This is the 1000 most common used English words



This is a list of the 50 most common words spoken. Although this list looks different from the list below there is a difference between the words we write and the words we speak. That is why I comes in 18 in writing while first for speaking. It is said that there are as may as 1,000,000 words in the English language but most of them are not used. 1,500 to 2,000 account for all we say and write. The following pages have a larger 1,000 word list both in usage and alphabetical order. Most computer spell checkers have 2,000 words in it most common list followed be the rest of the 120,000 word list.

I

you

he

she

it

we

they

me

him

her

them

what

the

a

an

on

to

of

in

for

with

our

from

over

and

about

new

just

not

that

this

is

get

was

will

have

don’t

do

are

want

can

would

go

think

say

be

set

know

tell

thing

This is the 1000 most common used English words. This list is in alphabetical order the second table contains the same list in usage order.

a 5

able 422

about 58

above 307

act 177

add 168

afraid 917

after 111

again 191

against 383

age 675

ago 481

agree 789

air 155

all 40

allow 841

also 157

always 264

am 507

among 500

an 48

and 4

anger 898

animal 192

answer 208

any 101

appear 391

apple 927

are 15

area 335

arm 513

arrange 868

arrive 950

art 539

as 17

ask 179

at 22

atom 771

baby 601

back 112

bad 724

ball 502

band 934

bank 746

bar 972

base 291

basic 944

bat 808

be 21

bear 592

beat 646

beauty 425

bed 545

been 98

before 143

began 285

begin 257

behind 445

believe 550

bell 815

best 352

better 354

between 219

big 173

bird 314

bit 631

black 326

block 851

blood 727

blow 725

blue 459

board 569

boat 471

body 316

bone 785

book 278

born 872

both 267

bottom 689

bought 928

box 417

boy 146

branch 912

bread 969

break 720

bright 587

bring 493

broad 893

broke 654

brother 546

brought 489

brown 736

build 197

burn 623

busy 468

but 32

buy 606

by 29

call 92

came 118

camp 869

can 36

capital 791

captain 753

car 274

card 933

care 276

carry 279

case 655

cat 626

catch 565

caught 766

cause 140

cell 549

cent 730

center 386

century 627

certain 405

chair 793

chance 879

change 181

character 764

charge 970

chart 852

check 483

chick 981

chief 829

child 665

children 256

choose 741

chord 962

circle 525

city 227

claim 899

class 329

clean 719

clear 446

climb 683

clock 831

close 245

clothe 597

cloud 678

coast 632

coat 931

cold 398

collect 747

colony 930

color 297

column 886

come 80

common 472

company 856

compare 812

complete 333

condition 940

connect 959

consider 628

consonant 667

contain 428

continent 900

continue 850

control 749

cook 619

cool 684

copy 633

corn 811

corner 782

correct 421

cost 734

cotton 871

could 78

count 534

country 206

course 454

cover 215

cow 579

crease 698

create 805

crop 777

cross 229

crowd 810

cry 409

current 847

cut 294

dad 968

dance 510

danger 794

dark 410

day 77

dead 843

deal 860

dear 982

death 903

decide 461

decimal 750

deep 463

degree 979

depend 816

describe 618

desert 845

design 685

determine 873

develop 437

dictionary 669

did 81

die 709

differ 138

difficult 756

direct 319

discuss 921

distant 495

divide 528

division 955

do 52

doctor 757

does 151

dog 317

dollar 921

done 424

don't 242

door 324

double 948

down 96

draw 238

dream 938

dress 677

drink 985

drive 426

drop 505

dry 477

duck 976

during 356

each 49

ear 651

early 361

earth 199

ease 261

east 497

eat 282

edge 581

effect 774

egg 547

eight 602

either 621

electric 775

element 779

else 652

end 160

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energy 542

engine 511

enough 301

enter 834

equal 739

equate 486

especially 915

even 169

evening 939

event 858

ever 308

every 120

exact 707

example 260

except 713

excite 647

exercise 563

expect 776

experience 925

experiment 688

eye 222

face 298

fact 449

fair 745

fall 407

family 318

famous 820

far 236

farm 230

fast 367

fat 963

father 200

favor 958

fear 823

feed 941

feel 312

feet 275

fell 742

felt 530

few 249

field 419

fig 916

fight 644

figure 415

fill 496

final 432

find 100

fine 404

finger 641

finish 593

fire 339

first 93

fish 287

fit 743

five 358

flat 694

floor 620

flow 744

flower 596

fly 406

follow 176

food 216

