General Service List - ZAKIYAMA ENGLISH · The original 1953 list had exactly 2000 headwords. Each...
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General Service List
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General Service List
Overview The GSL, or General Service List, is a list of words which were chosen because they were thought
to be of greatest 'general' use to learners of English. How frequently they occur in English was one
factor which was considered when selecting the words. The original list was compiled by Michael
West in 1953. There were several problems with this list, and it was substantially revised in 1995
by John Bauman and Brent Culligan.
The original 1953 list had exactly 2000 headwords. Each of these headwords represented a word
family (e.g. 'you' is the headword of the family 'your, yours, yourself'). Bauman and Culligan found
that many words included in the word family should, in fact, be separate headwords (e.g.
previously 'efficient' was included under the headword 'effect', but now these are two separate
headwords). By separating out some of these words, the number of words in Bauman and
Culligan's version of the GSL expanded from 2000 to 2284 headwords.
There are around 600,000 word families in the English language, more than twice the number of
the next biggest language, German. However, although the GSL has fewer than 3,000 word
families, it covers around 80% of all words in written texts (90% of words in spoken English). It was
used as the basis of EFL course books, dictionaries, and graded readers for many years. This list is
also important for anyone using the AWL (Academic Word List). When compiling the AWL, Averil
Coxhead excluded the words from the GSL. However, many of these words are still good academic
words which students need to recognise and be able to use. Examples are example, difference,
although, purpose, comparison, intend, introduction, experiment. If you focus your vocabulary
study only on the AWL, you may be missing some important and more common words from the
GSL.
GSL (by frequency) Below are the 2284 words in the General Service List (GSL). This list is in frequency order, which is
the way the words are presented by Bauman. This format is probably more useful for study than
an alphabetical list.
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1 69975 the
2 39175 be been, is, are, was, were, am
3 36432 of
4 28872 and
5 26800 a an
6 26190 to
7 21338 in
8 20033 he him, his
9 12458 have has, had
10 11247 it
11 10790 that
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12 9495 for
13 8555 they
14 8516 I me, my
15 7289 with within, without
16 7254 as
17 6976 not
18 6742 on
19 6164 she her, hers
20 5377 at
21 5307 by
22 5146 this these
23 4931 we us, our, ours
24 4695 you your, yours, yourself
25 4389 do does, did, done
26 4383 but
27 4371 from
28 4204 or
29 3560 which whichever
30 3480 one
31 3062 would
32 3002 all
33 2903 will willing, willingly, unwilling
34 2851 there
35 2793 say says, said, saying
36 2678 who whoever,
whom
37 2378 make makes, made, making, maker
38 2333 when whenever
39 2218 can could
40 2203 more moreover
41 2199 if
42 2149 no nobody,
nowhere
43 2132 man mankind men, manhood
44 2099 out
outline,
outside,
outward
45 2035 other otherwise others
46 1986 so
47 1965 what whatever
48 1940 time times, timely
49 1895 up
50 1849 go goes, gone
51 1816 about
52 1794 than
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53 1790 into
54 1782 could can
55 1773 state states, stated, stating, statement
56 1751 only
57 1698 new news,
newspaper newly
58 1673 year years, yearly
59 1618 some
60 1586 take takes, took, taken, taking
61 1577 come comes, came, coming
62 1575 these this
63 1531 know knowledge knows, knew, knowing
64 1520 see sees, seen, seeing
65 1512 use uses, used, using, useful,
usefulness, useless, user
66 1488 get gets, got
67 1430 like likely likes, liked, liking, unlike
68 1377 then
69 1361 first
70 1348 any
71 1315 work
works, worked, working,
workings, worker, workman,
workshop, workmanship
72 1314 now nowadays
73 1307 may
74 1303 such
75 1270 give gift gives, given, gave, giving
76 1239 over overcome,
overflow
77 1225 think thinks, thought, thinking, thinker
78 1203 most mostly
79 1179 even
80 1086 find finds, found, finding
81 1077 day daily, daylight days
82 1070 also
83 1070 after
84 1036 way ways, wayside
85 1030 many
86 1022 must
87 1021 look looks, looked, looking
88 1018 before
89 1018 great greatcoat, greatly, greatness
90 1017 back backward backbone, background
91 987 through throughout
92 957 long
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93 949 where wherever
94 937 much
95 915 should shall
96 906 well
97 905 people
98 903 down
99 895 own ownership owns, owned, owning, owner
100 889 just justice justly, unjust, unjustly
101 883 because
102 879 good
103 878 each
104 864 those
105 853 feel feels, felt, feeling
106 853 seem seems, seemed, seeming
107 849 how however
108 847 high
height,
heighten,
highway
109 835 too
110 835 place places, placed, placing
111 833 little
112 832 world worldwide, worldly, worldliness
113 797 very
114 792 still stillness
115 789 nation native,
international nations, national
116 784 hand
handkerchief,
handle,
handshake,
handwriting
hands, handy
117 780 old old-fashioned older, oldest
118 774 life live lives
119 771 tell tells, told, telling
120 768 write writes, wrote, writing
121 768 become becomes, became, becoming
122 761 here
123 755 show shows, shown, showing, showy
124 745 house houses, household, householder,
housewife
125 731 both
126 730 between
127 723 need necessary,
necessity
needs, needed, needing, needless,
needy
128 719 mean meantime,
meanwhile meant, meaning, means
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129 711 call calls, called, calling
130 710 develop develops, developed, developing,
development
131 707 under underneath
132 705 last
133 704 right rightly
134 703 move moves, movement
135 702 thing things
136 700 general generally
137 697 school schools
138 697 never
139 690 same
140 690 another
141 681 begin begins, began, begun, beginning,
beginnings
142 680 while whilst
143 678 number numerous numbers
144 672 part particle parts, partly, partial, partially
145 668 turn turns, turning
146 664 real realise really, reality
147 662 leave leaves, leaving
148 660 might
149 654 want wants, wanted, wanting
150 645 point points, pointed, pointer
151 639 form forms, formed, forming
152 639 off
153 638 child childhood children, childish, childlike
154 634 few
155 632 small smallness
156 629 since
157 627 against
158 614 ask asks, asked, asking
159 611 late lately later
160 611 home
homecoming,
homemade,
homework
homes, homely
161 605 interest interesting
162 605 large largely
163 601 person personal, personally
164 600 end ending, endless
165 596 open opens, opened, opening, openly
166 590 public publicly
167 589 follow follows, followed, following
168 588 during
169 584 present presence presents, presented, presenting
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170 583 without with, within
171 580 again
172 577 hold holds, held, holding, holder
173 568 govern governor governs, governed, governing,
government, governments
174 567 around
175 565 possible impossible possibly, possibility
176 564 head headache,
headdress heads, headed, heading
177 563 consider considers, considered, considering
178 560 word words
179 560 programme programmes
180 560 problem problems
181 552 however how
182 552 lead leadership leads, led, leading, leader, leaders
183 548 system systems, systematic,
systematically
184 546 set sets, setting
185 539 order orders, orderly
186 539 eye eyes, eyeing, eyed
187 538 plan plans, planned, planning
188 534 run runs, ran, running, runner
189 534 keep keeps, kept, keeping, keeper
190 534 face faces
191 534 fact facts
192 534 group groups
193 533 play plays, played, playing, player,
playground, plaything
194 531 stand stands, standing, stood
195 529 increase increases, increased, increasing
196 529 early earliness
197 528 course
198 527 change changes, changed, changing
199 523 help helps, helped, helper, helpful,
helpless
200 522 line lines
201 521 city citizen cities
202 513 put puts, putting
203 511 close closes, closing, closed
204 506 case cases
205 504 force forces, forcing, forced
206 501 meet meets, met, meeting
207 501 once
208 501 water watercourse, waterfall,
waterpipe, waterproof, waterway,
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waterworks, watery
209 498 upon
210 496 war wars
211 496 build builds, built, building
212 496 hear hears, hearing, heard, hearer
213 496 light lighten lights, lighter, lightly, lightness
214 495 unite union, unit,
unity unites, united, uniting
215 493 live life lived, living
216 492 every
everybody,
everyday,
everyone,
everything,
everywhere
217 491 country countries
218 490 bring brings, bringing, brought
219 490 centre centres, center
220 489 let
221 488 side sides, sideways
222 487 try trial tries, tried, trying
223 486 provide provides, provided, providing
224 484 continue continues, continued, continuing,
continuous, continuously
225 482 name names, nameless, namely
226 481 certain certainty certainly
227 480 power powerful
228 479 pay pays, paying, paid, unpaid,
payment
229 473 result results
230 473 question questions
231 471 study student studies, studying, studied
232 468 woman women
233 464 member membership members
234 463 until till
235 461 far faraway, farther, farthest
236 460 night tonight nights, goodnight
237 458 always
238 458 service servant, serve services, servicing, serviced
239 458 away
240 457 report reports, reported, reporting,
reporter
241 454 something
242 453 company companies
243 452 week weekday,
weekend weeks, weekly
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244 451 church
245 451 toward towards
246 451 start starts, started, starting
247 449 social society socially
248 445 room rooms
