Friday, January 19, 2007

The 100 Most Used English Words

The Top 100 Most Used English Words Lists
First 100 WordsDuBois Learning CenterWorld-EnglishWordCount
1thethethe
2ofofof
3andtoand
4aandto
5toaa
6ininin
7isisthat
8youitit
9thatyouis
10itthatwas
11heheI
12waswasfor
13forforon
14ononyou
15arearehe
16aswithbe
17withaswith
18hisIas
19theyhisby
20Itheyat
21atbehave
22beatare
23thisonethis
24havehavenot
25fromthisbut
26orfromhad
27oneorhis
28hadhadthey
29bybyfrom
30wordhotshe
31butbutwhich
32notsomeor
33whatwhatwe
34alltherean
35werewethere
36wecanher
37whenoutwere
38yourotherone
39canweredo
40saidallbeen
41thereyourall
42usewhentheir
43anuphas
44eachusewould
45whichwordwill
46shehowwhat
47dosaidif
48howancan
49theireachwhen
50ifsheso
51willwhichno
52updosaid
53othertheirwho
54abouttimemore
55outifabout
56manywillup
57thenwaythem
58themaboutsome
59thesemanycould
60sothenhim
61sometheminto
62herwouldits
63wouldwritethen
64makeliketwo
65likesoout
66himthesetime
67intoherlike
68timelongonly
69hasmakemy
70lookthingdid
71twoseeother
72morehimme
73writetwoyour
74gohasnow
75seelookover
76numbermorejust
77nodaymay
78waycouldthese
79couldgonew
80peoplecomealso
81mydidpeople
82thanmyany
83firstsoundknow
84waternovery
85beenmostsee
86callnumberfirst
87whowhowell
88oiloverafter
89itsknowshould
90nowwaterthan
91findthanwhere
92longcallback
93downfirsthow
94daypeopleget
95didmaymost
96getdownway
97comesidedown
98madebeenour
99maynowmade
100partfindgot

The fact of any list is that you need to understand where the samples were taken from in order to establish the frequency of use. It is rather interesting that even the top ten words vary in the various lists. And, even at spot number three, four, and five we see a variance in the word usage frequencies.

The bottom line is there is no definitive word usage list.

I wonder if Google has crunched these numbers for all of the pages they have indexed to find the most frequently used words written. I wonder how long it would take to run the program, and wonder if it is even possible to actually compute it, not just an estimate.

Jim Warholic
Professional Web Services, Internet Marketing Services

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