foot 466

for 13

force 458

forest 552

form 130

forward 922

found 207

four 218

fraction 551

free 440

fresh 836

friend 284

from 26

front 429

fruit 795

full 457

fun 586

game 484

garden 738

gas 588

gather 880

gave 433

general 522

gentle 751

get 106

girl 303

give 123

glad 964

glass 577

go 79

gold 473

gone 599

good 121

got 258

govern 396

grand 501

grass 578

gray 890

great 132

green 434

grew 729

ground 364

group 263

grow 210

guess 801

guide 924

gun 840

had 28

hair 617

half 336

hand 164

happen 332

happy 594

hard 231

has 74

hat 853

have 24

he 11

head 201

hear 292

heard 351

heart 506

heat 490

heavy 509

held 616

help 135

her 67

here 171

high 174

hill 624

him 72

his 19

history 773

hit 780

hold 362

hole 699

home 162

hope 595

horse 293

hot 30

hot 487

hour 353

house 187

how 46

huge 918

human 772

hundred 357

hunt 543

hurry 828

I 18

ice 523

idea 286

if 55

imagine 787

in 6

inch 451

include 527

indicate 768

industry 642

insect 765

instant 977

instrument 575

interest 365

invent 870

iron 691

is 7

island 465

it 8

job 580

join 717

joy 570

jump 600

just 129

keep 221

kept 576

key 690

kill 657

kind 184

king 349

knew 344

know 89

lady 721

lake 659

land 170

language 499

large 166

last 224

late 240

laugh 479

law 630

lay 382

lead 408

learn 213

least 710

leave 321

led 929

left 239

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let 225

letter 270

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lie 645

life 248

lift 848

light 183

like 64

line 137

liquid 994

list 310

listen 370

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live 109

locate 762

log 995

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long 68

look 75

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lot 687

loud 662

love 387

low 136

machine 411

made 108

magnet 909

main 300

major 835

make 69

man 116

many 59

map 393

mark 268

market 978

mass 932

master 951

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material 516

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me 122

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measure 323

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meet 604

melody 701

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metal 609

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might 233

mile 272

milk 670

million 591

mind 444

mine 832

minute 441

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mix 731

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moment 660

money 389

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moon 464

more 76

morning 375

most 85

mother 194

motion 992

mount 566

mountain 288

mouth 706

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much 141

multiply 452

music 265

must 172

my 87

name 126

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natural 648

nature 989

near 196

necessary 802

neck 1000

need 186

neighbor 806

never 223

new 102

next 254

night 246

nine 875

no 84

noise 877

noon 760

nor 947

north 250

nose 896

note 412

nothing 453

notice 399

noun 418

now 99

number 82

numeral 328

object 460

observe 664

occur 986

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of 2

off 185

offer 973

office 703

often 269

oh 435

oil 726

old 147

on 14

once 290

one 23

only 114

open 251

operate 800

opposite 863

or 27

order 338

organ 673

original 965

other 38

our 124

out 37

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own 203

oxygen 901

page 204

paint 498

pair 526

paper 262

paragraph 613

parent 953

part 104

particular 859

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pass 345

past 584

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pattern 384

pay 674

people 86

perhaps 531

period 767

person 388

phrase 634

pick 532

picture 188

piece 342

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place 107

plain 302

plan 414

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plant 214

play 158

please 758

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point 193

poor 686

populate 980

port 165

pose 320

position 512

possible 474

post 960

pound 423

power 402

practice 754

prepare 894

present 508

press 244

pretty 904

print 842

probable 544

problem 341

process 799

produce 448

product 325

proper 971

property 885

protect 759

prove 560

provide 788

pull 397

push 611