249 443 figure figures
250 441 nature natural, naturally
251 440 though although
252 438 young youngster
253 437 less lessen
254 434 enough
255 433 almost
256 432 read reads, reading, reader
257 426 include inclusive includes, included, including
258 424 president presidents
259 423 nothing
260 419 yet
261 418 better
262 417 big
263 413 boy boys
264 412 cost costs
265 412 business businesslike,
businessman businesses
266 411 value valuable values, valueless
267 409 second seconds, secondhand, secondly
268 407 why
269 406 clear clears, cleared, clearing, clearly,
clearness
270 405 expect expects, expected, expecting,
expectation
271 405 family families
272 401 complete completion completes, completed,
completing
273 401 act action, active acts, acted, acting, activity,
activities
274 401 sense sensitive senses, senseless, insensible,
sensation, sensible, sensibly
275 400 mind minds, minded, minding
276 399 experience experiences, experienced
277 396 art artist, artists, artistic
278 395 next
279 395 near nearly
280 394 direct direction,
director
directs, directed, directing,
directly
281 393 car cars
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282 393 law laws, lawful, unlawful, lawfully,
unlawfully, lawless
283 387 industry industries, industrial
284 386 important importance
285 381 girl girls
286 379 god gods, goddess, godfather,
godmother
287 378 several
288 377 matter matters
289 376 usual usually
290 373 rather
291 371 per
292 369 often
293 369 kind unkind, kindly, kindness
294 369 among amongst
295 368 white whiten
296 365 reason reasonable reasons
297 365 action act, active actions
298 364 return returns, returned, returning
299 364 foot feet, football, foothold, footpath,
footprint, footstep, footnote
300 360 care cares, cared, caring, careful,
careless
301 360 simple simplicity simply
302 359 within with, without
303 358 love lovely loves, loved, lovable, lover, loving,
lovingly
304 358 human humans
305 355 along
306 353 appear appearance,
disappear appears, appeared, appearing
307 353 doctor doctors
308 353 believe belief believes, believed, believing
309 352 speak speech speaks, speaker
310 351 active act, action actively
311 351 student study students
312 350 month months, monthly
313 349 drive drives, drove, driven
314 348 concern concerns, concerned, concerning
315 348 best
316 348 door doors
317 346 hope hopes, hoped, hopeful, hopeless
318 345 example examples
319 345 inform informs, informed, informing,
information
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320 344 body bodies, bodily, bodyguard
321 344 ever everlasting
322 343 least
323 343 probable probably, probability
324 343 understand understands, understood,
understanding
325 342 reach reaches, reached, reaching
326 340 effect effective effects
327 339 different difference differently
328 337 idea ideas
329 337 whole wholly
330 335 control controls, controlled, controlling
331 333 condition conditions
332 333 field fields
333 333 pass past passes, passed, passing
334 333 fall falls, fell, fallen,
335 332 note notebook notes, noted, notepaper
336 332 special specially
337 332 talk talked, talking, talks
338 331 particular particularly
339 330 today
340 329 measure measures, measured, measuring,
measurement, measurements
341 328 walk walks, walked, walking
342 328 teach teaches, taught, teaching,
teachings, teacher
343 327 low lower, lowland
344 327 hour hours, hourly
345 326 type types, typed, typing, typewriter,
typewrite, typist
346 326 carry carries, carrying, carried
347 324 rate rates
348 324 remain remains, remained, remaining
349 324 full
350 323 street streets
351 323 easy easily
352 323 although though
353 321 record records, recorded, recording
354 321 sit sits, sat, sitting
355 320 determine determines, determining,
determined, determination
356 315 level levels
357 313 local locally
358 312 sure surely
359 312 receive receipt receives, received, receiving,
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receiver
360 311 thus
361 309 moment momentary moments
362 308 spirit spirits
363 308 train trains, trained, training
364 308 college colleges
365 307 religion religions, religious
366 307 perhaps
367 306 music musician musical, musicals
368 306 grow growth grows, growing, grown
369 305 free freedom frees, freed, freeing, freely
370 304 cause causes, caused, causing
371 302 serve servant, service serves, served, serving
372 302 age ages
373 302 book books
374 302 board boards
375 302 recent recently
376 301 sound sounds
377 301 office officer, official offices
378 300 cut cuts, cutting
379 299 step steps
380 297 class classification,
classify
381 297 TRUE truth truly
382 297 history
383 296 position positions
384 296 above
385 295 strong strength,
strengthen strongly
386 294 friend friendly,
friendship friends
387 293 necessary necessity, need necessarily, unnecessary
388 292 add adds, adding, added
389 292 court courts, courtyard
390 291 deal deals, dealt, dealer, dealing,
dealings
391 290 tax taxes, taxed, taxing
392 289 support supports, supporting, supported
393 286 party parties
394 286 whether
395 285 either
396 285 land landlord lands, landed, landing
397 285 material materials
398 285 happen happens, happened, happening
399 285 education educate, educational
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educator
400 284 death dead deaths, deathbed
401 284 agree disagree agrees, agreed, agreeing,
agreement
402 283 arm arms, armour, unarmed
403 282 mother motherhood,
motherly mothers
404 282 across
405 281 quite
406 281 anything
407 281 town towns
408 281 past pass
409 281 view views
410 281 society social societies
411 280 manage manages, managed, managing,
management, manager
412 280 answer answers, answering, answered
413 280 break breaks, broke, breaking, breakage
414 279 organise
organises, organising, organised,
organisation, organizes,
organized, organizing,
organization
415 277 half halve
416 276 fire fires, firing
417 276 lose loss loses, losing, lost
418 275 money
419 275 stop stops, stopped, stopping,
stoppage, stopper
420 275 actual actually
421 274 already
422 274 effort
423 273 wait waiter waits, waited, waiting
424 273 department departments
425 273 able ability
426 272 political politician,
politics politically
427 271 learn learns, learned, learning
428 271 voice voices
429 269 air
430 269 together
431 269 shall should
432 269 cover covers, covered, covering
433 269 common commonly, uncommon,
commonsense
434 268 subject subjects
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435 266 draw draws
436 265 short shorten shortly, shortness
437 265 wife wives
438 265 treat treats, treated, treating
439 263 limit limits, limitation
440 262 road roads, roadside
441 262 letter letters
442 260 colour colours, colouring, color, colors,
coloring
443 260 behind
444 258 produce product,
production produces, produced, producing
445 258 send sends, sent, sending
446 258 term terms
447 257 total totals, totally
448 256 university universities
449 254 rise rises, rose, risen, rising
450 254 century centuries
451 253 success succeed successes
452 253 minute minutes
453 251 remember remembers, remembered,
remembering
454 250 purpose purposes
455 250 test testing, tests, tested
456 248 fight fights, fighter
457 247 watch watches, watched, watching,
watchful, watchfulness
458 247 situation situations
459 246 south
southeast, southeastern,
southern, southward, southwest,
southwestern
460 246 ago
461 245 difference different differences
462 245 stage stages
463 244 father fathers
464 243 table tables
465 242 rest rests, rested, resting
466 242 bear bears, bearing
467 240 entire entirely
468 240 market markets
469 240 prepare prepares, prepared, preparing,
preparation
470 240 explain explains, explained, explaining,
explanation
471 239 offer offers, offering, offered
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472 239 plant plants, planter
473 238 charge charges, charged, charging
474 238 ground grounds, groundwork
475 238 west western
476 237 picture pictures
477 237 hard harden hardness
478 234 front
479 233 lie liar lies, lied, lying
480 232 modern modernise
481 231 dark darken darkness
482 230 surface surfaces
483 230 rule ruled, rules, ruling
484 230 regard disregard regards, regarded, regarding,
regardless
485 229 dance dances, danced, dancing
486 229 peace peaceful
487 227 observe observes, observed, observing
488 227 future
489 227 wall walls
490 225 farm farms
491 225 claim claims, claimed, claiming
492 225 firm firmly, firmness
493 223 operation operate,
operator operations
494 223 further
495 223 pressure press pressures, pressured, pressuring
496 222 property
497 222 morning mornings
498 222 amount
499 221 top
500 221 outside out, outline,
outward
501 221 piece pieces
502 221 sometimes
503 220 beauty beautiful, beautifully
504 220 trade trades, trading, trader, tradesman
505 220 fear fears, feared, fearful, fearless
506 220 demand demands, demanded, demanding
507 220 wonder wonders, wondered, wondering,
wonderful, wonderfully
508 219 list lists
509 219 accept accepts, accepted, accepting
510 218 judge judges, judgment
511 218 paint paints, painted, painter, painters
512 217 mile miles, mileage, milestone
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513 217 soon sooner
514 215 responsible responsibility
515 214 allow allowance allows, allowed, allowing
516 214 secretary secretaries
517 214 heart hearts
518 213 union unit, unite,
unity unions
519 213 slow slowly, slowness
520 213 island islands
521 213 enter entrance enters, entered, entering
522 213 drink drinks, drunk, drank, drinking
523 212 story stories
524 211 experiment experiments, experimental,
experimentally
525 211 stay stays, stayed, staying
526 210 paper
527 210 space spaced, spacing, spaces
528 210 apply application applies, applied, applying
529 209 decide decision,
decisive
decides, deciding, decided,
decidedly
530 208 share shares, shared, sharing
