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This is a list of the 1,000 most commonly spoken English words and their meaning.

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1000 Most Common English Words

 

Number   in English
1   as
2   I
3   his
4   that
5   he
6   was
7   for
8   on
9   are
10   with
11   they
12   be
13   at
14   one
15   have
16   this
17   from
18   by
19   hot
20   word
21   but
22   what
23   some
24   is
25   it
26   you
27   or
28   had
29   the
30   of
31   to
32   and
33   a
34   in
35   we
36   can
37   out
38   other
39   were
40   which
41   do
42   their
43   time
44   if
45   will
46   how
47   said
48   an
49   each
50   tell
51   does
52   set
53   three
54   want
55   air
56   well
57   also
58   play
59   small
60   end
61   put
62   home
63   read
64   hand
65   port
66   large
67   spell
68   add
69   even
70   land
71   here
72   must
73   big
74   high
75   such
76   follow
77   act
78   why
79   ask
80   men
81   change
82   went
83   light
84   kind
85   off
86   need
87   house
88   picture
89   try
90   us
91   again
92   animal
93   point
94   mother
95   world
96   near
97   build
98   self
99   earth
100   father
101   any
102   new
103   work
104   part
105   take
106   get
107   place
108   made
109   live
110   where
111   after
112   back
113   little
114   only
115   round
116   man
117   year
118   came
119   show
120   every
121   good
122   me
123   give
124   our
125   under
126   name
127   very
128   through
129   just
130   form
131   sentence
132   great
133   think
134   say
135   help
136   low
137   line
138   differ
139   turn
140   cause
141   much
142   mean
143   before
144   move
145   right
146   boy
147   old
148   too
149   same
150   she
151   all
152   there
153   when
154   up
155   use
156   your
157   way
158   about
159   many
160   then
161   them
162   write
163   would
164   like
165   so
166   these
167   her
168   long
169   make
170   thing
171   see
172   him
173   two
174   has
175   look
176   more
177   day
178   could
179   go
180   come
181   did
182   number
183   sound
184   no
185   most
186   people
187   my
188   over
189   know
190   water
191   than
192   call
193   first
194   who
195   may
196   down
197   side
198   been
199   now
200   find
201   head
202   stand
203   own
204   page
205   should
206   country
207   found
208   answer
209   school
210   grow
211   study
212   still
213   learn
214   plant
215   cover
216   food
217   sun
218   four
219   between
220   state
221   keep
222   eye
223   never
224   last
225   let
226   thought
227   city
228   tree
229   cross
230   farm
231   hard
232   start
233   might
234   story
235   saw
236   far
237   sea
238   draw
239   left
240   late
241   run
242   don’t
243   while
244   press
245   close
246   night
247   real
248   life
249   few
250   north
251   book
252   carry
253   took
254   science
255   eat
256   room
257   friend
258   began
259   idea
260   fish
261   mountain
262   stop
263   once
264   base
265   hear
266   horse
267   cut
268   sure
269   watch
270   color
271   face
272   wood
273   main
274   open
275   seem
276   together
277   next
278   white
279   children
280   begin
281   got
282   walk
283   example
284   ease
285   paper
286   group
287   always
288   music
289   those
290   both
291   mark
292   often
293   letter
294   until
295   mile
296   river
297   car
298   feet
299   care
300   second
301   enough
302   plain
303   girl
304   usual
305   young
306   ready
307   above
308   ever
309   red
310   list
311   though
312   feel
313   talk
314   bird
315   soon
316   body
317   dog
318   family
319   direct
320   pose
321   leave
322   song
323   measure
324   door
325   product
326   black
327   short
328   numeral
329   class
330   wind
331   question
332   happen
333   complete
334   ship
335   area
336   half
337   rock
338   order
339   fire
340   south
341   problem
342   piece
343   told
344   knew
345   pass
346   since
