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
0301
lot
/ˈlɑt/
0302
court
/ˈkɔɹt/
0303
film
/ˈfɪlm/
0304
mother
/ˈmʌðɚ/
0305
top
/ˈtɑp/
0306
stop
/ˈstɑp/
0307
food
/ˈfud/
0308
started
/ˈstɑɹtɪd/
0309
car
/ˈkɑɹ/
0310
almost
/ˈɔlˌmoʊst/
0311
six
/ˈsɪks/
0312
several
/ˈsɛvɹəl/
0313
week
/ˈwik/
0314
leave
/ˈliv/
0315
kind
/ˈkaɪnd/
0316
coming
/ˈkʌmɪŋ/
0317
black
/ˈblæk/
0318
tell
/ˈtɛl/
0319
son
/ˈsʌn/
0320
close
/ˈkloʊs/
0321
gave
/ˈɡeɪv/
0322
others
/ˈʌðɚz/
0323
general
/ˈdʒɛnɚəl/
0324
fire
/ˈfaɪɚ/
0325
national
/ˈnæʃənəl/
0326
half
/ˈhæf/
0327
taken
/ˈteɪkən/
0328
air
/ˈɛɹ/
0329
control
/kənˈtɹoʊl/
0330
history
/ˈhɪstɚi/
0331
service
/ˈsɝvəs/
0332
including
/ˌɪnˈkludɪŋ/
0333
possible
/ˈpɑsəbəl/
0334
states
/ˈsteɪts/
0335
law
/ˈlɔ/
0336
hand
/ˈhænd/
0337
full
/ˈfʊl/
0338
actually
/ˈækˌtʃuəli/
0339
woman
/ˈwʊmən/
0340
either
/ˈiðɚ/
0341
everything
/ˈɛvɹiˌθɪŋ/
0342
south
/ˈsaʊθ/
0343
anything
/ˈɛniˌθɪŋ/
0344
taking
/ˈteɪkɪŋ/
0345
feel
/ˈfil/
0346
soon
/ˈsun/
0347
following
/ˈfɑloʊɪŋ/
0348
across
/əˈkɹɔs/
0349
information
/ˌɪnfɚˈmeɪʃən/
0350
book
/ˈbʊk/
0351
hard
/ˈhɑɹd/
0352
major
/ˈmeɪdʒɚ/
0353
due
/ˈdu/
0354
died
/ˈdaɪd/
0355
news
/ˈnuz/
0356
hold
/ˈhoʊld/
0357
white
/ˈwaɪt/
0358
town
/ˈtaʊn/
0359
light
/ˈlaɪt/
0360
whole
/ˈhoʊl/
0361
problem
/ˈpɹɑbləm/
0362
human
/ˈhjumən/
0363
local
/ˈloʊkəl/
0364
asked
/ˈæskt/
0365
makes
/ˈmeɪks/
0366
face
/ˈfeɪs/
0367
idea
/aɪˈdiə/
0368
looking
/ˈlʊkɪŋ/
0369
special
/ˈspɛʃəl/
0370
became
/bɪˈkeɪm/
0371
room
/ˈɹum/
0372
outside
/ˈaʊtˈsaɪd/
0373
past
/ˈpæst/
0374
killed
/ˈkɪld/
0375
sure
/ˈʃʊɹ/
0376
main
/ˈmeɪn/
0377
hit
/ˈhɪt/
0378
north
/ˈnɔɹθ/
0379
matter
/ˈmætɚ/
0380
report
/ɹiˈpɔɹt/
0381
turn
/ˈtɝn/
0382
friends
/ˈfɹɛndz/
0383
true
/ˈtɹu/
0384
comes
/ˈkʌmz/
0385
hours
/ˈaʊɚz/
0386
further
/ˈfɝðɚ/
0387
behind
/bɪˈhaɪnd/
0388
sometimes
/səmˈtaɪmz/
0389
himself
/hɪmˈsɛlf/
0390
return
/ɹɪˈtɝn/
0391
fact
/ˈfækt/
0392
large
/ˈlɑɹdʒ/
0393
position
/pəˈzɪʃən/
0394
rather
/ˈɹæðɚ/
0395
future
/ˈfjutʃɚ/
0396
season
/ˈsizən/
0397
third
/ˈθɝd/
0398
wife
/ˈwaɪf/
0399
king
/ˈkɪŋ/
0400
building
/ˈbɪldɪŋ/
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