1,000 Most Frequently Used Words in English
These are the most common words in English, ranked in frequency order. The first 25 make up about a third of all printed material. The first 100 make up about half of all written material, and the first 300 make up about 65 percent of all written material. Is it any wonder that all students must learn to recognize these words instantly and to spell them correctly also?
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people |
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help |
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picture |
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through |
another |
again |
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much |
well |
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large |
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line |
must |
play |
| place |
right |
big |
spell |
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too |
even |
air |
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mean |
such |
away |
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old |
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any |
turn |
house |
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same |
here |
point |
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tell |
why |
page |
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boy |
ask |
letter |
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went |
mother |
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men |
answer |
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want |
read |
found |
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show |
need |
study |
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also |
land |
still |
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around |
different |
learn |
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form |
home |
should |
| man |
three |
us |
America |
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small |
move |
world |
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saw |
important |
miss |
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left |
until |
idea |
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don’t |
children |
enough |
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few |
side |
eat |
| food |
while |
feet |
face |
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along |
car |
watch |
| own |
might |
mile |
far |
| below |
close |
night |
Indian |
| country |
something |
walk |
really |
| plant |
seem |
white |
almost |
| last |
next |
sea |
let |
| school |
hard |
began |
above |
| father |
open |
grow |
girl |
| keep |
example |
took |
sometimes |
| tree |
begin |
river |
mountain |
| never |
life |
four |
cut |
| start |
always |
carry |
young |
| city |
those |
state |
talk |
| earth |
both |
once |
soon |
| eye |
paper |
book |
list |
| light |
together |
hear |
song |
| thought |
got |
stop |
being |
| head |
group |
without |
leave |
| under |
often |
second |
family |
| story |
run |
later |
it’s |
| body |
order |
listen |
farm |
| music |
red |
wind |
pulled |
| color |
door |
rock |
draw |
| stand |
sure |
space |
voice |
| sun |
become |
covered |
seen |
| question |
top |
fast |
cold |
| fish |
ship |
several |
cried |
| area |
across |
hold |
plan |
| mark |
today |
himself |
notice |
| dog |
during |
toward |
south |
| horse |
short |
five |
sing |
| birds |
better |
step |
war |
| problem |
best |
morning |
ground |
| complete |
however |
passed |
fall |
| room |
low |
vowel |
king |
| knew |
hours |
true |
town |
| since |
black |
hundred |
I’ll |
| ever |
products |
against |
unit |
| piece |
happened |
pattern |
figure |
| told |
whole |
numeral |
certain |
| usually |
measure |
table |
field |
| didn’t |
remember |
north |
travel |
| friends |
early |
slowly |
wood |
| easy |
waves |
money |
fire |
| heard |
reached |
map |
upon |
| done |
decided |
plane |
filled |
| English |
contain |
system |
heat |
| road |
course |
behind |
full |
| halt |
surface |
ran |
hot |
| ten |
produce |
round |
check |
| fly |
building |
boat |
object |
| gave |
ocean |
game |
am |
| box |
class |
force |
rule |
| finally |
note |
brought |
among |
| wait |
nothing |
understand |
noun |
| correct |
rest |
warm |
power |
| oh |
carefully |
common |
cannot |
| quickly |
scientists |
bring |
able |
| person |
inside |
explain |
six |
| became |
wheels |
dry |
size |
| shown |
stay |
though |
dark |
| minutes |
green |
language |
ball |
| strong |
known |
shape |
material |
| verb |
island |
deep |
special |
| stars |
week |
thousands |
heavy |
| front |
less |
yes |
fine |
| feel |
machine |
clear |
pair |
| fact |
base |
equation |
circle |
| inches |
ago |
yet |
include |
| street |
stood |
government |
built |
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picked |