531 207 desire desires, desiring, desired
532 207 spend spends, spent, spending
533 207 sign signal,
signature signs
534 206 therefore
535 206 various variety variously
536 206 visit visitor visits, visiting
537 205 supply supplies, supplying, supplied
538 205 officer office, official officers
539 205 doubt doubts, doubted, doubting,
doubtful, doubtless
540 204 private
541 204 immediate immediately
542 204 wish wishes, wished, wishing
543 204 contain contains, contained, containing,
container
544 204 feed feeds, fed, feeding
545 204 raise raises, raised, raising
546 204 describe description described, describes, describing
547 203 ready
548 203 horse horses, horseback, horseman,
horseshoe
549 202 son sons
550 202 exist existence exists, existed, existing
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551 202 north northern northeast, northwest, northwards
552 201 suggest suggestion suggests, suggested, suggesting
553 200 station stations
554 200 effective effect effectively
555 199 food
556 199 deep deepen, depth deeply
557 198 wide widen, width
558 197 alone
559 196 character characters
560 195 english
561 196 happy happily
562 196 critic critics, critical
563 195 unit union, unite,
unity units
564 195 product produce,
production products
565 195 respect disrespect respects, respected, respecting,
respectful
566 195 drop drops, dropped, dropping
567 195 nor
568 195 fill fills, filled, filling
569 194 cold coldly, coldness
570 193 represent representative represents, represented,
representing
571 193 sudden suddenly
572 192 basic base, basis
573 192 kill kills, killed, killing
574 191 fine finely, fineness
575 191 trouble troubles, troubled, troublesome
576 191 mark marks, marked, marking
577 191 single singly
578 190 press pressure
579 189 heavy heavily
580 189 attempt attempts
581 189 origin original, originality, originally
582 189 standard standards, standardise
583 188 everything
every,
everyday,
everyone,
everybody,
everywhere
584 188 committee committees
585 188 moral immoral, immorality, morality,
morally
586 187 black
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587 186 red redden
588 186 bad badly, badness
589 186 earth earthly, earthworm, earthy
590 185 accord
591 185 else elsewhere
592 185 mere merely
593 184 die dies, died, dying
594 184 remark remarks, remarked, remarking
595 184 basis base, basic
596 184 except exception excepting
597 183 equal equally, equality
598 183 east
599 183 event eventful, uneventful
600 183 employ employee
employs, employing, employed,
unemployed, employer,
employers, employment
601 183 defence defend,
defendant defense
602 183 smile smiles, smiled, smiling
603 183 river rivers
604 183 improve improves, improved, improving,
improvement, improvements
605 182 game games
606 181 detail details, detailed
607 181 account accounts, accounted, accounting
608 181 cent cents
609 181 sort
610 180 reduce reduction reduces, reduced, reducing
611 180 club clubs
612 180 buy buys, buying, bought
613 180 attention attend,
attentive
614 180 ship ships, shipbuilding, shipment,
shipper, shipwreck
615 179 decision decide, decisive decisions
616 178 wear wears, wore, worn
617 178 inside
618 178 win wins, won, winning
619 178 suppose
620 178 ride rides, riding, rode
621 177 operate operation,
operator operates, operated, operating
622 177 realise real
realises, realised, realising,
realisation, realize, realizes,
realized, realizing, realization
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623 177 sale salesman sales
624 177 choose choice chooses, chose, chosen, choosing
625 177 park parks
626 177 square
627 176 vote votes, voted, voting, voter
628 176 price prices
629 176 district districts
630 175 dead death
631 175 foreign foreigner
632 175 window windows
633 175 beyond
634 174 direction direct, director directions
635 174 strike strikes, struck, striking
636 174 instead
637 173 trial try trials
638 173 practice practical practise, practises, practised,
practising
639 173 catch catches
640 172 opportunity opportunities
641 172 likely like unlikely
642 170 recognise recognition
recognises, recognised,
recognising, recognize,
recognizing, recognized
643 170 permit permission permits, permitted, permitting
644 170 serious seriously
645 170 attack attacks
646 170 floor floors
647 168 association associations
648 168 spring springs, sprang, sprung
649 167 lot
650 167 stock stocks
651 167 lack lacks, lacked, lacking
652 167 hair
653 167 science scientific,
scientist sciences
654 166 relation relate, relative relations
655 166 profession professions, professional
656 166 pattern patterns
657 165 quick quickly, quickness
658 164 medical medicine medicals, medically
659 165 influence influential influences, influenced, influencing
660 165 occasion occasions, occasional, occasionally
661 165 machine machinery machines
662 164 compare comparison compares, compared, comparing
663 163 husband
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664 163 blue
665 163 international nation
666 162 fair unfair, fairly, unfairly
667 162 especially especial
668 162 indeed
669 162 imagine imaginary,
imaginative
imagines, imagined, imagining,
imagination
670 162 surprise surprises, surprising, surprisingly
671 162 average
672 161 official office, officer officials, officially
673 161 temperature
674 161 difficult difficulty
675 160 sing song sings, sang, sung, singer, singers
676 160 hit hits
677 160 tree trees
678 160 race races
679 160 police policeman
680 160 touch touches, touched, touching
681 159 relative relate, relation relatives
682 159 throw throws, thrown, threw, throwing
683 159 quality qualities
684 159 former formerly
685 158 pull pulls, pulled, pulling
686 157 chance chances
687 157 prove proof proves, proved, proving
688 157 argue argues, argued, arguing,
argument, arguments
689 157 settle settled, settles, settling,
settlement, settler
690 156 growth grow growths
691 156 date dates
692 156 heat heating
693 155 save safe, safety saves, saving, saved
694 155 performance perform performances
695 155 count counts, counting, counted
696 155 production produce,
product
697 154 listen listened, listens, listening, listener
698 152 main mainly, mainland
699 154 pick picked, picks, picking, peck
700 154 size sizes
701 152 cool coolly, coolness
702 152 army armies
703 152 patient patience patients, patiently
704 151 combine combines, combining, combined,
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combination
705 151 summer
706 151 hall halls
707 151 slight slightly
708 151 command commands
709 151 enjoy enjoys, enjoyed, enjoying,
enjoyable, enjoyment
710 151 length lengthen
711 150 proper properly, improper, improperly
712 150 express expression expresses, expressed, expressing
713 150 health heal healthy
714 150 chief chiefly
715 149 evening
716 149 store stores, stored, storing
717 149 language languages
718 148 degree degrees
719 148 lay lays, laid
720 147 current currents
721 147 gun guns, gunboat, gunner,
gunpowder
722 147 dog dogs
723 147 hotel hotels
724 147 strange strangely, strangeness, stranger
725 147 separate separation separately
726 146 boat boats
727 146 fail failure fails, failed, failing
728 146 clean cleanly, cleanness
729 146 dress dresses
730 146 anyone
731 146 gain gains, gained, gaining
732 146 pain pains, painful, painfully
733 145 object objection objects, objected, objecting
734 145 knowledge know
735 145 depend dependence,
dependent
depends, depended, depending,
dependant
736 145 relate relation,
relative relates, related, relating
737 145 below
738 144 dollar dollars
739 144 advance advanced
740 144 shape shapes, shaped, shaping,
shapeless
741 144 arrange arranges, arranged, arranging,
arrangement, arrangements
742 144 population
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743 144 yes
744 144 sell sells, sold, selling, seller
745 144 mention mentioned, mentions, mentioning
746 144 dry dryly, dryness
747 144 check checks, checked, checking
748 144 poet poets, poetry, poetic
749 143 sleep sleeps, slept, sleeping, sleepless,
sleepiness
750 143 join joint joins, joined
751 143 hot hotly
752 143 bed bedroom beds, bedding
753 143 electric electrician electricity
754 143 dream dreams, dreamy
755 142 due
756 142 season seasons
757 142 manner manners
758 142 fit fits, fitting, fitness
759 142 left
760 141 progress progresses, progressed
761 141 neither
762 141 strength strengthen,
strong
763 140 notice notices, noticed, noticing,
noticeable
764 140 finish finishes, finished, finishing
765 140 opinion opinions
766 140 bill bills
767 140 western west westerns
768 140 truth TRUE truthful, truthfulness
769 138 wrong wrongly
770 138 travel travels, travelled, travelling
771 138 suit suits, suited
772 137 bank banks
773 137 exact exactly
774 137 honour honourable, dishonour,
dishonourable
775 137 brother brothers
776 136 quiet quieten, quietly, quietness
777 136 marry marriage marries, marrying, married
778 136 corner corners
779 135 handle
hand,
handkerchief,
handshake,
handwriting
handles
780 135 danger dangerous
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781 135 hospital hospitals
782 135 pool pools
783 135 promise promised
784 135 blood bleed
785 135 shoot shot, shoots, shooting
786 135 scene scenery scenes
787 134 literature literary
788 134 arrive arrived, arrives, arriving, arrival
789 134 film films
790 133 base basic, basis bases, based, basing
791 133 freedom free
792 133 bar bars
793 133 maybe
794 133 hang hangs, hanged, hung, hanging
795 133 suffer suffers, suffering, sufferer
796 133 manufacture manufactures
797 132 frequent frequency
798 132 rock rocks, rocked, rocking
799 132 loss lose losses
800 131 burn burns, burned, burnt, burning
801 131 sun
suns, sunbeam, sunburnt,
sunlight, sunny, sunrise, sunset,
sunshine
802 131 audience audiences
803 130 essential essence essentially
804 130 glass glasses, glassy
805 130 prevent prevention prevents, preventing, preventive
806 130 poem poems
807 130 poor poverty
