Vocabulary Workshop: 1000 Most Common Words in English - Numbers 1 - 250

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Rank	Word	Reference	Rank	Word	Reference
1	the	Definite and Indefinite Articles	126	name
2	of	Preposition Help	127	very
3	to	Preposition Help	128	through	Preposition Help
4	and		129	just
5	a	Definite and Indefinite Articles	130	form
6	in	Preposition Help	131	sentence
7	is		132	great	Adjective or Adverb?
8	it		133	think
9	you		134	say
10	that		135	help
11	he		136	low
12	was		137	line
13	for		138	differ
14	on	Preposition Help	139	turn
15	are		140	cause
16	with	Preposition Help	141	much
17	as		142	mean
18	I		143	before	Preposition Help
19	his		144	move
20	they		145	right
21	be		146	boy
22	at	Preposition Help	147	old	Adjective or Adverb?

23	one		148	too
24	have		149	same
25	this		150	tell
26	from	Preposition Help	151	does
27	or		152	set
28	had		153	three
29	by	Preposition Help	154	want
30	hot		155	air
31	word		156	well
32	but		157	also
33	what		158	play
34	some		159	small	Adjective or Adverb?
35	we		160	end
36	can		161	put
37	out	Preposition Help	162	home
38	other		163	read
39	were		164	hand
40	all		165	port
41	there		166	large	Adjective or Adverb?
42	when		167	spell
43	up	Preposition Help	168	add
44	use		169	even
45	your		170	land
46	how		171	here
47	said		172	must
48	an	Definite and Indefinite Articles	173	big	Adjective or Adverb?
49	each		174	high	Adjective or Adverb?
50	she		175	such
51	which		176	follow
52	do		177	act
53	their		178	why
54	time		179	ask
55	if		180	men
56	will		181	change
57	way		182	went
58	about	Preposition Help	183	light
59	many		184	kind	Adjective or Adverb?
60	then		185	off	Preposition Help
61	them		186	need
62	write		187	house
63	would		188	picture
64	like		189	try
65	so		190	us
66	these		191	again
67	her		192	animal
68	long		193	point
69	make		194	mother
70	thing		195	world
71	see		196	near	Preposition Help
72	him		197	build
73	two		198	self
74	has		199	earth
75	look		200	father
76	more		201	head
77	day		202	stand
78	could		203	own
79	go		204	page
80	come		205	should
81	did		206	country
82	number		207	found
83	sound		208	answer
84	no		209	school
85	most		210	grow
86	people		211	study
87	my		212	still
88	over	Preposition Help	213	learn
89	know		214	plant
90	water		215	cover
91	than		216	food
92	call		217	sun
93	first		218	four
94	who		219	between	Preposition Help
95	may		220	state
96	down		221	keep
97	side		222	eye
98	been		223	never
99	now		224	last
100	find		225	let
101	any		226	thought
102	new	Adjective or Adverb?	227	city
103	work		228	tree
104	part		229	cross
105	take		230	farm
106	get		231	hard	Adjective or Adverb?
107	place		232	start
108	made		233	might
109	live		234	story
110	where		235	saw
111	after	Preposition Help	236	far
112	back		237	sea
113	little		238	draw
114	only		239	left
115	round	Adjective or Adverb?	240	late	Adjective or Adverb?
116	man		241	run
117	year		242	don't
118	came		243	while
119	show		244	press
120	every		245	close
121	good	Adjective or Adverb?	246	night
122	me		247	real	Adjective or Adverb?
123	give		248	life
124	our		249	few
125	under		250	north

Many thanks to Jerry Jones for providing this list of the top 1000 most commonly used (American English) words!

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