Top 100 words in English
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 5:35 pm
6.18% the
4.23% is, was, be, are, 's (= is), were, been, being, 're, 'm, am
2.94% of
2.68% and
2.46% a, an
1.80% in, inside (preposition)
1.62% to (infinitive verb marker)
1.37% have, has, have, 've, 's (= has), had, having, 'd (= had)
1.27% he, him, his
1.25% it, its
1.17% I, me, my
0.91% to (preposition)
0.86% they, them, their
0.86% not, n't, no (interjection)
0.83% for
0.83% you, your
0.70% she, her
0.65% with
0.64% on
0.62% that (conjunction)
0.58% this, these
0.57% that (demonstrative), those
0.55% do, did, does, done, doing
0.51% we, us, our
0.50% by
0.47% at
0.45% but (conjunction)
0.44% 's (possessive)
0.41% from
0.40% as (many parts of speech)
0.37% which
0.37% or
0.31% will, 'll
0.28% said, say, says, saying
0.25% would
0.25% what
0.23% there (existential, in "there is ..." phrases)
0.23% if
0.23% can
0.22% all
0.22% who, whose
0.21% so (adverb / conjunction)
0.20% go, went, gone, goes
0.20% more
0.19% other, another
0.19% one (numeral)
0.18% see, saw, seen, seeing
0.18% know, knew, known, knows, knowing
These 100 words make up 43% of all words in terms of usage.