put 161

quart 874

question 331

quick 436

quiet 680

quite 653

quotient 997

race 554

radio 769

rail 786

rain 394

raise 607

ran 482

range 990

rather 809

reach 366

read 163

ready 306

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reason 536

receive 704

record 470

red 309

region 541

remember 359

repeat 891

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represent 538

require 892

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result 622

rich 796

ride 548

right 145

ring 763

rise 723

river 273

road 392

rock 337

roll 639

room 283

root 605

rope 935

rose 840

round 115

row 705

rub 818

rule 395

run 241

safe 625

said 47

sail 515

salt 895

same 149

sand 637

sat 572

save 748

saw 235

say 134

scale 661

school 209

science 281

score 926

sea 237

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seat 949

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section 676

see 71

seed 715

seem 252

segment 974

select 888

self 198

sell 854

send 838

sense 650

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sentence 131

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set 152

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several 378

shall 615

shape 485

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sharp 803

she 50

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shell 999

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ship 334

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shop 881

shore 954

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side 97

sight 284

sign 582

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similar 923

simple 377

since 346

sing 369

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sister 919

sit 553

six 371

size 517

skill 905

skin 696

sky 568

slave 975

sleep 559

slip 936

slow 385

small 159

smell 945

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snow 491

so 65

soft 585

soil 638

soldier 798

solution 908

solve 608

some 34

son 658

song 322

soon 315

sound 83

south 340

space 350

speak 520

special 443

speech 988

speed 671

spell 167

spend 961

spoke 770

spot 844

spread 867

spring 663

square 535

stand 202

star 416

start 232

state 220

station 967

stay 455

stead 476

steam 991

steel 920

step 360

stick 693

still 212

stone 681

stood 427

stop 289

store 556

story 234

straight 666

strange 598

stream 822

street 450

stretch 882

string 814

strong 442

student 781

study 211

subject 540

substance 957

subtract 857

success 855

such 175

sudden 533

suffix 914

sugar 902

suggest 718

suit 846

summer 557

sun 217

supply 784

support 987

sure 295

surface 462

surprise 679

swim 961

syllable 529

symbol 708

system 467

table 372

tail 447

take 105

talk 313

tall 636

teach 430

team 732

teeth 998

tell 150

temperature 640

ten 376

term 862

test 469

than 91

thank 911

that 10

the 1

their 53

them 61

then 60

there 41

these 66

they 20

thick 797

thin 825

thing 70

think 133

third 614

this 25

those 266

though 311

thought 226

thousand 480

three 153

through 128

throw 883

thus 790

tie 833

time 54

tiny 682

tire 492

to 3

together 253

told 343

tone 716

too 148

took 280

tool 942

top 347

total 943

touch 728

toward 380

town 403

track 952

trade 700

train 558

travel 373

tree 228

triangle 826

trip 702

trouble 711

truck 876

true 355

try 189

tube 819

turn 139

twenty 695

two 73

type 629

under 125

unit 401

until 271

up 43

us 190

use 44

usual 304

valley 946

value 643

vary 518

verb 368

very 127

view 649

village 603

visit 583

voice 400

vowel 379

wait 413

walk 259

wall 564

want 154

war 381

warm 439

was 12

wash 807

watch 296

water 90

wave 504

way 57

we 35

wear 737

weather 589

week 431

weight 521

well 156

went 182

were 39

west 363

what 33

wheel 456

when 42

where 110

whether 610

which 51

while 243

white 255

who 94

whole 348

whose 761

why 178

wide 514

wife 864

wild 574

will 56

win 937

wind 330

window 555

wing 804

winter 571

wire 733

wish 567

with 16

woman 752

women 906

wonder 478

won't 792

wood 299

word 31

work 103

world 195

would 63

write 62

written 573

wrong 889

wrote 714

yard 722

year 117

yellow 839

yes 494

yet 503

you 9

young 305

your 45

This is the 1000 most common used English words. This list is in usage order the first table contains the same list in alphabetical order.

