The 100 Most Commonly Used Words in English

The 100 Most Commonly Used Words in English Recorded here, as indicated by the 100-million-word British National Corpus, are the 100 most regularly utilized words in English. A considerable lot of these words are work words: they stick bits of sentences together into longer syntactic units.â Where required, the grammatical form is recognized to recognize distinctive syntactic employments of the equivalent word.â thebeofandain (relational word: in the old days)to (infinitive marker: to sing)haveitto (relational word: to the country)for (relational word: for you)Ithat (relative pronoun: the book that I read)youheon (relational word: on the beach)with (relational word: with pleasure)do (action word: I do)at (relational word: at school)by (relational word: by midnight)notthis (determiner: this page)butfrom (relational word: from home)theyhis (determiner: his job)that (determiner: that song)sheorwhich (determiner: which book)as (combination: as we agreed)weansay (action word: say a prayer)will (assistant action word: I will try)wouldcan (helper action word: I can go)iftheirgo (action word: go now)what (determiner: what time)thereall (determiner: all people)get (action word: get busy)her (determiner: her job)make (action word: make money)whoas (relational word: as a child)out (intensifier: go out)up (qualifier: go up)see (action word: see the sky)know (action word: know a place)time (time: a chanc e to laugh)take (action word: take a break)themsome (determiner: some cash) couldso (qualifier: I said so)himyearinto (relational word: into the room)itsthenthink (action word: think hard)mycome (action word: come early)thanmore (modifier: more quickly)about (relational word: about you)nowlast (descriptor: last call)yourmeno (determiner: no time)other (descriptive word: other people)givejust (intensifier: just try)shouldthese (determiner: these days)peoplealsowell (intensifier: well written)any (determiner: any day)onlynew (modifier: new friend)verywhen (combination: when you go)may (helper action word: you may go)waylook (action word: look here)like (relational word: like a boat)use (action word: think carefully( (pronoun: give her)such (determiner: such problems)how (intensifier: see how)becausewhen (verb modifier: know when)as (modifier: as good)good (modifier: great time)find (action word: discover time)