The 1000 Most Common Words In English

The list gives you the top 1000 most frequently used English words in alphabetical order.


  • ability
  • able
  • about
  • above
  • accept
  • according
  • account
  • across
  • act
  • action
  • activity
  • actually
  • add
  • address
  • administration
  • admit
  • adult
  • affect
  • after
  • again
  • against
  • age
  • agency
  • agent
  • ago
  • agree
  • agreement
  • ahead
  • air
  • all
  • allow
  • almost
  • alone
  • along
  • already
  • also
  • although
  • always
  • American
  • among
  • amount
  • analysis
  • and
  • animal
  • another
  • answer
  • any
  • anyone
  • anything
  • appear
  • apply
  • approach
  • area
  • argue
  • arm
  • around
  • arrive
  • art
  • article
  • artist
  • as
  • ask
  • assume
  • at
  • attack
  • attention
  • attorney
  • audience
  • author
  • authority
  • available
  • avoid
  • away
  • baby
  • back
  • bad
  • bag
  • ball
  • bank
  • bar
  • base
  • be
  • beat
  • beautiful
  • because
  • become
  • bed
  • before
  • begin
  • behavior
  • behind
  • believe
  • benefit
  • best
  • better
  • between
  • beyond
  • big
  • bill
  • billion
  • bit
  • black
  • blood
  • blue
  • board
  • body
  • book
  • born
  • both
  • box
  • boy
  • break
  • bring
  • brother
  • budget
  • build
  • building
  • business
  • but
  • buy
  • by
  • call
  • camera
  • campaign
  • can
  • cancer
  • candidate
  • capital
  • car
  • card
  • care
  • career
  • carry
  • case
  • catch
  • cause
  • cell
  • center
  • central
  • century
  • certain
  • certainly
  • chair
  • challenge
  • chance
  • change
  • character
  • charge
  • check
  • child
  • choice
  • choose
  • church
  • citizen
  • city
  • civil
  • claim
  • class
  • clear
  • clearly
  • close
  • coach
  • cold
  • collection
  • college
  • color
  • come
  • commercial
  • common
  • community
  • company
  • compare
  • computer
  • concern
  • condition
  • conference
  • Congress
  • consider
  • consumer
  • contain
  • continue
  • control
  • cost
  • could
  • country
  • couple
  • course
  • court
  • cover
  • create
  • crime
  • cultural
  • culture
  • cup
  • current
  • customer
  • cut
  • dark
  • data
  • daughter
  • day
  • dead
  • deal
  • death
  • debate
  • decade
  • decide
  • decision
  • deep
  • defense
  • degree
  • Democrat
  • democratic
  • describe
  • design
  • despite
  • detail
  • determine
  • develop
  • development
  • die
  • difference
  • different
  • difficult
  • dinner
  • direction
  • director
  • discover
  • discuss
  • discussion
  • disease
  • do
  • doctor
  • dog
  • door
  • down
  • draw
  • dream
  • drive
  • drop
  • drug
  • during
  • each
  • early
  • east
  • easy
  • eat
  • economic
  • economy
  • edge
  • education
  • effect
  • effort
  • eight
  • either
  • election
  • else
  • employee
  • end
  • energy
  • enjoy
  • enough
  • enter
  • entire
  • environment
  • environmental
  • especially
  • establish
  • even
  • evening
  • event
  • ever
  • every
  • everybody
  • everyone
  • everything
  • evidence
  • exactly
  • example
  • executive
  • exist
  • expect
  • experience
  • expert
  • explain
  • eye
  • face
  • fact
  • factor
  • fail
  • fall
  • family
  • far
  • fast
  • father
  • fear
  • federal
  • feel
  • feeling
  • few
  • field
  • fight
  • figure
  • fill
  • film
  • final
  • finally
  • financial
  • find
  • fine
  • finger
  • finish
  • fire
  • firm
  • first
  • fish