the 1

of 2

to 3

and 4

a 5

in 6

is 7

it 8

you 9

that 10

he 11

was 12

for 13

on 14

are 15

with 16

as 17

I 18

his 19

they 20

be 21

at 22

one 23

have 24

this 25

from 26

or 27

had 28

by 29

hot 30

word 31

but 32

what 33

some 34

we 35

can 36

out 37

other 38

were 39

all 40

there 41

when 42

up 43

use 44

your 45

how 46

said 47

an 48

each 49

she 50

which 51

do 52

their 53

time 54

if 55

will 56

way 57

about 58

many 59

then 60

them 61

write 62

would 63

like 64

so 65

these 66

her 67

long 68

make 69

thing 70

see 71

him 72

two 73

has 74

look 75

more 76

day 77

could 78

go 79

come 80

did 81

number 82

sound 83

no 84

most 85

people 86

my 87

over 88

know 89

water 90

than 91

call 92

first 93

who 94

may 95

down 96

side 97

been 98

now 99

find 100

any 101

new 102

work 103

part 104

take 105

get 106

place 107

made 108

live 109

where 110

after 111

back 112

little 113

only 114

round 115

man 116

year 117

came 118

show 119

every 120

good 121

me 122

give 123

our 124

under 125

name 126

very 127

through 128

just 129

form 130

sentence 131

great 132

think 133

say 134

help 135

low 136

line 137

differ 138

turn 139

cause 140

much 141

mean 142

before 143

move 144

right 145

boy 146

old 147

too 148

same 149

tell 150

does 151

set 152

three 153

want 154

air 155

well 156

also 157

play 158

small 159

end 160

put 161

home 162

read 163

hand 164

port 165

large 166

spell 167

add 168

even 169

land 170

here 171

must 172

big 173

high 174

such 175

follow 176

act 177

why 178

ask 179

men 180

change 181

went 182

light 183

kind 184

off 185

need 186

house 187

picture 188

try 189

us 190

again 191

animal 192

point 193

mother 194

world 195

near 196

build 197

self 198

earth 199

father 200

head 201

stand 202

own 203

page 204

should 205

country 206

found 207

answer 208

school 209

grow 210

study 211

still 212

learn 213

plant 214

cover 215

food 216

sun 217

four 218

between 219

state 220

keep 221

eye 222

never 223

last 224

let 225

thought 226

city 227

tree 228

cross 229

farm 230

hard 231

start 232

might 233

story 234

saw 235

far 236

sea 237

draw 238

left 239

late 240

run 241

don't 242

while 243

press 244

close 245

night 246

real 247

life 248

few 249

north 250

open 251

seem 252

together 253

next 254

white 255

children 256

begin 257

got 258

walk 259

example 260

ease 261

paper 262

group 263

always 264

music 265

those 266

both 267

mark 268

often 269

letter 270

until 271

mile 272

river 273

car 274

feet 275

care 276

second 277

book 278

carry 279

took 280

science 281

eat 282

room 283

friend 284

sight 284

began 285

idea 286

fish 287

mountain 288

stop 289

once 290

base 291

hear 292

horse 293

cut 294

sure 295

watch 296

color 297

face 298

wood 299

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enough 301

plain 302

girl 303

usual 304

young 305

ready 306

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red 309

list 310

though 311

feel 312

talk 313

bird 314

soon 315

body 316

dog 317

family 318

direct 319

pose 320

leave 321

song 322

measure 323

door 324

product 325

black 326

short 327

numeral 328

class 329

wind 330

question 331

happen 332

complete 333

ship 334

area 335

half 336

rock 337

order 338

fire 339

south 340

problem 341

piece 342

told 343

knew 344

pass 345

since 346

top 347

whole 348

king 349

space 350

heard 351

best 352

hour 353

better 354

true355

during 356

hundred 357

five 358

remember 359

step 360

early 361

hold 362

west 363

ground 364

interest 365

reach 366

fast 367

verb 368

sing 369

listen 370

six 371

table 372

travel 373

less 374

morning 375

ten 376

simple 377

several 378

vowel 379

toward 380

war 381

lay 382

against 383

pattern 384

slow 385

center 386

love 387

person 388

money 389

serve 390

appear 391

road 392

map 393

rain 394

rule 395

govern 396

pull 397

cold 398

notice 399

voice 400

