LIST OF THE 3,000 MOST COMMON WORDS IN ENGLISH

a administrator all
abandon admire alliance
ability admission allow
able admit ally
abortion adolescent almost
about adopt alone
above adult along
abroad advance already
absence advanced also
absolute advantage alter
absolutely adventure alternative
absorb advertising although
abuse advice always
academic advise AM
accept adviser amazing
access advocate American
accident affair among
accompany affect amount
accomplish afford analysis
according afraid analyst
account African analyze
accurate African-American ancient
accuse after and
achieve afternoon anger
achievement again angle
acid against angry
acknowledge age animal
acquire agency anniversary
across agenda announce
act agent annual
action aggressive another
active ago answer
activist agree anticipate
activity agreement anxiety
actor agricultural any
actress ah anybody
actual ahead anymore
actually aid anyone
ad aide anything
adapt AIDS anyway
add aim anywhere
addition air apart
additional aircraft apartment
address airline apparent
adequate airport apparently
adjust album appeal
adjustment alcohol appear
administration alive appearance
apple association baseball
application assume basic
apply assumption basically
appoint assure basis
appointment at basket
appreciate athlete basketball
approach athletic bathroom
appropriate atmosphere battery
approval attach battle
approve attack be
approximately attempt beach
Arab attend bean
architect attention bear
area attitude beat
argue attorney beautiful
argument attract beauty
arise attractive because
arm attribute become
armed audience bed
army author bedroom
around authority beer
arrange auto before
arrangement available begin
arrest average beginning
arrival avoid behavior
arrive award behind
art aware being
article awareness belief
artist away believe
artistic awful bell
as baby belong
Asian back below
aside background belt
ask bad bench
asleep badly bend
aspect bag beneath
assault bake benefit
assert balance beside
assess ball besides
assessment ban best
asset band bet
assign bank better
assignment bar between
assist barely beyond
assistance barrel Bible
assistant barrier big
associate base bike
bill breast candidate
billion breath cap
bind breathe capability
biological brick capable
bird bridge capacity
birth brief capital
birthday briefly captain
bit bright capture
bite brilliant car
black bring carbon
blade British card
blame broad care
blanket broken career
blind brother careful
block brown carefully
blood brush carrier
blow buck carry
blue budget case
board build cash
boat building cast
body bullet cat
bomb bunch catch
bombing burden category
bond burn Catholic
bone bury cause
book bus ceiling
boom business celebrate
boot busy celebration
border but celebrity
born butter cell
borrow button center
boss buy central
both buyer century
bother by CEO
bottle cabin ceremony
bottom cabinet certain
boundary cable certainly
bowl cake chain
box calculate chair
boy call chairman
boyfriend camera challenge
brain camp chamber
branch campaign champion
brand campus championship
bread can chance
break Canadian change
breakfast cancer changing
channel clinic community
chapter clinical company
character clock compare
characteristic close comparison
characterize closely compete
charge closer competition
charity clothes competitive
chart clothing competitor
chase cloud complain
cheap club complaint
check clue complete
cheek cluster completely
cheese coach complex
chef coal complicated
chemical coalition component
chest coast compose
chicken coat composition
chief code comprehensive
child coffee computer
childhood cognitive concentrate
Chinese cold concentration
chip collapse concept
chocolate colleague concern
choice collect concerned
cholesterol collection concert
choose collective conclude
Christian college conclusion
Christmas colonial concrete
church color condition
cigarette column conduct
circle combination conference
circumstance combine confidence
cite come confident
citizen comedy confirm
city comfort conflict
civil comfortable confront
civilian command confusion
claim commander Congress
class comment congressional
classic commercial connect
classroom commission connection
clean commit consciousness
clear commitment consensus
clearly committee consequence
client common conservative
climate communicate consider
climb communication considerable
consideration corporation cup
consist correct curious
consistent correspondent current
constant cost currently
constantly cotton curriculum
constitute couch custom
constitutional could customer
construct council cut
construction counselor cycle
consultant count dad
consume counter daily
consumer country damage
consumption county dance
contact couple danger
contain courage dangerous
container course dare
contemporary court dark
content cousin darkness
contest cover data
context coverage date
continue cow daughter
continued crack day
contract craft dead
contrast crash deal
contribute crazy dealer
contribution cream dear
control create death
controversial creation debate
controversy creative debt
convention creature decade
conventional credit decide
conversation crew decision
convert crime deck
conviction criminal declare
convince crisis decline
cook criteria decrease
cookie critic deep
cooking critical deeply
cool criticism deer
cooperation criticize defeat
cop crop defend
cope cross defendant
copy crowd defense
core crucial defensive
corn cry deficit
corner cultural define
corporate culture definitely
definition different doctor
degree differently document
delay difficult dog