808 130 inch inches
809 129 song sing songs
810 129 skill skills, skilled, skilful, skilfully
811 129 post postage, postal, postman,
postmaster
812 129 popular popularly, popularity
813 129 radio radios
814 129 animal animals
815 128 conscious consciousness, unconscious,
unconsciously, unconsciousness
816 128 worth worthless, worthwhile
817 128 eat eats, ate, eaten, eating
818 128 election elect elections, electorate
819 128 faith faiths, faithful, faithfully
820 128 wave waves, waved, waving, wavy
821 128 murder
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822 128 model models
823 128 forget forgets, forgot, forgetting,
forgotten, forgetful, forgetfulness
824 127 extend
extension,
extensive,
extent
extends, extended, extending
825 127 edge
826 127 distance distant distances
827 127 memory memorial, memorise
828 127 recommend recommends, recommended,
recommending, recommendation
829 126 division divide divisions
830 126 staff
831 126 leg legs
832 126 discussion discuss discussions
833 126 address addresses
834 126 fly flies, flew, flying
835 125 dependent depend,
dependence dependents
836 125 ball balls
837 125 shake shakes, shaken, shaking
838 125 frame framework frames
839 125 extreme extremes, extremely
840 124 engineer engine engineers, engineering
841 124 thick thicken thickly, thickness
842 124 comfort discomfort comforting, comfortable,
uncomfortable
843 124 latter
844 124 camp camps, camped, camping
845 124 oil oily
846 124 discover discovery discovers, discovering, discovered,
discoverer
847 124 examine examines, examined, examining,
examination, examinations
848 123 difficulty difficult difficulties
849 123 tooth teeth
850 123 middle
851 123 choice choose choices
852 123 refer reference referring, referred, refers
853 123 enemy enemies
854 123 practical practice practically
855 122 marriage marry marriages
856 122 bridge bridges
857 122 declare declares, declared, declaring,
declaration
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858 122 lady ladies
859 122 cross crosses, crossing, crossings
860 122 daily day, daylight
861 122 afternoon afternoons
862 121 attend attention,
attentive attends, attended, attending
863 121 director direct,
direction directors
864 121 balance balances, balancing, balanced
865 121 wash washes, washed, washing
866 121 capital capitals
867 120 speed
868 120 block blocks
869 120 citizen city citizens
870 119 mouth mouths, mouthful
871 119 hill hills, hillside, hilly
872 118 green
873 118 please pleasant,
pleasure pleases, pleased, pleasing
874 118 motor motors
875 118 agency agent agencies
876 118 encourage courage encourages, encouraged,
encouraging, encouragement
877 118 governor govern governors
878 117 worry worrying, worries, worried
879 117 affair affairs
880 117 shoulder shoulders
881 117 bright brighten
882 116 mass
883 116 sample samples
884 116 pretty prettily, prettiness
885 116 repeat repetition repeats, repeated, repeating
886 115 roll rolls, rolled, rolling, roller
887 115 push pushed, pushing, pushes
888 115 trip trips
889 115 council councils
890 115 clothe cloth clothes, clothing
891 115 parent parents, parental
892 115 forward forwards
893 114 sharp sharpen sharply
894 114 straight straighten
895 113 gas gases
896 113 weight weigh weights
897 113 discuss discussion discusses, discussed, discussing
898 113 fix fixes, fixed, fixing
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899 113 load
900 112 master
masters, mastered, mastering,
masterful, masterly, masterpiece,
mastery
901 112 whatever what
902 112 round roundabout
903 112 rapid rapidly, rapidity
904 112 laugh laughter laughs, laughed, laughing,
laughable
905 111 finger fingers
906 111 spot spots, spotted, spotless
907 110 propose proposes, proposed, proposing
908 110 shop shops, shopkeeper, shopkeeping
909 110 broad breadth,
broadcast
910 110 replace replaces, replaced, replacing,
irreplaceable
911 110 reply replies, replied, replying
912 110 extent
extend,
extensive,
extension
extents
913 109 lock locks, locked, locking, unlock
914 109 employee employ employees
915 109 ahead
916 109 sight
917 109 spread spreads, spreading
918 109 wind winds, winding
919 109 approve disapprove approves, approved, approving,
approval
920 109 destroy destruction,
destructive destroys, destroyed, destroying
921 108 none
922 108 pound pounds
923 108 fame famous
924 108 importance important
925 107 reflect reflection reflects, reflecting, reflected
926 107 advantage advantages
927 107 match matches
928 107 regular regularly, regularity, irregular,
irregularly, irregularity
929 107 wage wages
930 107 refuse refuses, refused, refusing, refusal
931 107 existence exist
932 106 hardly
933 106 perform performance performs, performed, performing,
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performer, performers
934 106 title titles
935 105 tend tends, tended, tending, tendency
936 105 exercise exercises, exercised
937 105 thin thinly, thinness
938 105 coat coats, overcoat
939 105 bit bite
940 105 mountain mountains, mount, mountainous
941 105 youth youths, youthful
942 104 behavior behave
943 104 newspaper new, news newspapers
944 104 secret secrecy secrets
945 104 ability able
946 104 sea seas, seaman, seaport
947 104 soft soften softness, softly
948 104 justice just
949 104 reasonable reason reasonableness, reasonably
950 104 circle circular circles
951 104 solid solidly
952 104 page pages
953 103 weapon weapons
954 103 fast
955 103 representative represent representatives
956 103 search searches, searched, searching
957 103 pure purely, purity, impure, impurity
958 103 escape escapes, escaped, escaping
959 102 crowd crowds
960 102 stick sticks, sticky
961 101 telephone telephones
962 101 avoid avoidance avoids, avoided, avoiding,
unavoidable, unavoidably
963 101 garden gardens, gardener
964 101 favour favor, favourable, favourably
965 101 news new,
newspaper
966 101 unless
967 100 dinner dine dinners
968 100 someone
969 100 signal sign, signature signals
970 100 yard yards
971 100 ideal
972 100 warm warmth warmly
973 100 miss misses, missed, missing
974 100 shelter
975 100 soldier soldiers
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976 99 article articles
977 99 cry cries, cried, crying
978 99 captain captains
979 99 familiar
980 99 seat seats
981 99 guest guests
982 98 weak weaken weakness
983 98 excite excites, excited, exciting,
excitement
984 98 king kingdom kings
985 98 everyone
every,
everyday,
everybody,
everything,
everywhere
986 98 wine wines
987 97 hole holes
988 97 duty
989 97 beat beats, beating
990 97 perfect perfection perfectly, imperfect, imperfectly
991 97 bottom bottoms
992 97 compose composition composes, composed, composing,
composer
993 97 battle battles
994 97 expense expensive expenses
995 97 cattle
996 96 flow overflow flows, flowing, flowed
997 95 kitchen kitchens
998 95 dust duster, dusty
999 95 bottle bottles
1000 94 admit admission admits, admitted, admitting
1001 94 tear tears, tore, torn, tearing
1002 94 tire tires, tiring, tired
1003 94 expression express expressions
1004 93 exception except exceptions
1005 93 application apply applications
1006 93 belong belongs, belonged, belonging
1007 93 rich riches
1008 93 failure fail failures
1009 93 struggle struggles
1010 93 instrument instruments, instrumental
1011 93 variety various
1012 93 narrow narrowly
1013 92 theatre theatrical theatres, theater, theaters
1014 92 collection collect, collections
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collector
1015 92 rain rains, rained, raining, rainy
1016 92 review reviews, reviewed, reviewing
1017 92 preserve preserves, preserved, preserving,
preservation
1018 92 leadership lead
1019 91 clay
1020 91 daughter daughters
1021 91 fellow fellowship fellows
1022 91 swing swings, swung, swinging
1023 91 thank thanks, thankful
1024 90 library librarian libraries
1025 90 fat fatten fatness, fatty
1026 90 reserve reserves, reserved, reserving
1027 89 tour tours, tourist
1028 89 nice nicely
1029 89 warn warns, warned, warning
1030 89 ring ringed
1031 89 bitter bitterness
1032 89 chair chairman chairs
1033 89 yesterday
1034 89 scientific science,
scientist scientifically
1035 88 flower flowers
1036 88 wheel wheels
1037 88 solution solve solutions
1038 88 aim aims, aimed, aiming, aimless
1039 88 gather gathers, gathered, gathering
1040 88 invite invited, invites, inviting, invitation
1041 88 moreover more
1042 88 fresh
1043 88 forest forests
1044 87 winter winters, wintry
1045 87 box boxes
1046 87 belief believe beliefs
1047 87 ordinary extraordinary ordinarily
1048 87 impossible possible impossibility
1049 87 print prints, printed, printing, printer
1050 87 grey gray
1051 87 taste tastes, tasted, tasting, tasteless
1052 87 lip lips
1053 87 speech speak speeches
1054 87 reference refer references, referenced,
referencing
1055 86 stain stains
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1056 86 connection connect connections, connexion,
connexions
1057 86 otherwise other
1058 86 stretch stretches, stretched, stretching
1059 86 knife knives
1060 86 village villages
1061 86 blow blows, blowing, blew
1062 85 mistake mistakes, unmistakably
1063 85 sweet sweeten sweetly
1064 85 shout shouts, shouted, shouting
1065 85 divide division divides, divided, dividing
1066 85 guard guards
1067 85 worse worsen
1068 85 exchange exchanges, exchanged,
exchanging
1069 85 rare rarely
1070 84 commercial commerce
1071 84 request requests
1072 84 appoint appoints, appointing, appointed,
appointment, appointments
1073 84 agent agency agents
1074 83 dependence depend,
dependent
1075 83 bird birds
1076 83 wild wildly
1077 83 motion
1078 83 guess guesses, guessing, guessed
1079 83 neighbour neighbourhood neighbours, neighbouring
1080 82 seed seeds
1081 82 fashion fashionable
1082 82 loan loans
1083 82 correct correction corrects, corrected, correcting,
correctly, incorrect
1084 81 plain plainly
1085 81 mail
1086 81 retire retires, retired, retiring,
