3000 Most Commonly Used Words in the USA in Frequency Order

Words 1 to 100

  1. the
  2. of
  3. and
  4. a
  5. to
  6. in
  7. is
  8. you
  9. that
  10. it
  11. he
  12. for
  13. was
  14. on
  15. are
  16. as
  17. with
  18. his
  19. they
  20. at
  1. be
  2. this
  3. from
  4. I
  5. have
  6. or
  7. by
  8. one
  9. had
  10. not
  11. but
  12. what
  13. all
  14. were
  15. when
  16. we
  17. there
  18. can
  19. an
  20. your
  1. which
  2. their
  3. said
  4. if
  5. do
  6. will
  7. each
  8. about
  9. how
  10. up
  11. out
  12. them
  13. then
  14. she
  15. many
  16. some
  17. so
  18. these
  19. would
  20. other
  1. into
  2. has
  3. more
  4. her
  5. two
  6. like
  7. him
  8. see
  9. time
  10. could
  11. no
  12. make
  13. than
  14. first
  15. been
  16. its
  17. who
  18. now
  19. people
  20. my
  1. made
  2. over
  3. did
  4. down
  5. only
  6. way
  7. find
  8. use
  9. may
  10. water
  11. long
  12. little
  13. very
  14. after
  15. words
  16. called
  17. just
  18. where
  19. most
  20. know

 

3000 Most Commonly Used Words in the USA in Frequency Order

Words 100 to 200
  1. get
  2. through
  3. back
  4. much
  5. before
  6. go
  7. good
  8. new
  9. write
  10. our
  11. used
  12. me
  13. man
  14. too
  15. any
  16. day
  17. same
  18. right
  19. look
  20. think
  1. also
  2. around
  3. another
  4. came
  5. come
  6. work
  7. three
  8. word
  9. must
  10. because
  11. does
  12. part
  13. even
  14. place
  15. well
  16. such
  17. here
  18. take
  19. why
  20. things
  1. help
  2. put
  3. years
  4. different
  5. away
  6. again
  7. off
  8. went
  9. old
  10. number
  11. great
  12. tell
  13. men
  14. say
  15. small
  16. every
  17. found
  18. still
  19. between
  20. name
  1. should
  2. Mr.
  3. home
  4. big
  5. give
  6. air
  7. line
  8. set
  9. own
  10. under
  11. read
  12. last
  13. never
  14. us
  15. left
  16. end
  17. along
  18. while
  19. might
  20. next
  1. sound
  2. below
  3. saw
  4. something
  5. thought
  6. both
  7. few
  8. those
  9. always
  10. looked
  11. show
  12. large
  13. often
  14. together
  15. asked
  16. house
  17. don't
  18. world
  19. going
  20. want
 

3000 Most Commonly Used Words in the USA in Frequency Order

Words 200 to 300

  1. school
  2. important
  3. until
  4. 1
  5. form
  6. food
  7. keep
  8. children
  9. feet
  10. land
  11. side
  12. without
  13. boy
  14. once
  15. animals
  16. life
  17. enough
  18. took
  19. sometimes
  20. four
  1. head
  2. above
  3. kind
  4. began
  5. almost
  6. live
  7. page
  8. got
  9. earth
  10. need
  11. far
  12. hand
  13. high
  14. year
  15. mother
  16. light
  17. parts
  18. country
  19. father
  20. let
  1. night
  2. following
  3. 2
  4. picture
  5. being
  6. study
  7. second
  8. eyes
  9. soon
  10. times
  11. story
  12. boys
  13. since
  14. white
  15. days
  16. ever
  17. paper
  18. hard
  19. near
  20. sentence
  1. better
  2. best
  3. across
  4. during
  5. today
  6. others
  7. however
  8. sure
  9. means
  10. knew
  11. it's
  12. try
  13. told
  14. young
  15. miles
  16. sun
  17. ways
  18. thing
  19. whole
  20. hear
  1. example
  2. heard
  3. several
  4. change
  5. answer
  6. room
  7. sea
  8. against
  9. top
  10. turned
  11. 3
  12. learn
  13. point
  14. city
  15. play
  16. toward
  17. five
  18. using
  19. himself
  20. usually

 