deliver difficulty domestic
delivery dig dominant
demand digital dominate
democracy dimension door
Democrat dining double
democratic dinner doubt
demonstrate direct down
demonstration direction downtown
deny directly dozen
department director draft
depend dirt drag
dependent dirty drama
depending disability dramatic
depict disagree dramatically
depression disappear draw
depth disaster drawing
deputy discipline dream
derive discourse dress
describe discover drink
description discovery drive
desert discrimination driver
deserve discuss drop
design discussion drug
designer disease dry
desire dish due
desk dismiss during
desperate disorder dust
despite display duty
destroy dispute each
destruction distance eager
detail distant ear
detailed distinct early
detect distinction earn
determine distinguish earnings
develop distribute earth
developing distribution ease
development district easily
device diverse east
devote diversity eastern
dialogue divide easy
die division eat
diet divorce economic
differ DNA economics
difference do economist
economy enemy ever
edge energy every
edition enforcement everybody
editor engage everyday
educate engine everyone
education engineer everything
educational engineering everywhere
educator English evidence
effect enhance evolution
effective enjoy evolve
effectively enormous exact
efficiency enough exactly
efficient ensure examination
effort enter examine
egg enterprise example
eight entertainment exceed
either entire excellent
elderly entirely except
elect entrance exception
election entry exchange
electric environment exciting
electricity environmental executive
electronic episode exercise
element equal exhibit
elementary equally exhibition
eliminate equipment exist
elite era existence
else error existing
elsewhere escape expand
e-mail especially expansion
embrace essay expect
emerge essential expectation
emergency essentially expense
emission establish expensive
emotion establishment experience
emotional estate experiment
emphasis estimate expert
emphasize etc explain
employ ethics explanation
employee ethnic explode
employer European explore
employment evaluate explosion
empty evaluation expose
enable even exposure
encounter evening express
encourage event expression
end eventually extend
extension fellow fly
extensive female focus
extent fence folk
external few follow
extra fewer following
extraordinary fiber food
extreme fiction foot
extremely field football
eye fifteen for
fabric fifth force
face fifty foreign
facility fight forest
fact fighter forever
factor fighting forget
factory figure form
faculty file formal
fade fill formation
fail film former
failure final formula
fair finally forth
fairly finance fortune
faith financial forward
fall find found
false finding foundation
familiar fine founder
family finger four
famous finish fourth
fan fire frame
fantasy firm framework
far first free
farm fish freedom
farmer fishing freeze
fashion fit French
fast fitness frequency
fat five frequent
fate fix frequently
father flag fresh
fault flame friend
favor flat friendly
favorite flavor friendship
fear flee from
feature flesh front
federal flight fruit
fee float frustration
feed floor fuel
feel flow full
feeling flower fully
fun glass hand
function global handful
fund glove handle
fundamental go hang
funding goal happen
funeral God happy
funny gold hard
furniture golden hardly
furthermore golf hat
future good hate
gain government have
galaxy governor he
gallery grab head
game grade headline
gang gradually headquarters
gap graduate health
garage grain healthy
garden grand hear
garlic grandfather hearing
gas grandmother heart
gate grant heat
gather grass heaven
gay grave heavily
gaze gray heavy
gear great heel
gender greatest height
gene green helicopter
general grocery hell
generally ground hello
generate group help
generation grow helpful
genetic growing her
gentleman growth here
gently guarantee heritage
German guard hero
gesture guess herself
get guest hey
ghost guide hi
giant guideline hide
gift guilty high
gifted gun highlight
girl guy highly
girlfriend habit highway
give habitat hill
given hair him
glad half himself
glance hall hip
hire ie industrial
his if industry
historian ignore infant
historic ill infection
historical illegal inflation
history illness influence
hit illustrate inform
hold image information
hole imagination ingredient
holiday imagine initial
holy immediate initially
home immediately initiative
homeless immigrant injury
honest immigration inner
honey impact innocent
honor implement inquiry
hope implication inside
horizon imply insight
horror importance insist
horse important inspire
hospital impose install
host impossible instance
hot impress instead
hotel impression institution
hour impressive institutional
house improve instruction
household improvement instructor
housing in instrument
how incentive insurance
however incident intellectual
huge include intelligence
human including intend
humor income intense
hundred incorporate intensity
hungry increase intention
hunter increased interaction
hunting increasing interest
hurt increasingly interested
husband incredible interesting
hypothesis indeed internal
I independence international
ice independent Internet
idea index interpret
ideal Indian interpretation
identification indicate intervention
identify indication interview
identity individual into
introduce justify leaf
introduction keep league
invasion key lean
invest kick learn
investigate kid learning
investigation kill least
investigator killer leather
investment killing leave
investor kind left
invite king leg
involve kiss legacy
