Most common words in English

Table columns:
Word
Parts of speech
OEC rank
COCA rank[6]
Dolch level

Table rows:
cells: the
Article
1
1
Pre-primer
cells: be
Verb
2
2
primer
cells: to
Preposition
3
7, 9
Pre-primer
cells: of
Preposition
4
4
Grade 1
cells: and
Conjunction
5
3
Pre-primer
cells: a
Article
6
5
Pre-primer
cells: in
Preposition
7
6, 128, 3038
Pre-primer
cells: that
Conjunction et al.
8
12, 27, 903
primer
cells: have
Verb
9
8
primer
cells: I
Pronoun
10
11
Pre-primer
cells: it
Pronoun
11
10
Pre-primer
cells: for
Preposition
12
13, 2339
Pre-primer
cells: not
Adverb et al.
13
28, 2929
Pre-primer
cells: on
Preposition
14
17, 155
primer
cells: with
Preposition
15
16
primer
cells: he
Pronoun
16
15
primer
cells: as
Adverb, conjunction, et al.
17
33, 49, 129
Grade 1
cells: you
Pronoun
18
14
Pre-primer
cells: do
Verb, noun
19
18
primer
cells: at
Preposition
20
22
primer
cells: this
Determiner, adverb, noun
21
20, 4665
primer
cells: but
Preposition, adverb, conjunction
22
23, 1715
primer
cells: his
Possessive pronoun
23
25, 1887
Grade 1
cells: by
Preposition
24
30, 1190
Grade 1
cells: from
Preposition
25
26
Grade 1
cells: they
Pronoun
26
21
primer
cells: we
Pronoun
27
24
Pre-primer
cells: say
Verb et al.
28
19
primer
cells: her
Possessive pronoun
29, 106
42
Grade 1
cells: she
Pronoun
30
31
primer
cells: or
Conjunction
31
32
Grade 2
cells: an
Article
32
(a)
Grade 1
cells: will
Verb, noun
33
48, 1506
primer
cells: my
Possessive pronoun
34
44
Pre-primer
cells: one
Noun, adjective, et al.
35
51, 104, 839
Pre-primer
cells: all
Adjective
36
43, 222
primer
cells: would
Verb
37
41
Grade 2
cells: there
Adverb, pronoun, et al.
38
53, 116
primer
cells: their
Possessive pronoun
39
36
Grade 2
cells: what
Pronoun, adverb, et al.
40
34
primer
cells: so
Conjunction, adverb, et al.
41
55, 196
primer
cells: up
Adverb, preposition, et al.
42
50, 456
Pre-primer
cells: out
Preposition
43
64, 149
primer
cells: if
Conjunction
44
40
Grade 3
cells: about
Preposition, adverb, et al.
45
46, 179
Grade 3
cells: who
Pronoun, noun
46
38
primer
cells: get
Verb
47
39
primer
cells: which
48
58
Grade 2
cells: go
Verb, noun
49
35
Pre-primer
cells: me
Pronoun
50
61
Pre-primer
cells: when
51
57, 136
Grade 1
cells: make
Verb, noun
52
45
cells: can
53
37, 2973
cells: like
54
74, 208, 1123, 1684, 2702
cells: time
55
52
cells: no
56
93, 699, 916, 1111, 4555
cells: just
Adjective
57
66, 1823
cells: him
Pronoun
58
68
cells: know
Verb, noun
59
47
cells: take
Verb, noun
60
63
cells: people
Noun
61
62
cells: into
62
65
cells: year
Noun
63
54
cells: your
Possessive pronoun
64
69
cells: good
Adjective
65
110, 2280
cells: some
66
60
cells: could
Verb
67
71
cells: them
68
59
cells: see
Verb
69
67
cells: other
70
75, 715, 2355
cells: than
71
73, 712
cells: then
72
77
cells: now
73
72, 1906
cells: look
Verb
74
85, 604
cells: only
75
101, 329
cells: come
Verb
76
70
cells: its
Possessive pronoun
77
78
cells: over
Preposition
78
124, 182
cells: think
79
56
cells: also
80
87
cells: back
81
108, 323, 1877
cells: after
Preposition
82
120, 260
cells: use
Verb, noun
83
92, 429
cells: two
84
80
cells: how
85
76
cells: our
Possessive pronoun
86
79
cells: work
Verb, noun
87
117, 199
cells: first
88
86, 2064
cells: well
Adverb
89
100, 644
cells: way
90
84, 4090
cells: even
91
107, 484
cells: new
Adjective et al.
92
88
cells: want
93
83
cells: because
94
89, 509
cells: any
95
109, 4720
cells: these
96
82
cells: give
Verb
97
98
cells: day
98
90
cells: most
99
144, 187
cells: us
Pronoun
100
113

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