3000 Most Commonly Used Words in the USA in Frequency Order

Words 300 to 400

  1. money
  2. seen
  3. didn't
  4. car
  5. morning
  6. given
  7. trees
  8. I'm
  9. body
  10. upon
  11. family
  12. later
  13. turn
  14. move
  15. face
  16. door
  17. cut
  18. done
  19. group
  20. true
  1. half
  2. sentences
  3. red
  4. fish
  5. plants
  6. living
  7. wanted
  8. black
  9. eat
  10. short
  11. United States
  12. run
  13. kinds
  14. book
  15. gave
  16. order
  17. open
  18. ground
  19. lines
  20. cold
  1. really
  2. table
  3. remember
  4. tree
  5. 000
  6. course
  7. front
  8. known
  9. American
  10. space
  11. inside
  12. ago
  13. making
  14. Mrs.
  15. early
  16. I'll
  17. learned
  18. brought
  19. close
  20. nothing
  1. though
  2. started
  3. idea
  4. call
  5. lived
  6. makes
  7. became
  8. looking
  9. add
  10. become
  11. grow
  12. draw
  13. yet
  14. hands
  15. less
  16. John
  17. wind
  18. places
  19. behind
  20. cannot
  1. letter
  2. among
  3. 4
  4. A
  5. letters
  6. comes
  7. able
  8. dog
  9. shown
  10. mean
  11. English
  12. rest
  13. perhaps
  14. certain
  15. six
  16. feel
  17. fire
  18. ready
  19. green
  20. yes

 

3000 Most Commonly Used Words in the USA in Frequency Order

Words 400 to 500

  1. built
  2. special
  3. ran
  4. full
  5. town
  6. complete
  7. oh
  8. person
  9. hot
  10. anything
  11. hold
  12. state
  13. list
  14. stood
  15. hundred
  16. shows
  17. ten
  18. fast
  19. seemed
  20. felt
  1. kept
  2. America
  3. notice
  4. can't
  5. strong
  6. voice
  7. probably
  8. needed
  9. birds
  10. area
  11. horse
  12. Indians
  13. sounds
  14. matter
  15. stand
  16. box
  17. start
  18. that's
  19. class
  20. piece
  1. slowly
  2. surface
  3. river
  4. numbers
  5. common
  6. stop
  7. am
  8. talk
  9. quickly
  10. whether
  11. fine
  12. 5
  13. round
  14. dark
  15. girls
  16. past
  17. ball
  18. girl
  19. tried
  20. road
  1. questions
  2. blue
  3. meaning
  4. coming
  5. instead
  6. either
  7. held
  8. friends
  9. already
  10. warm
  11. taken
  12. gone
  13. finally
  14. summer
  15. understand
  16. moon
  17. animal
  18. mind
  19. outside
  20. power
  1. says
  2. problem
  3. longer
  4. winter
  5. Indian
  6. deep
  7. mountains
  8. heavy
  9. carefully
  10. follow
  11. beautiful
  12. beginning
  13. moved
  14. everyone
  15. leave
  16. everything
  17. game
  18. system
  19. bring
  20. watch

 

3000 Most Commonly Used Words in the USA in Frequency Order

Words 500 to 600

  1. shall
  2. dry
  3. hours
  4. written
  5. 10
  6. stopped
  7. within
  8. floor
  9. Bill
  10. ice
  11. ship
  12. themselves
  13. begin
  14. fact
  15. third
  16. quite
  17. carry
  18. goes
  19. distance
  20. although
  1. added
  2. doing
  3. sat
  4. pictures
  5. possible
  6. names
  7. heart
  8. having
  9. writing
  10. real
  11. simple
  12. snow
  13. getting
  14. rain
  15. suddenly
  16. easy
  17. leaves
  18. lay
  19. size
  20. wild
  1. weather
  2. Mother
  3. Miss
  4. carried
  5. pattern
  6. sky
  7. walked
  8. 6
  9. main
  10. someone
  11. ones
  12. center
  13. named
  14. field
  15. stay
  16. itself
  17. worked
  18. boat
  19. building
  20. question
  1. wide
  2. let's
  3. least
  4. problem
  5. followed
  6. books
  7. tiny
  8. hour
  9. B
  10. happened
  11. foot
  12. plant
  13. moving
  14. care
  15. low
  16. else
  17. gold
  18. build
  19. glass
  20. rock
  1. tall
  2. covered
  3. alone
  4. reached
  5. bottom
  6. walk
  7. forms
  8. takes
  9. check
  10. reading
  11. fall
  12. poor
  13. map
  14. scientists
  15. friend
  16. o
  17. language
  18. job
  19. points
  20. music

 