involved kitchen legal
involvement knee legend
Iraqi knife legislation
Irish knock legitimate
iron know lemon
Islamic knowledge length
island lab less
Israeli label lesson
issue labor let
it laboratory letter
Italian lack level
item lady liberal
its lake library
itself land license
jacket landscape lie
jail language life
Japanese lap lifestyle
jet large lifetime
Jew largely lift
Jewish last light
job late like
join later likely
joint Latin limit
joke latter limitation
journal laugh limited
journalist launch line
journey law link
joy lawn lip
judge lawsuit list
judgment lawyer listen
juice lay literally
jump layer literary
junior lead literature
jury leader little
just leadership live
justice leading living
load many meter
loan map method
local margin Mexican
locate mark middle
location market might
lock marketing military
long marriage milk
long-term married million
look marry mind
loose mask mine
lose mass minister
loss massive minor
lost master minority
lot match minute
lots material miracle
loud math mirror
love matter miss
lovely may missile
lover maybe mission
low mayor mistake
lower me mix
luck meal mixture
lucky mean mm-hmm
lunch meaning mode
lung meanwhile model
machine measure moderate
mad measurement modern
magazine meat modest
mail mechanism mom
main media moment
mainly medical money
maintain medication monitor
maintenance medicine month
major medium mood
majority meet moon
make meeting moral
maker member more
makeup membership moreover
male memory morning
mall mental mortgage
man mention most
manage menu mostly
management mere mother
manager merely motion
manner mess motivation
manufacturer message motor
manufacturing metal mount
mountain nerve obtain
mouse nervous obvious
mouth net obviously
move network occasion
movement never occasionally
movie nevertheless occupation
Mr new occupy
Mrs newly occur
Ms news ocean
much newspaper odd
multiple next odds
murder nice of
muscle night off
museum nine offense
music no offensive
musical nobody offer
musician nod office
Muslim noise officer
must nomination official
mutual none often
my nonetheless oh
myself nor oil
mystery normal ok
myth normally okay
naked north old
name northern Olympic
narrative nose on
narrow not once
nation note one
national nothing ongoing
native notice onion
natural notion online
naturally novel only
nature now onto
near nowhere open
nearby n't opening
nearly nuclear operate
necessarily number operating
necessary numerous operation
neck nurse operator
need nut opinion
negative object opponent
negotiate objective opportunity
negotiation obligation oppose
neighbor observation opposite
neighborhood observe opposition
neither observer option
or parking personnel
orange part perspective
order participant persuade
ordinary participate pet
organic participation phase
organization particular phenomenon
organize particularly philosophy
orientation partly phone
origin partner photo
original partnership photograph
originally party photographer
other pass phrase
others passage physical
otherwise passenger physically
ought passion physician
our past piano
ourselves patch pick
out path picture
outcome patient pie
outside pattern piece
oven pause pile
over pay pilot
overall payment pine
overcome PC pink
overlook peace pipe
owe peak pitch
own peer place
owner penalty plan
pace people plane
pack pepper planet
package per planning
page perceive plant
pain percentage plastic
painful perception plate
paint perfect platform
painter perfectly play
painting perform player
pair performance please
pale perhaps pleasure
Palestinian period plenty
palm permanent plot
pan permission plus
panel permit PM
pant person pocket
paper personal poem
parent personality poet
park personally poetry
point pregnant progress
pole preparation project
police prepare prominent
policy prescription promise
political presence promote
politically present prompt
politician presentation proof
politics preserve proper
poll president properly
pollution presidential property
pool press proportion
poor pressure proposal
pop pretend propose
popular pretty proposed
population prevent prosecutor
porch previous prospect
port previously protect
portion price protection
portrait pride protein
portray priest protest
pose primarily proud
position primary prove
positive prime provide
possess principal provider
possibility principle province
possible print provision
possibly prior psychological
post priority psychologist
pot prison psychology
potato prisoner public
potential privacy publication
potentially private publicly
pound probably publish
pour problem publisher
poverty procedure pull
powder proceed punishment
power process purchase
powerful produce pure
practical producer purpose
practice product pursue
pray production push
prayer profession put
precisely professional qualify
predict professor quality
prefer profile quarter
preference profit quarterback
pregnancy program question
quick record repeat
quickly recording repeatedly
quiet recover replace
quietly recovery reply
quit recruit report
quite red reporter
quote reduce represent
race reduction representation
racial refer representative
radical reference Republican
radio reflect reputation
rail reflection request
rain reform require
raise refugee requirement
range refuse research
rank regard researcher
rapid regarding resemble
rapidly regardless reservation
rare regime resident
rarely region resist
rate regional resistance
rather register resolution
rating regular resolve
ratio regularly resort
raw regulate resource
reach regulation respect
react reinforce respond
reaction reject respondent