  • five
  • floor
  • fly
  • focus
  • follow
  • food
  • foot
  • for
  • force
  • foreign
  • forget
  • form
  • former
  • forward
  • four
  • free
  • friend
  • from
  • front
  • full
  • fund
  • future
  • game
  • garden
  • gas
  • general
  • generation
  • get
  • girl
  • give
  • glass
  • go
  • goal
  • good
  • government
  • great
  • green
  • ground
  • group
  • grow
  • growth
  • guess
  • gun
  • guy
  • hair
  • half
  • hand
  • hang
  • happen
  • happy
  • hard
  • have
  • he
  • head
  • health
  • hear
  • heart
  • heat
  • heavy
  • help
  • her
  • here
  • herself
  • high
  • him
  • himself
  • his
  • history
  • hit
  • hold
  • home
  • hope
  • hospital
  • hot
  • hotel
  • hour
  • house
  • how
  • however
  • huge
  • human
  • hundred
  • husband
  • I
  • idea
  • identify
  • if
  • image
  • imagine
  • impact
  • important
  • improve
  • in
  • include
  • including
  • increase
  • indeed
  • indicate
  • individual
  • industry
  • information
  • inside
  • instead
  • institution
  • interest
  • interesting
  • international
  • interview
  • into
  • investment
  • involve
  • issue
  • it
  • item
  • its
  • itself
  • job
  • join
  • just
  • keep
  • key
  • kid
  • kill
  • kind
  • kitchen
  • know
  • knowledge
  • land
  • language
  • large
  • last
  • late
  • later
  • laugh
  • law
  • lawyer
  • lay
  • lead
  • leader
  • learn
  • least
  • leave
  • left
  • leg
  • legal
  • less
  • let
  • letter
  • level
  • lie
  • life
  • light
  • like
  • likely
  • line
  • list
  • listen
  • little
  • live
  • local
  • long
  • look
  • lose
  • loss
  • lot
  • love
  • low
  • machine
  • magazine
  • main
  • maintain
  • major
  • majority
  • make
  • man
  • manage
  • management
  • manager
  • many
  • market
  • marriage
  • material
  • matter
  • may
  • maybe
  • me
  • mean
  • measure
  • media
  • medical
  • meet
  • meeting
  • member
  • memory
  • mention
  • message
  • method
  • middle
  • might
  • military
  • million
  • mind
  • minute
  • miss
  • mission
  • model
  • modern
  • moment
  • money
  • month
  • more
  • morning
  • most
  • mother
  • mouth
  • move
  • movement
  • movie
  • Mr
  • Mrs
  • much
  • music
  • must
  • my
  • myself
  • name
  • nation
  • national
  • natural
  • nature
  • near
  • nearly
  • necessary
  • need
  • network
  • never
  • new
  • news
  • newspaper
  • next
  • nice
  • night
  • no
  • none
  • nor
  • north
  • not
  • note
  • nothing
  • notice
  • now
  • n't
  • number
  • occur
  • of
  • off
  • offer
  • office
  • officer
  • official
  • often
  • oh
  • oil
  • ok
  • old
  • on
  • once
  • one
  • only
  • onto
  • open
  • operation
  • opportunity
  • option
  • or
  • order
  • organization
  • other
  • others
  • our
  • out
  • outside
  • over
  • own
  • owner
  • page
  • pain
  • painting
  • paper
  • parent
  • part
  • participant
  • particular
  • particularly
  • partner
  • party
  • pass
  • past
  • patient
  • pattern
  • pay
  • peace
  • people
  • per
  • perform
  • performance
  • perhaps
  • period
  • person
  • personal
  • phone
  • physical
  • pick
  • picture
  • piece
  • place
  • plan
  • plant
  • play
  • player
  • PM
  • point
  • police
  • policy
  • political
  • politics
  • poor
  • popular
  • population
  • position
  • positive
  • possible
  • power
  • practice
  • prepare
  • present
  • president
  • pressure
  • pretty
  • prevent
  • price
  • private
  • probably