retirement
1087 81 opposite oppose,
opposition opposites
1088 81 prefer preference prefers, preferred, preferring,
preferable, preferably
1089 81 safe safety, save
1090 81 evil
1091 81 double
1092 81 wood wooden woods, wooded
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1093 80 empty
1094 80 baby babies
1095 80 advise advice advises, advised, advising
1096 80 content discontent contented
1097 80 sport sports, sporting, sportsman
1098 80 lift lifts
1099 80 literary literature
1100 80 curious curiously, curiosity
1101 80 tie ties, tied, tying
1102 80 flat flatten
1103 80 message messenger messages
1104 80 neck necks, necklace, necktie
1105 79 hate hates, hated, hating, hateful
1106 79 dirt dirty
1107 79 delight delightful, delightfully
1108 79 trust trusts, trusted, trusting, entrust,
trustee
1109 79 nobody no, nowhere
1110 79 valley valleys
1111 79 tool tools
1112 78 presence present
1113 78 cook cooks, cooked, cooking, cookery
1114 78 railroad rail railroads
1115 78 minister ministers
1116 78 coffee
1117 78 brush brushes
1118 78 beside besides
1119 78 collect collection,
collector collects, collected, collecting
1120 77 guide guides
1121 77 luck unlucky, unluckily
1122 77 profit
1123 77 lord lords
1124 77 everybody
every,
everyday,
everyone,
everything,
everywhere
1125 77 prison prisons, prisoner, imprison
1126 77 cloud clouds, cloudy
1127 77 slave slavery slaves
1128 77 chairman chair chairperson, chairwoman
1129 76 soil
1130 76 distinguish distinguishes, distinguishing,
distinguished
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1131 76 introduce introduction introduces, introduced,
introducing
1132 76 urge urges, urged, urging
1133 76 blind blinds, blinded, blinding
1134 75 arise arises, arose, arising
1135 75 upper uppermost
1136 75 curve curves, curving, curved
1137 75 membership member
1138 75 key keys
1139 75 entertain entertains, entertained,
entertaining, entertainment
1140 75 soul souls
1141 75 neighbourhood neighbour neighbourhoods
1142 74 friendly friend,
friendship
1143 74 pair pairs
1144 74 stone stones
1145 74 lean leans, leaned, leant, leaning
1146 74 protect protection protects, protected, protecting
1147 74 advertise advertises, advertised,
advertising, advertisement
1148 74 mystery mysterious
1149 73 welcome welcomes, welcomed, welcoming
1150 73 knee kneel knees
1151 73 jump jumps, jumped, jumping
1152 73 snake snakes
1153 73 stream streams
1154 73 avenue avenues
1155 73 brown
1156 73 disease diseases, diseased
1157 73 hat hats
1158 73 excellent excellence excellently
1159 72 formal formally, formality
1160 72 snow snowy
1161 72 sheet sheets
1162 72 somehow
1163 72 unity union, unite,
unit
1164 72 sky skies
1165 72 rough roughly, roughness
1166 72 smooth smoothly, smoothness
1167 72 weather
1168 72 steady steadily
1169 72 threaten threat threatens, threatening,
threatened
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1170 72 depth deep, deepen
1171 71 oppose opposite,
opposition opposes, opposed, opposing
1172 71 deliver delivery delivers, delivering, delivered
1173 71 ancient
1174 71 pray prays, prayed, praying, prayer
1175 71 adopt adoption adopts, adopted, adopting
1176 71 birth
1177 71 appearance appear,
disappear appearances
1178 71 universe universal
1179 71 busy busily
1180 71 hurry hurries, hurried, hurrying
1181 71 coast coasts
1182 71 forth
1183 70 smell smells, smelled, smelling
1184 70 furnish furniture furnishes, furnished, furnishing
1185 70 female females
1186 70 hide hides, hid, hiding
1187 70 wire wireless
1188 70 proposal proposals
1189 70 ought
1190 70 victory victories, victorious
1191 69 quarter quarters
1192 69 engine engineer engines
1193 69 customer custom
1194 69 waste wastes, wasted, wasting,
wasteful, wastefulness
1195 69 fool fools, foolish, foolishness
1196 69 intend intention intends, intended, intending
1197 69 intention intend intentional, intentionally,
intentions
1198 69 desk desks
1199 69 politics political,
politician
1200 69 passage passenger passages
1201 69 lawyer lawyers
1202 68 root roots
1203 68 climb climbed, climbs, climbing
1204 68 metal metals
1205 68 gradual gradually
1206 68 hunt hunts, hunting, hunted, hunter,
hunters
1207 68 protection protect
1208 68 satisfy satisfactory, satisfies, satisfied, satisfying
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satisfaction,
dissatisfaction,
dissatisfy
1209 68 roof roofs
1210 68 branch branches
1211 68 pleasure pleasant,
please displeasure
1212 68 witness witnesses
1213 68 loose loosen loosely
1214 67 nose noses
1215 67 mine mineral mines, miner
1216 67 band bands
1217 67 aside
1218 67 risk risks, risked, risking, risky
1219 67 tomorrow
1220 67 remind reminds, reminding, reminded
1221 67 ear ears
1222 67 fish fisherman
1223 67 shore shores
1224 66 operator operate,
operation operators
1225 66 civilize civilization
1226 66 being
1227 66 silent silently
1228 66 screen screens, screened, screening
1229 66 bind bound binds, binding
1230 66 earn earns, earned, earning, earnings
1231 66 pack package packs, packed, packing, packet
1232 66 colony colonies, colonist, colonise,
colonised, colonial
1233 66 besides beside
1234 66 slip slippery slips, slipped, slipping
1235 66 cousin cousins,
1236 66 scale scales
1237 66 relief relieve
1238 66 explore explores, explored, exploring
1239 66 stem stems
1240 65 brain brains
1241 65 musician music musicians
1242 65 defend defendant,
defence defends, defended, defending
1243 65 bend bends, bending, bent
1244 65 somebody
1245 65 shadow shade shadows, shadowy
1246 64 mix mixture mixes, mixed, mixing
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1247 64 smoke smokes, smoked, smoker, smoky
1248 64 description describe descriptions
1249 64 fruit
1250 64 guilt guilty, guiltless
1251 64 yield yields, yielding
1252 64 sensitive sense
1253 64 salt
1254 64 pale paleness
1255 64 sweep sweeps, swept, sweeping
1256 64 completion complete completions
1257 64 throat throats
1258 64 agriculture agricultural
1259 64 admire admires, admiring, admired,
admiration
1260 63 gentle gentleman gentleness, gently
1261 63 dozen
1262 63 particle part particles
1263 63 pleasant please,
pleasure unpleasant
1264 63 bay bays
1265 63 cup cups
1266 63 competition compete,
competitor competitions
1267 63 moon moonlight moons
1268 63 terrible terribly
1269 63 strip
1270 63 mechanic mechanism mechanics, mechanical,
mechanically
1271 63 shock shocks, shocked, shocking
1272 63 conversation conversational
1273 63 angle angles
1274 62 tall
1275 62 plenty plentiful
1276 62 star stars
1277 62 yellow yellowness
1278 62 sick sickness
1279 62 thorough thoroughly
1280 62 absolute absolutely
1281 62 succeed success succeeds, succeeded, succeeding,
successful, successfully
1282 61 surround surrounds, surrounded,
surrounding, surroundings
1283 61 proud pride proudly
1284 61 dear dearly
1285 61 card cards
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1286 61 lake lakes
1287 61 breath breathe
1288 61 afraid
1289 61 silence
1290 61 onto
1291 60 shoe shoes, shoed
1292 60 somewhere
1293 60 chain chains
1294 60 slide slides, slid, sliding
1295 60 copy copies, copying, copied
1296 60 machinery machine
1297 60 wake awake wakes, woke, waking
1298 60 severe
1299 60 pocket pockets
1300 60 bone bones
1301 59 honest honesty honestly
1302 59 freeze freezes, froze, freezing
1303 59 dictionary dictionaries
1304 59 calm calmly, calmness
1305 59 swim swims, swam, swum, swimming
1306 59 ice icy
1307 59 male males
1308 59 skin skins
1309 59 crack cracks, cracking, cracked
1310 59 rush rushes, rushed, rushing
1311 59 wet
1312 58 meat
1313 58 commerce commercial
1314 58 joint join joints, jointly
1315 58 gift give gifts
1316 58 host hosts, hostess
1317 58 suspect suspicion,
suspicious suspects, suspected, suspecting
1318 58 path paths
1319 58 uncle uncles
1320 58 afford affords, affording, afforded
1321 58 instant instantly
1322 58 satisfactory
satisfy,
satisfaction,
dissatisfaction,
dissatisfy
1323 58 height heighten, high,
highway
1324 58 track tracks, tracked, tracking
1325 58 confidence confident,
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confidential
1326 58 grass grassy
1327 57 suggestion suggest suggestions
1328 57 favourite favourites
1329 57 breakfast
1330 57 apart
1331 57 chest
1332 57 entrance enter entrances
1333 57 march marches, marching, marched
1334 57 sink sinks
1335 57 northern north northerly
1336 57 iron
1337 57 alive
1338 57 ill illness
1339 57 bag bags
1340 57 disturb disturbs, disturbed, disturbing,
disturbance
1341 57 native natives
1342 57 bedroom bed bedrooms
1343 57 violent violence violently
1344 57 beneath
1345 57 pause pauses
1346 57 tough
1347 56 substance substances
1348 56 threat threaten threats
1349 56 charm charms, charmed, charming
1350 56 absence absent
1351 56 factory factories
1352 56 spite
1353 56 meal meals
1354 56 universal universe universals
1355 56 accident accidents, accidental, accidentally
1356 56 highway height, high,
heighten highways
1357 56 sentence sentences
1358 56 liberty
1359 55 wise wisdom wisely
1360 55 noise noises, noisy
1361 55 discovery discover discoveries
1362 55 tube tubes
1363 55 flash flashes, flashed, flashing
1364 55 twist twists, twisted, twisting
1365 55 fence fences
1366 55 childhood child
1367 55 joy joyful
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1368 55 sister sisters
1369 54 sad sadden sadly, sadness
1370 54 efficiency efficient
1371 54 disappear appear,
appearance
disappears, disappeared,
disappearing
1372 54 defeat defeats, defeated, defeating
1373 54 extensive
extend,
extension,
extent
extensively
1374 54 rent rents, renting, rented
1375 54 comparison compare comparisons
1376 54 possess possession,
possessor possesses, possessed, possessing
1377 54 grace graceful
1378 54 flesh
1379 54 liquid
1380 54 scientist science,
scientific scientists
1381 54 ease eases, easing, eased
1382 53 heaven heavenly
1383 53 milk milky
1384 53 sympathy sympathetic sympathise, sympathises