read relate response
reader relation responsibility
reading relationship responsible
ready relative rest
real relatively restaurant
reality relax restore
realize release restriction
really relevant result
reason relief retain
reasonable religion retire
recall religious retirement
receive rely return
recent remain reveal
recently remaining revenue
recipe remarkable review
recognition remember revolution
recognize remind rhythm
recommend remote rice
recommendation remove rich
rid satisfy senior
ride sauce sense
rifle save sensitive
right saving sentence
ring say separate
rise scale sequence
risk scandal series
river scared serious
road scenario seriously
rock scene serve
role schedule service
roll scheme session
romantic scholar set
roof scholarship setting
room school settle
root science settlement
rope scientific seven
rose scientist several
rough scope severe
roughly score sex
round scream sexual
route screen shade
routine script shadow
row sea shake
rub search shall
rule season shape
run seat share
running second sharp
rural secret she
rush secretary sheet
Russian section shelf
sacred sector shell
sad secure shelter
safe security shift
safety see shine
sake seed ship
salad seek shirt
salary seem shit
sale segment shock
sales seize shoe
salt select shoot
same selection shooting
sample self shop
sanction sell shopping
sand Senate shore
satellite senator short
satisfaction send shortly
shot slip speak
should slow speaker
shoulder slowly special
shout small specialist
show smart species
shower smell specific
shrug smile specifically
shut smoke speech
sick smooth speed
side snap spend
sigh snow spending
sight so spin
sign so-called spirit
signal soccer spiritual
significance social split
significant society spokesman
significantly soft sport
silence software spot
silent soil spread
silver solar spring
similar soldier square
similarly solid squeeze
simple solution stability
simply solve stable
sin some staff
since somebody stage
sing somehow stair
singer someone stake
single something stand
sink sometimes standard
sir somewhat standing
sister somewhere star
sit son stare
site song start
situation soon state
six sophisticated statement
size sorry station
ski sort statistics
skill soul status
skin sound stay
sky soup steady
slave source steal
sleep south steel
slice southern step
slide Soviet stick
slight space still
slightly Spanish stir
stock sufficient talk
stomach sugar tall
stone suggest tank
stop suggestion tap
storage suicide tape
store suit target
storm summer task
story summit taste
straight sun tax
strange super taxpayer
stranger supply tea
strategic support teach
strategy supporter teacher
stream suppose teaching
street supposed team
strength Supreme tear
strengthen sure teaspoon
stress surely technical
stretch surface technique
strike surgery technology
string surprise teen
strip surprised teenager
stroke surprising telephone
strong surprisingly telescope
strongly surround television
structure survey tell
struggle survival temperature
student survive temporary
studio survivor ten
study suspect tend
stuff sustain tendency
stupid swear tennis
style sweep tension
subject sweet tent
submit swim term
subsequent swing terms
substance switch terrible
substantial symbol territory
succeed symptom terror
success system terrorism
successful table terrorist
successfully tablespoon test
such tactic testify
sudden tail testimony
suddenly take testing
sue tale text
suffer talent than
thank tobacco tree
thanks today tremendous
that toe trend
the together trial
theater tomato tribe
their tomorrow trick
them tone trip
theme tongue troop
themselves tonight trouble
then too truck
theory tool true
therapy tooth truly
there top trust
therefore topic truth
these toss try
they total tube
thick totally tunnel
thin touch turn
thing tough TV
think tour twelve
thinking tourist twenty
third tournament twice
thirty toward twin
this towards two
those tower type
though town typical
thought toy typically
thousand trace ugly
threat track ultimate
threaten trade ultimately
three tradition unable
throat traditional uncle
through traffic under
throughout tragedy undergo
throw trail understand
thus train understanding
ticket training unfortunately
tie transfer uniform
tight transform union
time transformation unique
tiny transition unit
tip translate United
tire transportation universal
tired travel universe
tissue treat university
title treatment unknown
to treaty unless
unlike virtue well
unlikely virus west
until visible western
unusual vision wet
up visit what
upon visitor whatever
upper visual wheel
urban vital when
urge voice whenever
us volume where
use volunteer whereas
used vote whether
useful voter which
user vs while
usual vulnerable whisper
usually wage white
utility wait who
vacation wake whole
valley walk whom
valuable wall whose
value wander why
variable want wide
variation war widely
variety warm widespread
various warn wife
vary warning wild
vast wash will
vegetable waste willing
vehicle watch win
venture water wind
version wave window
versus way wine
very we wing
vessel weak winner
veteran wealth winter
via wealthy wipe
victim weapon wire
victory wear wisdom
video weather wise
view wedding wish
viewer week with
village weekend withdraw
violate weekly within
violation weigh without
violence weight witness
violent welcome woman
virtually welfare wonder
wonderful
wood
wooden
word
work
worker
working
works
workshop
world
worried
worry
worth
would
wound
wrap
write
writer
writing
wrong
yard
yeah
year
yell
yellow
yes
yesterday
yet
yield
you
young
your
yours
yourself
youth
zone