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Most Common WORDS IN ENGLISH HENRIKA FLORÉN
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Most Common
WORDSIN ENGLISH
H E N R I K A F L O R É N
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Cover illustration by Joris Hoefnagel (1542 – 1600) from Guide to the Construction of Letters. Image in Public Domain
Top left by Jan Christian Bierpfaff from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum. Image in Public DomainTop right: Young Woman Writing Calligraphy (1793), Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image in Public Domain
Bottom right Child Writing. Image in Public Domain
THE FIRST 25 WORDS
The first 25 most common written words in English make up about 1/3 of things we write.
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The first 100 about 1/2 of all written material.
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The first 300 make up 2/3 of all written material in English.
1-300Source: W.E.B. DuBois Learning Center & The Reading Teachers Book of Lists, Third Edition; by Edward Bernard Fry, Ph.D, Jacqueline E. Kress, Ed.D & Dona Lee Founto\ ukidis, Ed.D.
1.the
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2. of 3.and
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4.a 5. to
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6. in 7. is
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8. you 9. that
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10. it 11. he
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12. was 13. for
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14. on 15. are
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16. as 17. with
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18. his 19. they
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20. I 21. at
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22. be 23. this
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24. have 25. from
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These were the first 25 most common written words in English.
Remember that these make up about 1/3 of things we write. If you spell these wrong you will get very many mistakes on every page you write.
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Coming up:Now on to the rest of the first 100 most common words in English - about 1/2 of all written material.
1-100
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Top left by Joris Hoefnagel (1542 – 1600) from Guide to the Construction of Letters. Image in Public Domain
Top right: Word cloud by Henrika Florén
Bottom right The Proper Art of Writing: a compilation of all sorts of capital or initial letters of German, Latin and Italian fonts from different masters of the noble art of writing. Image in Public Domain.
THE MOST COMMON WORDS: 26-100
26. or 27. one
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28. had 29. by
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30. word 31. but
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32. not 33. what
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34. all 35. were
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36. we 37. when
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38. your 39. can
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40. said 41. there
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42. with 43. his
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44. each 45. which
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46. she 47. do
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48. how 49. their
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50. if 51. will
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52. up 53. other
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54. about 55.outIllustration: From the book Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors. Image in Public Domain.
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56. many 57. then
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58. them 59. these
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60. so 61. some
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62. her 63. would
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64. make 65. like
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66. him 67. into
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68. time 69. has
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70. look
71. two
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72. more 73. write
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74. go 75. see
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76. number 77. no
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78. way 79. could
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80. people 81. my
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82. than 83. first
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84. water
85. been
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86. call 87. who
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88. oil
89. its
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90. now 91. find
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92. long 93. down
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94. day 95. did
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96. get 97. come
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98. made 99. may
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100. part
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