347   top
348   whole
349   king
350   street
351   inch
352   multiply
353   nothing
354   course
355   stay
356   wheel
357   full
358   force
359   blue
360   object
361   decide
362   surface
363   deep
364   moon
365   island
366   foot
367   system
368   busy
369   test
370   record
371   boat
372   common
373   gold
374   possible
375   plane
376   stead
377   dry
378   wonder
379   laugh
380   thousand
381   ago
382   ran
383   check
384   game
385   shape
386   equate
387   hot
388   miss
389   brought
390   heat
391   snow
392   tire
393   bring
394   yes
395   distant
396   fill
397   east
398   paint
399   language
400   among
401   unit
402   power
403   town
404   fine
405   certain
406   fly
407   fall
408   lead
409   cry
410   dark
411   machine
412   note
413   wait
414   plan
415   figure
416   star
417   box
418   noun
419   field
420   rest
421   correct
422   able
423   pound
424   done
425   beauty
426   drive
427   stood
428   contain
429   front
430   teach
431   week
432   final
433   gave
434   green
435   oh
436   quick
437   develop
438   ocean
439   warm
440   free
441   minute
442   strong
443   special
444   mind
445   behind
446   clear
447   tail
448   produce
449   fact
450   space
451   heard
452   best
453   hour
454   better
455   true
456   during
457   hundred
458   five
459   remember
460   step
461   early
462   hold
463   west
464   ground
465   interest
466   reach
467   fast
468   verb
469   sing
470   listen
471   six
472   table
473   travel
474   less
475   morning
476   ten
477   simple
478   several
479   vowel
480   toward
481   war
482   lay
483   against
484   pattern
485   slow
486   center
487   love
488   person
489   money
490   serve
491   appear
492   road
493   map
494   rain
495   rule
496   govern
497   pull
498   cold
499   notice
500   voice
501   energy
502   hunt
503   probable
504   bed
505   brother
506   egg
507   ride
508   cell
509   believe
510   perhaps
511   pick
512   sudden
513   count
514   square
515   reason
516   length
517   represent
518   art
519   subject
520   region
521   size
522   vary
523   settle
524   speak
525   weight
526   general
527   ice
528   matter
529   circle
530   pair
531   include
532   divide
533   syllable
534   felt
535   grand
536   ball
537   yet
538   wave
539   drop
540   heart
541   am
542   present
543   heavy
544   dance
545   engine
546   position
547   arm
548   wide
549   sail
550   material
551   fraction
552   forest
553   sit
554   race
555   window
556   store
557   summer
558   train
559   sleep
560   prove
561   lone
562   leg
563   exercise
564   wall
565   catch
566   mount
567   wish
568   sky
569   board
570   joy
571   winter
572   sat
573   written
574   wild
575   instrument
576   kept
577   glass
578   grass
579   cow
580   job
581   edge
582   sign
583   visit
584   past
585   soft
586   fun
587   bright
588   gas
589   weather
590   month
591   million
592   bear
593   finish
594   happy
595   hope
596   flower
597   clothe
598   strange
599   gone
600   trade
601   melody
602   trip
603   office
604   receive
605   row
606   mouth
607   exact
608   symbol
609   die
610   least
611   trouble
612   shout
613   except
614   wrote
615   seed
616   tone
617   join
618   suggest
619   clean
620   break
621   lady
622   yard
623   rise
624   bad
625   blow
626   oil
627   blood
628   touch
629   grew
630   cent
631   mix
632   team
633   wire
634   cost
635   lost
636   brown
637   wear
638   garden
639   equal
640   sent
641   choose
642   fell
643   fit
644   flow
645   fair
646   bank
647   collect
648   save
649   control
650   decimal
651   ear
652   else
653   quite
654   broke
655   case
656   middle
657   kill
658   son
659   lake
660   moment
661   scale
662   loud
663   spring
664   observe
665   child
666   straight
667   consonant
668   nation
669   dictionary
670   milk
671   speed
672   method
673   organ
674   pay
675   age
676   section
677   dress
678   cloud
679   surprise
680   quiet
681   stone