1385 53 rank ranks
1386 53 restaurant restaurants
1387 53 frequency frequent frequencies
1388 53 angry anger
1389 53 shade shadow shades, shady
1390 53 accuse accuses, accused, accusing
1391 53 necessity necessary,
need necessities
1392 53 knock knocks, knocked, knocking
1393 53 loud loudly
1394 53 permanent permanently, impermanent
1395 53 row rows, rowed, rowing
1396 53 lovely love
1397 53 confuse confusion confuses, confused, confusing
1398 52 gold golden
1399 52 frighten fright frightens, frightened, frightening
1400 52 solve solution solves, solved, solving
1401 52 grave graves, gravestone
1402 52 salary salaries, salaried
1403 52 photograph photography photographic
1404 52 advice advise
1405 52 abroad
1406 51 wound wounds, wounding, wounded
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1407 51 virtue virtuous
1408 51 dare daring
1409 51 queen queens
1410 51 extra
1411 51 attract attraction,
attractive attracts, attracted, attracting
1412 50 numerous number
1413 50 pink
1414 50 gate gates, gateway
1415 50 expensive expense
1416 50 shut shuts, shutting
1417 50 chicken chickens
1418 50 forgive forgives, forgave, forgiveness
1419 50 holy holiness
1420 50 wooden wood
1421 49 prompt promptly, promptness
1422 49 crime criminal crimes
1423 49 sorry sorrow sorrowful, sorrowfully
1424 49 republic republics
1425 49 anger angry
1426 49 visitor visit visitors
1427 49 pile piles
1428 49 violence violent
1429 49 steel
1430 49 wing wings
1431 49 stair stairs, staircase
1432 49 partner partners
1433 49 delay delays, delayed, delaying
1434 49 gentleman gentle gentlemen
1435 48 pour pours, poured, pouring
1436 48 confusion confuse
1437 48 damage damaged
1438 48 kick kicks, kicked, kicking
1439 48 safety safe, save
1440 48 burst bursts
1441 48 network networks, networked, networking
1442 48 resistance resist
1443 48 screw screws, screwed, screwing
1444 48 pride proud
1445 48 till until
1446 47 hire hires, hired, hiring
1447 47 verb verbs
1448 47 preach preaches, preached, preaching,
preacher
1449 47 clerk clerks
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1450 47 everywhere
every,
everyday,
everyone,
everything,
everybody
1451 47 anyway
1452 47 fan fans
1453 47 connect connection connects, connecting, connected
1454 47 egg eggs
1455 47 efficient efficiency efficiently
1456 47 grain grains
1457 46 calculate calculation,
calculator calculates, calculated, calculating
1458 46 drag drags, dragged, dragging
1459 46 opposition oppose,
opposite
1460 46 worship worships, worshipped,
worshipping
1461 46 arrest arrested, arrests, arresting
1462 46 discipline disciplines
1463 46 string strings
1464 46 harbour harbours, harbor, harbors
1465 46 camera cameras
1466 46 mechanism mechanic mechanisms
1467 46 cow cows
1468 46 grand
1469 46 funny fun
1470 46 insurance insure
1471 46 reduction reduce reductions
1472 46 strict strictly
1473 46 lesson lessons
1474 46 tight tighten tightly
1475 45 sand sandbank, sandhill, sandy
1476 45 plate plates
1477 45 qualify qualification qualifies, qualified, qualifying
1478 45 elsewhere else
1479 45 mad madly, madman, madmen,
madness
1480 45 interference interfere
1481 45 pupil pupils
1482 45 fold folds, folded, folding
1483 45 royal royalty royals
1484 45 valuable value valuables
1485 45 whisper whispers, whispering, whispered
1486 45 anybody
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1487 45 hurt hurts, hurting
1488 45 excess excessive
1489 44 quantity quantities
1490 44 fun funny
1491 44 mud muddy
1492 44 extension
extend,
extensive,
extent
extensions
1493 44 recognition recognize
1494 44 kiss kisses, kissed, kissing
1495 44 crop crops
1496 44 sail sailor sails, sailed, sailing
1497 44 attractive attract,
attraction
1498 44 habit habits
1499 44 relieve relief relieves, relieved, relieving
1500 44 wisdom wise
1501 44 persuade persuasion persuades, persuaded, persuading
1502 43 certainty certain uncertainty
1503 43 cloth clothe cloths
1504 43 eager eagerly
1505 43 deserve deserves, deserved, deserving
1506 43 sympathetic sympathy sympathetically
1507 43 cure cures, cured, curing
1508 43 trap traps, trapped, trapping, trapper
1509 43 puzzle puzzles, puzzled, puzzling
1510 43 powder powdery
1511 43 raw rawness
1512 43 mankind man
1513 43 glad gladly
1514 43 blame blames, blamed, blaming
1515 43 whenever when
1516 43 anxiety anxious
1517 42 bus buses
1518 42 tremble trembles
1519 42 sacred sacrifice
1520 42 fortunate fortune fortunately
1521 42 glory glorious, gloriously
1522 42 golden gold
1523 42 neat neatly, neatness
1524 42 weekend week, weekday weekends
1525 42 treasury treasure
1526 42 overcome over, overflow overcomes, overcame,
overcoming
1527 42 cat cats
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1528 42 sacrifice sacred sacrifices
1529 42 complain complaint complains, complained,
complaining
1530 42 elect election elects, elected, electing
1531 41 roar roars, roared, roaring
1532 41 sake
1533 41 temple temples
1534 41 self selfish
1535 41 compete competition,
competitor competes, competed, competing
1536 41 nurse nursery nurses
1537 41 stuff
1538 41 stomach stomachs
1539 41 peculiar peculiarly
1540 41 repair repairs, repaired, repairing
1541 41 storm storms, stormy
1542 41 ton
1543 41 desert deserts, deserted
1544 41 allowance allow
1545 41 servant serve, service servants
1546 41 hunger hungry
1547 41 conscience
1548 41 bread
1549 41 crash crashes, crashed, crashing
1550 40 tip tips, tipped, tipping
1551 40 strengthen strength,
strong
strengthens, strengthened,
strengthening
1552 40 proof prove proofs
1553 40 generous generosity, generously
1554 40 sir
1555 40 tonight night
1556 40 whip whips
1557 40 tongue tongues
1558 40 mill mills, miller
1559 40 merchant merchants
1560 40 coal
1561 40 ruin ruins
1562 40 introduction introduce introductions
1563 40 courage encourage courageous
1564 40 actor actress actors
1565 40 belt belts
1566 39 stir stirs, stirred, stirring
1567 39 package pack
1568 39 punish punishes, punished, punishing,
punishment
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1569 39 reflection reflect reflections
1570 39 breathe breath breathing
1571 39 anywhere
1572 39 amuse amuses, amused, amusing,
amusement
1573 39 dull dullness
1574 39 fate
1575 39 net nets
1576 39 fellowship fellow fellowships
1577 39 fault faultless, faulty
1578 39 furniture furnish
1579 39 beam beams
1580 39 pencil pencils
1581 39 border borders
1582 39 disappoint disappoints, disappointed,
disappointing, disappointment
1583 38 flame flames, flaming
1584 38 joke jokes
1585 38 bless blesses, blessing, blessed
1586 38 corn
1587 38 shell shells
1588 38 tempt tempts, tempter, temptation
1589 38 supper suppers
1590 38 destruction destroy,
destructive
1591 38 dive dives, diving, diver
1592 38 anxious anxiety
1593 38 shine shines, shone, shining
1594 38 cheap cheaply
1595 38 dish dishes
1596 38 distant distance distantly
1597 38 greet greeting
1598 37 flood floods
1599 37 excuse excuses
1600 37 insect insects
1601 37 ocean oceans
1602 37 ceremony ceremonies, ceremonial,
ceremonious
1603 37 decrease decreases, decreased, decreasing
1604 37 prize prizes
1605 37 harm harmful, harmless
1606 37 insure insurance insures, insured, insuring
1607 37 verse verses
1608 37 pot pots
1609 37 sincere sincerely
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1610 36 cotton
1611 36 leaf leafless, leafy
1612 36 rub rubs, rubbed, rubbing
1613 36 medicine medical medicines
1614 36 stroke strokes
1615 36 bite bit bites
1616 36 lung lungs
1617 36 lonely loneliness
1618 36 admission admit admissions
1619 36 stupid stupidity, stupidly
1620 36 scratch scratches, scratched, scratching
1621 36 composition compose compositions
1622 36 broadcast breadth, broad
1623 36 drum drums
1624 36 resist resistance resists, resisting, resisted
1625 36 neglect neglects, neglected
1626 35 absent absence
1627 35 passenger passage passengers
1628 35 adventure adventures
1629 35 beg begs, begging, begged, beggar
1630 35 pipe pipes
1631 35 beard beards
1632 35 bold boldly
1633 35 meanwhile mean,
meantime
1634 35 devil devils
1635 35 cheer cheerful, cheerfully
1636 35 nut nuts
1637 35 split splits, splitting
1638 35 melt melts, melted, melting
1639 35 swear swears, swearing, swore, sworn
1640 35 sugar
1641 35 bury buries, buried, burying, burial
1642 35 wipe wipes, wiped, wiping
1643 35 faint faints, fainted, fainting, faintly,
faintness
1644 35 creature creatures
1645 35 tail tails
1646 35 wealth wealthy
1647 34 earnest
1648 34 translate translation,
translator translates, translated, translating
1649 34 suspicion suspect,
suspicious suspicions
1650 34 noble nobleman, nobleness, nobly
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1651 34 inquiry inquire inquiries
1652 34 journey journeys
1653 34 hesitate hesitation hesitates, hesitated, hesitating
1654 34 extraordinary ordinary extraordinarily
1655 34 borrow borrows, borrowed, borrowing
1656 34 owe owes, owed, owing
1657 34 funeral funerals
1658 34 ambition ambitious ambitions
1659 34 mixture mix mixtures
1660 34 slope slopes, sloped, sloping
1661 34 criminal crime criminals
1662 34 seldom
1663 34 map maps
1664 34 spin spins, spinning, spun
1665 34 praise praises, praised, praising
1666 34 spare
1667 33 plough ploughed, ploughs, ploughing,
plows, plowed, plowing
1668 33 telegraph
1669 33 barrel barrels
1670 33 straighten straight straightens, straightening,
straightened
1671 33 scarce scarcity, scarcely
1672 33 lunch lunches
1673 33 slavery slave
1674 33 creep creeps
1675 33 sweat
1676 33 gay gaiety gaily
1677 33 stiff stiffen stiffly, stiffness
1678 33 brave bravery bravely
1679 33 seize seizes, seized, seizing
1680 33 convenient convenience
1681 33 horizon horizontal horizons
1682 33 moderate moderation moderately
1683 33 complicate complication complicates, complicated,
complicating
1684 33 dig digs, dug, digging
1685 33 curse curses
1686 33 weigh weight weighs, weighed, weighing
1687 33 priest priests
