The 5,000 most common English words
Ranked by how often each word appears across film dialogue, journalism and encyclopedic prose, with the pronunciation of every word. Translations and example sentences are being written; the ranking is complete.
RankWordPronunciation
0101
make
/ˈmeɪk/
0102
us
/ˈʌs/
0103
way
/ˈweɪ/
0104
work
/ˈwɝk/
0105
being
/ˈbiɪŋ/
0106
take
/ˈteɪk/
0107
made
/ˈmeɪd/
0108
while
/ˈwaɪl/
0109
good
/ˈɡʊd/
0110
much
/ˈmʌtʃ/
0111
know
/ˈnoʊ/
0112
go
/ˈɡoʊ/
0113
through
/ˈθɹu/
0114
down
/ˈdaʊn/
0115
last
/ˈlæst/
0116
those
/ˈðoʊz/
0117
still
/ˈstɪl/
0118
day
/ˈdeɪ/
0119
here
/ˈhiɹ/
0120
come
/ˈkʌm/
0121
such
/ˈsʌtʃ/
0122
three
/ˈθɹi/
0123
should
/ˈʃʊd/
0124
life
/ˈlaɪf/
0125
year
/ˈjɪɹ/
0126
world
/ˈwɝld/
0127
around
/ɚˈaʊnd/
0128
used
/ˈjuzd/
0129
both
/ˈboʊθ/
0130
off
/ˈɔf/
0131
home
/ˈhoʊm/
0132
since
/ˈsɪns/
0133
need
/ˈnid/
0134
man
/ˈmæn/
0135
another
/əˈnʌðɚ/
0136
use
/ˈjus/
0137
going
/ˈɡoʊɪŋ/
0138
same
/ˈseɪm/
0139
never
/ˈnɛvɚ/
0140
during
/ˈdʊɹɪŋ/
0141
between
/bɪˈtwin/
0142
think
/ˈθɪŋk/
0143
long
/ˈlɔŋ/
0144
great
/ˈɡɹeɪt/
0145
too
/ˈtu/
0146
place
/ˈpleɪs/
0147
own
/ˈoʊn/
0148
little
/ˈlɪtəl/
0149
each
/ˈitʃ/
0150
want
/ˈwɑnt/
0151
found
/ˈfaʊnd/
0152
part
/ˈpɑɹt/
0153
help
/ˈhɛlp/
0154
must
/ˈmʌst/
0155
got
/ˈɡɑt/
0156
say
/ˈseɪ/
0157
called
/ˈkɔld/
0158
city
/ˈsɪti/
0159
every
/ˈɛvɚi/
0160
under
/ˈʌndɚ/
0161
left
/ˈlɛft/
0162
against
/əˈɡɛnst/
0163
does
/ˈdʌz/
0164
family
/ˈfæməli/
0165
second
/ˈsɛkənd/
0166
again
/əˈɡɛn/
0167
end
/ˈɛnd/
0168
why
/ˈwaɪ/
0169
next
/ˈnɛkst/
0170
later
/ˈleɪtɚ/
0171
number
/ˈnʌmbɚ/
0172
without
/wɪˈθaʊt/
0173
show
/ˈʃoʊ/
0174
look
/ˈlʊk/
0175
love
/ˈlʌv/
0176
house
/ˈhaʊs/
0177
set
/ˈsɛt/
0178
game
/ˈɡeɪm/
0179
until
/ənˈtɪl/
0180
high
/ˈhaɪ/
0181
name
/ˈneɪm/
0182
always
/ˈɔlˌweɪz/
0183
really
/ˈɹɪli/
0184
best
/ˈbɛst/
0185
state
/ˈsteɪt/
0186
give
/ˈɡɪv/
0187
away
/əˈweɪ/
0188
something
/ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
0189
school
/ˈskul/
0190
different
/ˈdɪfɚənt/
0191
put
/ˈpʊt/
0192
came
/ˈkeɪm/
0193
few
/ˈfju/
0194
find
/ˈfaɪnd/
0195
took
/ˈtʊk/
0196
better
/ˈbɛtɚ/
0197
four
/ˈfɔɹ/
0198
old
/ˈoʊld/
0199
told
/ˈtoʊld/
0200
night
/ˈnaɪt/
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