3000 Most Commonly Used Words in the USA in Frequency Order

Words 600 to 700

  1. buy
  2. window
  3. mark
  4. ideas
  5. heat
  6. grew
  7. listen
  8. ask
  9. changes
  10. single
  11. French
  12. clear
  13. Tom
  14. energy
  15. week
  16. explain
  17. passed
  18. lost
  19. spring
  20. travel
  1. wrote
  2. cities
  3. farm
  4. circle
  5. cried
  6. whose
  7. correct
  8. bed
  9. working
  10. measure
  11. straight
  12. base
  13. mountain
  14. caught
  15. hair
  16. bird
  17. per
  18. wood
  19. running
  20. color
  1. South
  2. groups
  3. war
  4. members
  5. fly
  6. yourself
  7. decided
  8. seem
  9. thus
  10. legs
  11. nearly
  12. square
  13. England
  14. moment
  15. North
  16. teacher
  17. happy
  18. changed
  19. products
  20. C
  1. bright
  2. sent
  3. present
  4. plan
  5. rather
  6. length
  7. look
  8. speed
  9. machine
  10. information
  11. except
  12. figure
  13. you're
  14. minutes
  15. free
  16. fell
  17. suppose
  18. natural
  19. ocean
  20. government
  1. lives
  2. trying
  3. horses
  4. The
  5. s
  6. baby
  7. taking
  8. grass
  9. plane
  10. pieces
  11. sides
  12. pulled
  13. 8
  14. inches
  15. street
  16. George
  17. couldn't
  18. reason
  19. difference
  20. tells

 

3000 Most Commonly Used Words in the USA in Frequency Order

Words 700 to 800

  1. maybe
  2. larger
  3. history
  4. mouth
  5. middle
  6. step
  7. thousands
  8. steps
  9. cars
  10. child
  11. opened
  12. thinking
  13. strange
  14. eggs
  15. wish
  16. soil
  17. human
  18. trip
  19. woman
  20. eye
  1. milk
  2. choose
  3. north
  4. discovered
  5. houses
  6. seven
  7. easily
  8. famous
  9. pages
  10. late
  11. rocks
  12. flowers
  13. pay
  14. sleep
  15. iron
  16. trouble
  17. store
  18. beside
  19. oil
  20. modern
  1. filled
  2. fun
  3. catch
  4. growing
  5. business
  6. countries
  7. helped
  8. gives
  9. exactly
  10. Jim
  11. King
  12. reach
  13. lot
  14. won't
  15. answered
  16. case
  17. speak
  18. shape
  19. eight
  20. edge
  1. seems
  2. soft
  3. interesting
  4. watched
  5. formed
  6. stories
  7. village
  8. object
  9. stars
  10. placed
  11. Joe
  12. age
  13. minute
  14. wall
  15. b
  16. meet
  17. record
  18. copy
  19. forest
  20. River
  1. months
  2. especially
  3. dogs
  4. necessary
  5. lower
  6. smaller
  7. he's
  8. unit
  9. flat
  10. 7
  11. direction
  12. south
  13. subject
  14. skin
  15. wasn't
  16. I've
  17. Europe
  18. New York
  19. yellow
  20. ships

 

3000 Most Commonly Used Words in the USA in Frequency Order

Words 800 to 900

  1. forward
  2. huge
  3. needs
  4. closed
  5. ride
  6. region
  7. largest
  8. answers
  9. nor
  10. period
  11. finished
  12. blood
  13. rich
  14. team
  15. waves
  16. corner
  17. Mary
  18. cat
  19. amount
  20. liked
  1. garden
  2. led
  3. more
  4. arms
  5. party
  6. force
  7. test
  8. bad
  9. temperature
  10. pair
  11. ahead
  12. wrong
  13. practice
  14. sand
  15. tail
  16. wait
  17. difficult
  18. general
  19. cover
  20. areas
  1. material
  2. talking
  3. isn't
  4. thousand
  5. sign
  6. examples
  7. guess
  8. begins
  9. various
  10. race
  11. developed
  12. bit
  13. clothes
  14. uses
  15. result
  16. greater
  17. fields
  18. New
  19. brother
  20. addition
  1. doesn't
  2. states
  3. dead
  4. weight
  5. thin
  6. stone
  7. hit
  8. wife
  9. played
  10. island
  11. standing
  12. there's
  13. we'll
  14. opposite
  15. born
  16. sense
  17. cattle
  18. million
  19. anyone
  20. rule
  1. science
  2. helps
  3. farmers
  4. afraid
  5. women
  6. produce
  7. pull
  8. son
  9. meant
  10. broken
  11. interest
  12. ends
  13. woods
  14. Henry
  15. chance
  16. homes
  17. thick
  18. sight
  19. pretty
  20. 12

 

3000 Most Commonly Used Words in the USA in Frequency Order

Words 900 to 1000

  1. train
  2. sets
  3. fresh
  4. faster
  5. Washington
  6. drive
  7. lead
  8. break
  9. sit
  10. bought
  11. hundreds
  12. radio
  13. method
  14. gets
  15. king
  16. similar
  17. return
  18. corn
  19. decide
  20. position
  1. bear
  2. hope
  3. song
  4. engine
  5. missing
  6. France
  7. board
  8. playing
  9. control
  10. spread
  11. knows
  12. evening
  13. brown
  14. picked
  15. clean
  16. wouldn't
  17. section
  18. spent
  19. Dan
  20. ring
  1. higher
  2. raised
  3. 9
  4. weeks
  5. teeth