100 Most Common Words in English

1. the
2. of
3. to
4. and
5. a
6. in
7. is
8. it
9. you
10. that
11. he
12. was
13. for
14. on
15. are
16. with
17. as
18. I
19. his
20. they
21. be
22. at
23. one
24. have
25. this
26. from
27. or
28. had
29. by
30. hot
31. but
32. some
33. what
34. there
35. we
36. can
37. out
38. other
39. were
40. all
41. your
42. when
43. up
44. use
45. word
46. how
47. said
48. an
49. each
50. she
51. which
52. do
53. their
54. time
55. if
56. will
57. way
58. about
59. many
60. then
61. them
62. would
63. write
64. like
65. so
66. these
67. her
68. long
69. make
70. thing
71. see
72. him
73. two
74. has
75. look
76. more
77. day
78. could
79. go
80. come
81. did
82. my
83. sound
84. no
85. most
86. number
87. who
88. over
89. know
90. water
91. than
92. call
93. first
94. people
95. may
96. down
97. side
98. been
99. now
100. find

Source: 500 Most Common Words of English; 1000 Most Common Words of English.

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