1688 33 excessive excess excessively
1689 33 quarrel quarrels, quarrelled, quarrelling,
quarrelsome
1690 32 widow widower widows
1691 32 modest modesty modestly
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1692 32 dine dinner dines, dining
1693 32 politician political,
politics politicians
1694 32 custom customer
1695 32 educate education,
educator
educates, educating, educated,
uneducated
1696 32 salesman sale salesmen
1697 32 nail nails
1698 32 tap taps, tapped, tapping
1699 32 eastern easterly
1700 32 possession possess,
possessor possessions
1701 32 satisfaction
satisfy,
satisfactory,
dissatisfaction,
dissatisfy
1702 32 behave behavior behaves, behaved, behaving
1703 32 mercy merciful, merciless
1704 31 scatter scatters, scattered, scattering
1705 31 objection object objectionable
1706 31 silver silvery
1707 31 tent tents
1708 31 saddle saddles
1709 31 wrap wraps, wrapped, wrapping,
wrapper
1710 31 nest nests
1711 31 grind grinds, grindstone
1712 31 spell spells, spelled, spelling
1713 31 plaster
1714 31 arch arched, archway
1715 31 swell swells, swelled, swelling
1716 31 friendship friend, friendly friendships
1717 31 bath bathe baths
1718 30 bundle bundles
1719 30 grateful
1720 30 crown crowns
1721 30 boundary boundaries
1722 30 nowhere no, nobody
1723 30 asleep
1724 30 clock clocks, clockwork
1725 30 boil boils, boiled, boiling, boiler
1726 30 altogether
1727 30 lend lends, lent
1728 30 holiday holidays
1729 30 precious
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1730 30 wander wanders, wandered, wandering
1731 30 ugly
1732 30 reputation reputations
1733 30 ticket tickets
1734 30 pretend pretense pretends, pretending, pretended
1735 30 dismiss dismisses, dismissed, dismissing,
dismissal
1736 30 delicate delicately
1737 29 despair despairs, despaired, despairing
1738 29 awake wake awoke, awaking
1739 29 tea
1740 29 FALSE
1741 29 fortune fortunate fortunes
1742 29 cap caps
1743 29 thread threads
1744 29 haste hasten hasty, hastily
1745 29 bare
1746 29 shirt shirts
1747 29 bargain bargains
1748 28 leather
1749 28 rail railroad rails, railway
1750 28 butter
1751 28 dot dots
1752 28 inquire inquiry inquires, inquired, inquiring
1753 28 warmth warm
1754 28 decisive decide,
decision decisively
1755 28 vessel vessels
1756 28 pity
1757 28 steam steamer, steamship
1758 28 pin pins
1759 28 bound bind bounded, bounds
1760 28 companion companionship companions
1761 28 toe toes
1762 28 reward rewards, rewarded, rewarding
1763 28 forbid forbids, forbidden
1764 28 wherever where
1765 28 tower towers
1766 27 bathe bath bathed, bathes
1767 27 lodge lodges, lodging, lodged
1768 27 swallow swallowed, swallowing, swallows
1769 27 multiply multiplication multiplies, multiplied, multiplying
1770 27 bow bows, bowing, bowed
1771 27 kingdom king kingdoms
1772 27 garage garages
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1773 27 permission permit
1774 27 pump pumps, pumped, pumping
1775 27 prevention prevent
1776 27 urgent urgently
1777 27 aunt aunts
1778 27 zero
1779 27 idle idleness, idly
1780 27 fever fevers, feverish, feverishly
1781 27 christmas
1782 27 regret regrets, regretted, regretting
1783 26 jaw jaws
1784 26 soap soapy
1785 26 pronounce pronunciation pronounces, pronounced,
pronouncing, mispronounce
1786 26 empire empires
1787 26 bowl bowls
1788 26 outline out, outside,
outward
1789 26 organ organs
1790 26 imitation imitate
1791 26 caution cautious
1792 26 mineral mine minerals
1793 26 disagree agree disagrees, disagreed, disagreeing,
disagreement
1794 26 blade blades
1795 26 trick tricks
1796 26 treasure treasury treasurer, treasurers
1797 26 immense
1798 25 convenience convenient inconvenience, inconvenient
1799 25 disapprove approve disapproves, disapproved,
disapproving, disapproval
1800 25 destructive destroy,
destruction destructively
1801 25 fork forks
1802 25 noon
1803 25 ownership own
1804 25 tune tunes
1805 25 polish polishes, polished, polishing
1806 25 poison poisonous
1807 25 shame shames, shamed, shaming,
shameful, shameless
1808 25 loyalty loyal
1809 25 cottage cottages
1810 25 astonish astonishes, astonished,
astonishing, astonishment
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1811 25 shave shaves, shaved, shaving
1812 25 feather feathers
1813 25 sauce sauces
1814 25 lid lids
1815 25 debt debts
1816 25 fade fades, faded, fading
1817 25 confess confession confesses, confessed, confessing
1818 25 classification class, classify
1819 24 descend descendant,
descent descends, descended, descending
1820 24 cape capes
1821 24 mild mildly, mildness
1822 24 clever
1823 24 envelope envelopes
1824 24 invention invent,
inventor inventions
1825 24 sheep
1826 24 splendid splendidly
1827 24 stamp stamps
1828 24 float floats, floating, floated
1829 24 brick bricks
1830 24 rice
1831 24 businessman business,
businesslike
businessmen, businesswoman,
businesswomen
1832 24 backward back
1833 24 qualification qualify qualifications
1834 24 artificial
1835 24 attraction attract,
attractive
1836 24 lamp lamps
1837 24 curl curls, curling, curled, curly
1838 23 shower showers
1839 23 elder
1840 23 bunch bunches
1841 23 bell bells
1842 23 steer steers, steered, steering
1843 23 flavor
1844 23 spit spits, spat, spitting
1845 23 rob robs, robbed, robbing
1846 23 cream
1847 23 interrupt interruption interrupts, interrupted,
interrupting
1848 23 pen pens
1849 23 weave weaves, wove, woven
1850 23 orange oranges
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1851 23 rescue rescues, rescued, rescuing
1852 23 crush crushes, crushed, crushing
1853 23 humble humbly
1854 23 fancy fanciful
1855 23 decay decays, decaying, decayed
1856 23 polite politely, politeness
1857 23 tribe tribes
1858 22 bleed blood bleeds
1859 22 coin coins
1860 22 fond
1861 22 autumn
1862 22 classify class,
classification classified, classifying
1863 22 omit omits, omitted, omitting
1864 22 loyal loyalty
1865 22 needle needles
1866 22 lessen less lessens, lessened, lessening
1867 22 complaint complain complaints
1868 22 pad pads, padded, padding
1869 22 steep
1870 22 skirt skirts
1871 22 curtain curtains
1872 22 calculation calculate,
calculator
1873 22 laughter laugh
1874 22 solemn solemnly
1875 22 grease greasy
1876 22 interfere interference interferes, interfered, interfering
1877 22 explode explosion explodes, exploded, exploding
1878 22 fasten fastener
1879 21 flag flags
1880 21 resign resigned, resigns, resigning,
resignation
1881 21 postpone
1882 21 patience patient
1883 21 boast boasts, boasting, boasted,
boastful
1884 21 rope ropes
1885 21 envy envies, envied, envious
1886 21 aeroplane airplane, aeroplanes, airplanes
1887 21 rid rids
1888 21 shield shields, shielded, shielding
1889 21 veil veils
1890 21 kneel knee kneels, kneeled, kneeling
1891 21 tray trays
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1892 21 explosive explosively
1893 21 brass
1894 21 taxi taxis
1895 21 wax
1896 21 duck ducks
1897 21 button buttons, buttoned, buttoning,
unbutton
1898 21 invent invention,
inventor invents, invented, inventing
1899 20 remedy remedies
1900 20 bush bushes
1901 20 thunder
1902 20 weaken weak weakens, weakened, weakening
1903 20 poverty poor
1904 20 scrape scrapes, scraped, scraping
1905 20 arrow arrows
1906 20 tender tenderly, tenderness
1907 20 cruel cruelly, cruelty
1908 20 soften soft softens, softening, softened
1909 20 mouse mice
1910 20 hay
1911 20 anyhow
1912 20 alike
1913 20 circular circle
1914 20 juice juicy
1915 20 shelf shelves
1916 20 bake bakes, baked, baking
1917 20 hatred
1918 20 cautious caution cautiously
1919 19 basket baskets
1920 19 wreck wrecked, wrecking, wreckage
1921 19 width wide, widen
1922 19 confident confidence,
confidential confidents
1923 19 log logs
1924 19 heap heaps
1925 19 suck sucks, sucked, sucking
1926 19 ladder ladders
1927 19 gap gaps
1928 19 obey obedience,
obedient obeyed, obeys, obeying
1929 19 hut huts
1930 19 axe axes
1931 19 translation translate,
translator translations
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1932 19 collar collars
1933 19 delivery deliver deliveries
1934 19 reproduce reproduction reproduces, reproduced,
reproducing
1935 19 confession confess confessions
1936 19 pan pans
1937 19 prejudice prejudiced, unprejudiced
1938 19 voyage voyages
1939 19 tobacco
1940 18 simplicity simple
1941 18 paste pastes, pasted, pasting
1942 18 cake cakes
1943 18 elephant elephants
1944 18 ribbon ribbons
1945 18 harvest
1946 18 ashamed
1947 18 cave caves
1948 18 customary
1949 18 thief thieves
1950 18 damp
1951 18 sew sews, sewing, sewn
1952 18 rust rusty
1953 18 separation separate separations
1954 18 waiter wait waiters, waitress, waitresses
1955 18 pet pets
1956 18 straw straws
1957 18 upset upsets, upsetting
1958 18 towel towels
1959 18 refresh refreshing, refreshed, refreshes,
refreshment, refreshments
1960 17 essence essential
1961 17 fur
1962 17 ambitious ambition
1963 17 defendant defend,
defence defendants
1964 17 daylight daily, day
1965 17 dip dips, dipped, dipping
1966 17 suspicious suspect,
suspicion suspiciously
1967 17 imaginary imaginative,
imagine
1968 17 ash
1969 17 carriage carriages
1970 17 educator educate,
education educators
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1971 17 saw saws, sawed, sawn, sawdust,
sawmill
1972 17 stove stoves
1973 17 rubber
1974 17 rug rugs
1975 17 misery miserable
1976 17 awkward awkwardly, awkwardness
1977 17 rival rivalry rivals
1978 16 roast roasting, roasted
1979 16 deed deeds
1980 16 preference prefer preferences
1981 16 explosion explode explosions
1982 16 theatrical theatre theatrically
1983 16 cultivate cultivation,
cultivator cultivates, cultivating, cultivated
1984 16 collector collect,
collection collectors
1985 16 miserable misery miserably
1986 16 wrist wrists
1987 16 rabbit rabbits
1988 16 accustom
1989 16 tide tides, tidal
1990 16 insult insults, insulted, insulting
1991 16 thumb thumbs
1992 16 lump lumps
1993 16 annoy annoyance annoyed, annoys, annoying
1994 16 toy toys