  • problem
  • process
  • produce
  • product
  • production
  • professional
  • professor
  • program
  • project
  • property
  • protect
  • prove
  • provide
  • public
  • pull
  • purpose
  • push
  • put
  • quality
  • question
  • quickly
  • quite
  • race
  • radio
  • raise
  • range
  • rate
  • rather
  • reach
  • read
  • ready
  • real
  • reality
  • realize
  • really
  • reason
  • receive
  • recent
  • recently
  • recognize
  • record
  • red
  • reduce
  • reflect
  • region
  • relate
  • relationship
  • religious
  • remain
  • remember
  • remove
  • report
  • represent
  • Republican
  • require
  • research
  • resource
  • respond
  • response
  • responsibility
  • rest
  • result
  • return
  • reveal
  • rich
  • right
  • rise
  • risk
  • road
  • rock
  • role
  • room
  • rule
  • run
  • safe
  • same
  • save
  • say
  • scene
  • school
  • science
  • scientist
  • score
  • sea
  • season
  • seat
  • second
  • section
  • security
  • see
  • seek
  • seem
  • sell
  • send
  • senior
  • sense
  • series
  • serious
  • serve
  • service
  • set
  • seven
  • several
  • sex
  • sexual
  • shake
  • share
  • she
  • shoot
  • short
  • shot
  • should
  • shoulder
  • show
  • side
  • sign
  • significant
  • similar
  • simple
  • simply
  • since
  • sing
  • single
  • sister
  • sit
  • site
  • situation
  • six
  • size
  • skill
  • skin
  • small
  • smile
  • so
  • social
  • society
  • soldier
  • some
  • somebody
  • someone
  • something
  • sometimes
  • son
  • song
  • soon
  • sort
  • sound
  • source
  • south
  • southern
  • space
  • speak
  • special
  • specific
  • speech
  • spend
  • sport
  • spring
  • staff
  • stage
  • stand
  • standard
  • star
  • start
  • state
  • statement
  • station
  • stay
  • step
  • still
  • stock
  • stop
  • store
  • story
  • strategy
  • street
  • strong
  • structure
  • student
  • study
  • stuff
  • style
  • subject
  • success
  • successful
  • such
  • suddenly
  • suffer
  • suggest
  • summer
  • support
  • sure
  • surface
  • system
  • table
  • take
  • talk
  • task
  • tax
  • teach
  • teacher
  • team
  • technology
  • television
  • tell
  • ten
  • tend
  • term
  • test
  • than
  • thank
  • that
  • the
  • their
  • them
  • themselves
  • then
  • theory
  • there
  • these
  • they
  • thing
  • think
  • third
  • this
  • those
  • though
  • thought
  • thousand
  • threat
  • three
  • through
  • throughout
  • throw
  • thus
  • time
  • to
  • today
  • together
  • tonight
  • too
  • top
  • total
  • tough
  • toward
  • town
  • trade
  • traditional
  • training
  • travel
  • treat
  • treatment
  • tree
  • trial
  • trip
  • trouble
  • true
  • truth
  • try
  • turn
  • TV
  • two
  • type
  • under
  • understand
  • unit
  • until
  • up
  • upon
  • us
  • use
  • usually
  • value
  • various
  • very
  • victim
  • view
  • violence
  • visit
  • voice
  • vote
  • wait
  • walk
  • wall
  • want
  • war
  • watch
  • water
  • way
  • we
  • weapon
  • wear
  • week
  • weight
  • well
  • west
  • western
  • what
  • whatever
  • when
  • where
  • whether
  • which
  • while
  • white
  • who
  • whole
  • whom
  • whose
  • why
  • wide
  • wife
  • will
  • win
  • wind
  • window
  • wish
  • with
  • within
  • without
  • woman
  • wonder
  • word
  • work
  • worker
  • world
  • worry
  • would
  • write
  • writer
  • wrong
  • yard
  • yeah
  • year
  • yes
  • yet
  • you
  • young
  • your
  • yourself