682   tiny
683   climb
684   cool
685   design
686   poor
687   lot
688   experiment
689   bottom
690   key
691   iron
692   single
693   stick
694   flat
695   twenty
696   skin
697   smile
698   crease
699   hole
700   jump
701   baby
702   eight
703   village
704   meet
705   root
706   buy
707   raise
708   solve
709   metal
710   whether
711   push
712   seven
713   paragraph
714   third
715   shall
716   held
717   hair
718   describe
719   cook
720   floor
721   either
722   result
723   burn
724   hill
725   safe
726   cat
727   century
728   consider
729   type
730   law
731   bit
732   coast
733   copy
734   phrase
735   silent
736   tall
737   sand
738   soil
739   roll
740   temperature
741   finger
742   industry
743   value
744   fight
745   lie
746   beat
747   excite
748   natural
749   view
750   sense
751   capital
752   won’t
753   chair
754   danger
755   fruit
756   rich
757   thick
758   soldier
759   process
760   operate
761   practice
762   separate
763   difficult
764   doctor
765   please
766   protect
767   noon
768   crop
769   modern
770   element
771   hit
772   student
773   corner
774   party
775   supply
776   whose
777   locate
778   ring
779   character
780   insect
781   caught
782   period
783   indicate
784   radio
785   spoke
786   atom
787   human
788   history
789   effect
790   electric
791   expect
792   bone
793   rail
794   imagine
795   provide
796   agree
797   thus
798   gentle
799   woman
800   captain
801   guess
802   necessary
803   sharp
804   wing
805   create
806   neighbor
807   wash
808   bat
809   rather
810   crowd
811   corn
812   compare
813   poem
814   string
815   bell
816   depend
817   meat
818   rub
819   tube
820   famous
921   dollar
822   stream
823   fear
284   sight
825   thin
826   triangle
827   planet
828   hurry
829   chief
830   colony
831   clock
832   mine
833   tie
834   enter
835   major
836   fresh
837   search
838   send
839   yellow
840   gun
841   allow
842   print
843   dead
844   spot
845   desert
846   suit
847   current
848   lift
840   rose
850   arrive
851   master
852   track
853   parent
854   shore
855   division
856   sheet
857   substance
858   favor
859   connect
860   post
861   spend
862   chord
863   fat
864   glad
865   original
866   share
867   station
868   dad
869   bread
870   charge
871   proper
872   bar
873   offer
874   segment
875   slave
876   duck
877   instant
878   market
879   degree
880   populate
881   chick
882   dear
883   enemy
884   reply
885   drink
886   occur
887   support
888   speech
889   nature
890   range
891   steam
892   motion
893   path
894   liquid
895   log
896   meant
897   quotient
898   teeth
899   shell
900   neck
901   oxygen
902   sugar
903   death
904   pretty
905   skill
906   women
907   season
908   solution
909   magnet
910   silver
911   thank
912   branch
913   match
914   suffix
915   especially
916   fig
917   afraid
918   huge
919   sister
920   steel
921   discuss
922   forward
923   similar
924   guide
925   experience
926   score
927   apple
928   bought
929   led
930   pitch
931   coat
932   mass
933   card
934   band
935   rope
936   slip
937   win
938   dream
939   evening
940   condition
941   feed
942   tool
943   total
944   basic
945   smell
946   valley
947   nor
948   double
949   seat
950   continue
951   block
952   chart
953   hat
954   sell
955   success
956   company
957   subtract
958   event
959   particular
960   deal
961   swim
962   term
963   opposite
964   wife
965   shoe
966   shoulder
967   spread
968   arrange
969   camp
970   invent
971   cotton
972   born
973   determine
974   quart
975   nine
976   truck
977   noise
978   level
979   chance
980   gather
981   shop
982   stretch
983   throw
984   shine
985   property
986   column
987   molecule
988   select
989   wrong
990   gray
991   repeat
992   require
993   broad
994   prepare
995   salt
996   nose
997   plural
998   anger
999   claim
1000   continent

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