1995 16 heal health heals, healed, healing
1996 16 shallow shallowness
1997 16 repetition repeat repetitions
1998 16 soup
1999 15 whistle whistles, whistling
2000 15 scenery scene
2001 15 apple apples
2002 15 offence offend offense
2003 15 cork corkscrew
2004 15 ripe ripen
2005 15 temper
2006 15 sore
2007 15 pinch pinches
2008 15 diamond diamonds
2009 15 razor razors
2010 15 imaginative imaginary,
imagine imaginatively
2011 15 hook hooks
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2012 15 copper
2013 15 landlord land landlords
2014 14 influential influence influentially
2015 14 rot rots, rotted, rotting
2016 14 hollow hollows
2017 14 enclose enclosure encloses, enclosed, enclosing
2018 14 harden hard hardens, hardened, hardening
2019 14 wicked wickedly, wickedness
2020 14 stiffen stiff stiffens, stiffening, stiffened
2021 14 silk silkworm, silky
2022 14 upright
2023 14 selfish self
2024 14 stripe striped
2025 14 pig pigs
2026 14 inward inwards, inwardly
2027 14 excellence excellent
2028 14 rake rakes, raking, raked
2029 14 purple
2030 14 hasten haste hastens, hastened, hastening
2031 14 shorten short shortens, shortened, shortening
2032 14 applause applaud
2033 14 ache aches
2034 14 apology apologies
2035 14 knot knots
2036 14 nephew nephews
2037 14 cushion cushions, cushioned
2038 14 drown drowns, drowning, drowned
2039 14 nursery nurse nurseries
2040 14 pint pints
2041 14 fierce fiercely
2042 13 imitate imitation imitates, imitated, imitating
2043 13 aloud
2044 13 gaiety gay
2045 13 robbery robberies
2046 13 tighten tight tightens, tightened, tightening
2047 13 perfection perfect imperfection
2048 13 scorn scornful
2049 13 whoever who, whom
2050 13 trunk trunks
2051 13 wool woolen woollen, woolly
2052 13 sailor sail sailors
2053 13 competitor compete,
competition competitors
2054 13 moonlight moon
2055 13 deer
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2056 13 bean beans
2057 13 everyday
every,
everybody,
everyone,
everything,
everywhere
2058 13 drawer drawers
2059 13 disregard regard disregards, disregarded,
disregarding
2060 12 nowadays now
2061 12 patriotic
2062 12 tin tins, tinned
2063 12 penny pennyworth
2064 12 cage cages
2065 12 pardon pardoned, pardons, pardoning,
unpardonable
2066 12 lately late
2067 12 offend offence offends, offended, offending
2068 12 coarse
2069 12 spoil spoils, spoilt, spoiling
2070 12 horizontal horizon horizontally
2071 12 sting stings, stung
2072 12 ditch ditches
2073 12 librarian library librarians
2074 12 meantime mean,
meanwhile
2075 12 cough coughs, coughed, coughing
2076 12 deaf deafen
2077 12 sword swords
2078 12 messenger message messengers
2079 12 vain vainly
2080 12 castle castles
2081 12 elastic elasticity
2082 12 comb combs
2083 12 rod rods
2084 11 widen wide, width widens, widened, widening
2085 11 sorrow sorry
2086 11 inventor invent,
invention inventors
2087 11 cliff cliffs
2088 11 umbrella umbrellas
2089 11 interruption interrupt interruptions
2090 11 merry merrily
2091 11 gallon gallons
2092 11 conquest conquer, conquests
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conqueror
2093 11 headache head,
headdress headaches
2094 11 tailor tailors
2095 11 bucket buckets
2096 11 scent
2097 11 signature sign, signal signatures
2098 11 cart carts
2099 11 darken dark darkens, darkened, darkening
2100 11 sometime
2101 11 applaud applause applauds, applauding, applauded
2102 11 underneath under
2103 11 hello
2104 11 pretence pretend pretences, pretense, pretenses
2105 11 descent descend,
descendant descents
2106 11 conquer conqueror,
conquest conquers, conquered, conquering
2107 11 framework frame frameworks
2108 11 confidential confidence,
confident confidentially
2109 11 adoption adopt adoptions
2110 11 disgust disgusts, disgusted, disgusting
2111 11 waist waists, waistcoat
2112 11 momentary moment momentarily
2113 11 receipt receive receipts
2114 10 pearl pearls
2115 10 ray rays
2116 10 lazy
2117 10 limb limbs
2118 10 grammatical grammar
2119 10 beast beasts
2120 10 monkey monkeys
2121 10 jewel jewels
2122 10 persuasion persuade
2123 10 obedience obedient, obey
2124 10 sock socks
2125 10 vowel vowels
2126 10 hammer hammers, hammered, hammering
2127 10 inn
2128 10 chimney chimneys
2129 10 dissatisfaction dissatisfy
2130 10 annoyance annoy
2131 10 ornament ornaments
2132 10 honesty honest
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2133 10 outward out, outside,
outline
2134 10 sharpen sharp sharpens, sharpening, sharpened
2135 10 handkerchief
hand, handle,
handshake,
handwriting
handkerchiefs
2136 9 greed greedy, greedily
2137 9 heavenly heaven
2138 9 thirst thirsty
2139 9 niece nieces
2140 9 spill spills, spilling
2141 9 loaf loaves
2142 9 wheat
2143 9 worm worms
2144 9 secrecy secret
2145 9 rude rudely, rudeness
2146 9 heighten height, high,
highway
heightens, heightened,
heightening
2147 9 flatten flat
2148 9 loosen loose loosens, loosened, loosening
2149 9 cheese
2150 9 rivalry rival rivalries
2151 9 royalty royal royalties
2152 9 discontent content discontented
2153 9 complication complicate complications
2154 9 fright frighten
2155 9 indoor indoors
2156 9 flour
2157 9 actress actor actresses
2158 8 congratulation congratulate congratulations
2159 8 ounce ounces
2160 8 fry fries, fried, frying
2161 8 everlasting ever
2162 8 goat goats
2163 8 ink inky
2164 8 disappearance appear,
disappear disappearances
2165 8 reproduction reproduce
2166 8 thicken thick thickens, thickening, thickened
2167 8 avoidance avoid
2168 8 spoon spoons, spoonful
2169 8 strap straps
2170 8 deceive deceit deceives, deceived, deceiving
2171 7 lengthen length
2172 7 revenge
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2173 7 correction correct corrections
2174 7 descendant descend,
descent descendants
2175 7 hesitation hesitate hesitations
2176 7 spade spades
2177 7 basin basins
2178 7 weed weeds
2179 7 omission omissions
2180 7 old-fashioned old
2181 7 bicycle bicycles
2182 7 breadth broad,
broadcast
2183 7 photography photograph photographs
2184 7 coward cowardice cowardly
2185 7 mat mats
2186 7 rejoice rejoices, rejoiced, rejoicing
2187 7 cheat cheats, cheated, cheating
2188 7 congratulate congratulation congratulates, congratulated,
congratulating
2189 7 discomfort comfort discomforts, discomforted,
discomforting
2190 7 enclosure enclose enclosures
2191 7 attentive attend,
attention attentively
2192 7 paw paws
2193 6 overflow over,
overcome, flow
overflows, overflowed,
overflowing
2194 6 dissatisfy dissatisfaction dissatisfies, dissatisfied,
dissatisfying
2195 6 multiplication multiply
2196 6 whichever which
2197 6 tidy tidies, tidied, tidying
2198 6 bribe bribery bribes, bribing, bribed
2199 6 mend mends, mended, mending
2200 6 stocking stockings
2201 6 feast feasts, feasting
2202 6 nuisance nuisances
2203 6 thorn thorns
2204 6 tame
2205 5 inclusive include inclusively
2206 5 homemade
home,
homecoming,
homework
2207 5 handwriting hand, handle,
handshake,
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(1-2284) Frequency Word
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handkerchief
2208 5 chalk
2209 5 sour
2210 5 slippery slip
2211 5 procession processions
2212 5 ripen ripe ripens, ripened, ripening
2213 5 jealous jealousy
2214 5 jealousy jealous
2215 5 liar lie
2216 5 homecoming
home,
homemade,
homework
homecomings
2217 5 barber barbers
2218 5 whiten white whitens, whitening, whitened
2219 5 berry berries
2220 5 lighten light lightens, lightened, lightening
2221 5 pigeon pigeons
2222 5 hinder hindrance hinders, hindered, hindering
2223 4 bravery brave
2224 4 baggage
2225 4 noun nouns
2226 4 amongst among
2227 4 grammar grammatical
2228 4 cultivation cultivate,
cultivator
2229 4 companionship companion
2230 4 rubbish
2231 4 modesty modest
2232 4 woolen wool
2233 4 deepen deep, depth deepens, deepened, deepening
2234 4 pastry pastries
2235 4 cupboard cupboards
2236 4 quart quarts, quarterly, headquarters
2237 4 canal canals
2238 4 notebook note notebooks
2239 4 deceit deceive deceits, deceitful
2240 3 parcel parcels
2241 3 brighten bright brightens, brightened
2242 3 moderation moderate
2243 3 punctual punctuality, punctually
2244 3 hurrah
2245 3 lipstick
2246 3 uppermost upper
2247 3 fatten fat fattens, fattened, fattening
2248 3 conqueror conquer, conquerors
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Number
(1-2284) Frequency Word
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in GSL Related words NOT in GSL
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conquest
2249 2 hindrance hinder hindrances
2250 2 cowardice coward
2251 2 obedient obedience,
obey obediently
2252 2 saucer saucers
2253 2 madden maddens, maddened, maddening
2254 2 scold scolds, scolded, scolding
2255 2 weekday week, weekend weekdays
2256 2 rotten
2257 2 disrespect respect disrespects, disrespected,
disrespecting, disrespectful
2258 1 widower widow
2259 1 deafen deaf deafens, deafening, deafened
2260 1 donkey donkeys
2261 1 businesslike business,
businessman unbusinesslike
2262 1 motherhood mother,
motherly
2263 1 sadden sad saddens, saddened, saddening
2264 1 handshake
hand, handle,
handkerchief,
handwriting
handshakes
2265 1 calculator calculate,
calculation
2266 1 headdress head,
headache headdresses
2267 1 scissors
2268 1 translator translate,
translation
2269 1 possessor possess,
possession possessors
2270 1 shilling shillings
2271 1 redden red reddens, reddened, reddening
2272 1 motherly mother,
motherhood
2273 0 whose
2274 0 cultivator cultivate,
cultivation
2275 0 whom who, whoever
2276 0 homework
home,
homemade,
homecoming
2277 0 electrician electric electricians
2278 0 oar oars
General Service List
Number
(1-2284) Frequency Word
Related words
in GSL Related words NOT in GSL
This resource was developed by Sheldon C.H. Smith at
60
2279 0 bribery bribe
2280 0 sweeten sweet sweetens, sweetened, sweetening
2281 0 sow sows, sown, sowing
2282 0 pronunciation pronounce
2283 0 beak beaks
2284 0 plural