Top 100 Words.

Here is a list of the top 100 most commonly used words in the English language:

  1. the
  2. of
  3. and
  4. to
  5. a
  6. in
  7. is
  8. that
  9. was
  10. for
  11. on
  12. with
  13. you
  14. as
  15. i
  16. be
  17. at
  18. have
  19. it
  20. but
  21. or
  22. this
  23. from
  24. they
  25. that
  26. one
  27. all
  28. said
  29. can
  30. their
  31. will
  32. who
  33. about
  34. some
  35. out
  36. we
  37. when
  38. make
  39. do
  40. know
  41. go
  42. up
  43. come
  44. over
  45. think
  46. see
  47. now
  48. way
  49. like
  50. take
  51. after
  52. find
  53. say
  54. him
  55. her
  56. many
  57. get
  58. by
  59. could
  60. use
  61. an
  62. other
  63. into
  64. work
  65. first
  66. well
  67. about
  68. because
  69. two
  70. only
  71. new
  72. down
  73. those
  74. what
  75. very
  76. time
  77. man
  78. give
  79. most
  80. ask
  81. my
  82. see
  83. between
  84. any
  85. just
  86. long
  87. us
  88. now
  89. through
  90. him
  91. were
  92. do
  93. about
  94. know
  95. take
  96. come
  97. make
  98. thing
  99. year
  100. she

This list is based on the Oxford English Corpus, which is a massive database of text samples from a variety of sources. The words in the list are ranked by how often they appear in the corpus.

As you can see, the top 100 most common words in English are a mix of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. They are the words that we use most often in our everyday speech and writing. If you can master these words, you will be well on your way to becoming a fluent English speaker.