968 | whom |
| 969 | whose |
| 970 | why |
| 971 | wide |
| 972 | wife |
| 973 | will |
| 974 | win |
| 975 | wind |
| 976 | window |
| 977 | wish |
| 978 | with |
| 979 | within |
| 980 | without |
| 981 | woman |
| 982 | wonder |
| 983 | word |
| 984 | work |
| 985 | worker |
| 986 | world |
| 987 | worry |
| 988 | would |
| 989 | write |
| 990 | writer |
| 991 | wrong |
| 992 | yard |
| 993 | yeah |
| 994 | year |
| 995 | yes |
| 996 | yet |
| 997 | you |
| 998 | young |
| 999 | your |
| 1000 | yourself |