unit 401

power 402

town 403

fine 404

certain 405

fly 406

fall 407

lead 408

cry 409

dark 410

machine 411

note 412

wait 413

plan 414

figure 415

star 416

box 417

noun 418

field 419

rest 420

correct 421

able 422

pound 423

done 424

beauty 425

drive 426

stood 427

contain 428

front 429

teach 430

week 431

final 432

gave 433

green 434

oh 435

quick 436

develop 437

ocean 438

warm 439

free 440

minute 441

strong 442

special 443

mind 444

behind 445

clear 446

tail 447

produce 448

fact 449

street 450

inch 451

multiply 452

nothing 453

course 454

stay 455

wheel 456

full 457

force 458

blue 459

object 460

decide 461

surface 462

deep 463

moon 464

island 465

foot 466

system 467

busy 468

test 469

record 470

boat 471

common 472

gold 473

possible 474

plane 475

stead 476

dry 477

wonder 478

laugh 479

thousand 480

ago 481

ran 482

check 483

game 484

shape 485

equate 486

hot 487

miss 488

brought 489

heat 490

snow 491

tire 492

bring 493

yes 494

distant 495

fill 496

east 497

paint 498

language 499

among 500

grand 501

ball 502

yet 503

wave 504

drop 505

heart 506

am 507

present 508

heavy 509

dance 510

engine 511

position 512

arm 513

wide 514

sail 515

material 516

size 517

vary 518

settle 519

speak 520

weight 521

general 522

ice 523

matter 524

circle 525

pair 526

include 527

divide 528

syllable 529

felt 530

perhaps 531

pick 532

sudden 533

count 534

square 535

reason 536

length 537

represent 538

art 539

subject 540

region 541

energy 542

hunt 543

probable 544

bed 545

brother 546

egg 547

ride 548

cell 549

believe 550

fraction 551

forest 552

sit 553

race 554

window 555

store 556

summer 557

train 558

sleep 559

prove 560

lone 561

leg 562

exercise 563

wall 564

catch 565

mount 566

wish 567

sky 568

board 569

joy 570

winter 571

sat 572

written 573

wild 574

instrument 575

kept 576

glass 577

grass 578

cow 579

job 580

edge 581

sign 582

visit 583

past 584

soft 585

fun 586

bright 587

gas 588

weather 589

month 590

million 591

bear 592

finish 593

happy 594

hope 595

flower 596

clothe 597

strange 598

gone 599

jump 600

baby 601

eight 602

village 603

meet 604

root 605

buy 606

raise 607

solve 608

metal 609

whether 610

push 611

seven 612

paragraph 613

third 614

shall 615

held 616

hair 617

describe 618

cook 619

floor 620

either 621

result 622

burn 623

hill 624

safe 625

cat 626

century 627

consider 628

type 629

law 630

bit 631

coast 632

copy 633

phrase 634

silent 635

tall 636

sand 637

soil 638

roll 639

temperature 640

finger 641

industry 642

value 643

fight 644

lie 645

beat 646

excite 647

natural 648

view 649

sense 650

ear 651

else 652

quite 653

broke 654

case 655

middle 656

kill 657

son 658

lake 659

moment 660

scale 661

loud 662

spring 663

observe 664

child 665

straight 666

consonant 667

nation 668

dictionary 669

milk 670

speed 671

method 672

organ 673

pay 674

age 675

section 676

dress 677

cloud 678

surprise 679

quiet 680

stone 681

tiny 682

climb 683

cool 684

design 685

poor 686

lot 687

experiment 688

bottom 689

key 690

iron 691

single 692

stick 693

flat 694

twenty 695

skin 696

smile 697

crease 698

hole 699

trade 700

melody 701

trip 702

office 703

receive 704

row 705

mouth 706

exact 707

symbol 708

die 709

least 710

trouble 711

shout 712

except 713

wrote 714

seed 715

tone 716

join 717

suggest 718

clean 719

break 720

lady 721

yard 722

rise 723

bad 724

blow 725

oil 726

blood 727

touch 728

grew 729

cent 730

mix 731

team 732

wire 733

cost 734

lost 735

brown 736

wear 737

garden 738

equal 739

sent 740

choose 741

fell 742

fit 743

flow 744

fair 745

bank 746

collect 747

save 748

control 749

decimal 750

gentle 751

woman 752

captain 753

practice 754

separate 755

difficult 756

doctor 757

please 758

protect 759

noon 760

whose 761

locate 762

ring 763

character 764

insect 765

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