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The First 100 Most Commonly Used English Words
These most commonly used words are ranked by frequency. The
first 25 make up about one-third of all printed material in English. The first
100 make up about one-half of all written material, and the first 300 make up
about sixty-five percent of all written material in English.
| The First Hundred
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- the
- of
- and
- a
- to
- in
- is
- you
- that
- it
- he
- was
- for
- on
- are
- as
- with
- his
- they
- I
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- at
- be
- this
- have
- from
- or
- one
- had
- by
- word
- but
- not
- what
- all
- were
- we
- when
- your
- can
- said
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- there
- use
- an
- each
- which
- she
- do
- how
- their
- if
- will
- up
- other
- about
- out
- many
- then
- them
- these
- so
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- some
- her
- would
- make
- like
- him
- into
- time
- has
- look
- two
- more
- write
- go
- see
- number
- no
- way
- could
- people
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- my
- than
- first
- water
- been
- call
- who
- oil
- its
- now
- find
- long
- down
- day
- did
- get
- come
- made
- may
- part
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| The Second Hundred
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- over
- new
- sound
- take
- only
- little
- work
- know
- place
- year
- live
- me
- back
- give
- most
- very
- after
- thing
- our
- just
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- name
- good
- sentence
- man
- think
- say
- great
- where
- help
- through
- much
- before
- line
- right
- too
- mean
- old
- any
- same
- tell
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- boy
- follow
- came
- want
- show
- also
- around
- form
- three
- small
- set
- put
- end
- does
- another
- well
- large
- must
- big
- even
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- such
- because
- turn
- here
- why
- ask
- went
- men
- read
- need
- land
- different
- home
- us
- move
- try
- kind
- hand
- picture
- again
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- change
- off
- play
- spell
- air
- away
- animal
- house
- point
- page
- letter
- mother
- answer
- found
- study
- still
- learn
- should
- America
- world
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| The Third Hundred
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- high
- every
- near
- add
- food
- between
- own
- below
- country
- plant
- last
- school
- father
- keep
- tree
- never
- start
- city
- earth
- eye
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- light
- thought
- head
- under
- story
- saw
- left
- don't
- few
- while
- along
- might
- close
- something
- seem
- next
- hard
- open
- example
- begin
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- life
- always
- those
- both
- paper
- together
- got
- group
- often
- run
- important
- until
- children
- side
- feet
- car
- mile
- night
- walk
- white
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- sea
- began
- grow
- took
- river
- four
- carry
- state
- once
- book
- hear
- stop
- without
- second
- later
- miss
- idea
- enough
- eat
- face
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- watch
- far
- Indian
- really
- almost
- let
- above
- girl
- sometimes
- mountain
- cut
- young
- talk
- soon
- list
- song
- being
- leave
- family
- it's
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Taken From: The Reading Teachers Book of Lists, Third
Edition; by Edward Bernard Fry, Ph.D, Jacqueline E. Kress, Ed.D & Dona Lee
Fountoukidis, Ed.D.
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