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Based on evidence from the billion-word Oxford English Corpus, Oxford have identified the hundred commonest English words found in writing<\/strong> globally:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. the
\n2. be
\n3. to
\n4. of
\n5. and
\n6. a
\n7. in
\n8. that
\n9. have
\n10. I
\n11. it
\n12. for
\n13. not
\n14. on
\n15. with
\n16. he
\n17. as
\n18. you
\n19. do
\n20. at
\n21. this
\n22. but
\n23. his
\n24. by
\n25. from<\/td>\n		26. they
\n27. we
\n28. say
\n29. her
\n30. she
\n31. or
\n32. an
\n33. will
\n34. my
\n35. one
\n36. all
\n37. would
\n38. there
\n39. their
\n40. what
\n41. so
\n42. up
\n43. out
\n44. if
\n45. about
\n46. who
\n47. get
\n48. which
\n49. go
\n50. me<\/td>\n		51. when
\n52. make
\n53. can
\n54. like
\n55. time
\n56. no
\n57. just
\n58. him
\n59. know
\n60. take
\n61. person
\n62. into
\n63. year
\n64. your
\n65. good
\n66. some
\n67. could
\n68. them
\n69. see
\n70. other
\n71. than
\n72. then
\n73. now
\n74. look
\n75. only<\/td>\n		76. come
\n77. its
\n78. over
\n79. think
\n80. also
\n81. back
\n82. after
\n83. use
\n84. two
\n85. how
\n86. our
\n87. work
\n88. first
\n89. well
\n90. way
\n91. even
\n92. new
\n93. want
\n94. because
\n95. any
\n96. these
\n97. give
\n98. day
\n99. most
\n100. us<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source: Concise Oxford English Dictionary<\/em> (11th edition, 2006)<\/p>\n

Note that these are the commonest words found in writing, which will not necessarily be the same as in speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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