legs |
beside |
| matter |
simple |
sat |
gone |
| square |
cells |
main |
sky |
| syllables |
paint |
winter |
glass |
| perhaps |
mind |
wide |
million |
| bill |
love |
written |
west |
| felt |
cause |
length |
lay |
| suddenly |
rain |
reason |
weather |
| test |
exercise |
kept |
root |
| direction |
eggs |
interest |
instruments |
| center |
train |
arms |
meet |
| farmers |
blue |
brother |
third |
| ready |
wish |
race |
months |
| anything |
drop |
present |
paragraph |
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developed |
beautiful |
raised |
| general |
window |
store |
represent |
| energy |
difference |
job |
soft |
| subject |
distance |
edge |
whether |
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heart |
past |
clothes |
| moon |
sit |
sign |
flowers |
| region |
sum |
record |
shall |
| return |
summer |
finished |
teacher |
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wall |
discovered |
held |
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forest |
wild |
describe |
| members |
probably |
happy |
drive |
| cross |
already |
hair |
rolled |
| speak |
instead |
age |
bear |
| solve |
phrase |
amount |
wonder |
| appear |
soil |
scale |
smiled |
| metal |
bed |
pounds |
angle |
| son |
copy |
although |
fraction |
| either |
free |
per |
Africa |
| ice |
hope |
broken |
killed |
| sleep |
spring |
moment |
melody |
| village |
case |
tiny |
bottom |
| factors |
laughed |
possible |
trip |
| result |
nation |
gold |
hole |
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quite |
milk |
poor |
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type |
quiet |
let’s |
| ride |
themselves |
natural |
fight |
| care |
temperature |
lot |
surprise |
| floor |
bright |
stone |
French |
| hill |
lead |
act |
died |
| pushed |
everyone |
build |
beat |
| baby |
method |
middle |
exactly |
| buy |
section |
speed |
remain |
| century |
lake |
count |
dress |
| outside |
consonant |
cat |
iron |
| everything |
within |
someone |
couldn’t |
| tall |
dictionary |
sail |
fingers |
| row |
president |
yourself |
caught |
| least |
brown |
control |
fell |
| catch |
trouble |
practice |
team |
| climbed |
cool |
report |
God |
| wrote |
cloud |
straight |
captain |
| shouted |
lost |
rise |
direct |
| continued |
sent |
statement |
ring |
| itself |
symbols |
stick |
serve |
| else |
wear |
party |
child |
| plains |
bad |
seeds |
desert |
| gas |
save |
suppose |
increase |
| England |
experiment |
woman |
history |
| burning |
engine |
coast |
cost |
| design |
alone |
bank |
maybe |
| joined |
drawing |
period |
business |
| foot |
east |
wire |
separate |
| law |
pay |
choose |
break |
| ears |
single |
clean |
uncle |
| grass |
touch |
visit |
hunting |
| you’re |
information |
bit |
flow |
| grew |
express |
whose |
lady |
| skin |
mouth |
received |
students |
| valley |
yard |
garden |
human |
| cents |
equal |
please |
art |
| key |
decimal |
strange |
feeling |
| supply |
guess |
thick |
major |
| corner |
silent |
blood |
observe |
| electric |
trade |
lie |
tube |
| insects |
rather |
spot |
necessary |
| crops |
compare |
bell |
weight |
| tone |
crowd |
fun |
meat |
| hit |
poem |
loud |
lifted |
| sand |
enjoy |
consider |
process |
| doctor |
elements |
suggested |
army |
| provide |
indicate |
thin |
hat |
| thus |
except |
position |
property |
| won’t |
expect |
entered |
particular |
| cook |
flat |
fruit |
swim |
| bones |
seven |
tied |
terms |
| tail |
interesting |
rich |
current |
| board |
sense |
dollars |
park |
| modern |
string |
send |
sell |
| compound |
blow |
sight |
shoulder |
| mine |
famous |
chief |
industry |
| wasn’t |
value |
Japanese |
wash |
| fit |
wings |
stream |
block |
| addition |
movement |
planets |
spread |
| belong |
pole |
rhythm |
cattle |
| safe |
exciting |
eight |
wife |
| soldiers |
branches |
science |
sharp |
| company |
sister |
gun |
total |
| radio |
oxygen |
similar |
deal |
| we’ll |
plural |
death |
determine |
| action |
various |
score |
evening |
| capital |
agreed |
forward |
nor |
| factories |
opposite |
stretched |
rope |
| settled |
wrong |
experience |
cotton |
| yellow |
chart |
rose |
apple |
| isn’t |
prepared |
allow |
details |
| southern |
pretty |
fear |
entire |
| truck |
solution |
workers |
corn |
| fair |
fresh |
Washington |
substances |
| printed |
shop |
Greek |
smell |
| wouldn’t |
suffix |
women |
tools |
| ahead |
especially |
bought |
conditions |
| chance |
shoes |
led |
cows |
| born |
actually |
march |
track |
| level |
nose |
northern |
arrived |
| triangle |
afraid |
create |
located |
| molecules |
dead |
British |
sir |
| France |
sugar |
difficult |
seat |
| repeated |
adjective |
match |
division |
| column |
fig |
win |
effect |
| western |
office |
doesn’t |
underline |
| church |
huge |
steel |
view |