Below you will find the least and most remembered most commonly used words in the English language, as well as how your score stacks up against everyone else who took this quiz.

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This most commonly used words in the English language Quiz has been taken 1,383,272 times (3,317 today).
Rank Word % Guessed Right
6.a
97.2%
1.the
96.6%
10.I
95.9%
2.be
94%
16.he
88%
18.you
85.4%
32.an
83%
3.to
81.4%
30.she
81.1%
56.no
80.4%
27.we
80.3%
19.do
79.7%
49.go
76.2%
11.it
75.2%
5.and
74.7%
50.me
73.8%
29.her
73.4%
7.in
72.2%
14.on
71.6%
40.what
70.3%
26.they
70.2%
51.when
69.2%
38.there
65.3%
53.can
63.7%
13.not
63.6%
12.for
62.6%
9.have
62.2%
41.so
61.9%
4.of
61.8%
85.how
61.8%
46.who
61.4%
8.that
60.6%
39.their
60.6%
100.us
57.5%
Rank Word % Guessed Right
68.them
57.4%
42.up
56.8%
35.one
55.4%
64.your
55.3%
17.as
55.1%
21.this
54.3%
33.will
54.1%
84.two
53.9%
34.my
53.5%
58.him
53.4%
20.at
52.2%
23.his
51.9%
22.but
51.7%
72.then
50.8%
24.by
49.7%
44.if
48.7%
54.like
48.4%
69.see
48.2%
43.out
47.3%
31.or
47.3%
86.our
44.2%
37.would
43.8%
67.could
43.4%
47.get
42.4%
94.because
42.4%
55.time
42.2%
36.all
42%
25.from
41.4%
82.after
40.7%
15.with
40.2%
65.good
39.5%
28.say
38.9%
71.than
38.8%
97.give
38%
Rank Word % Guessed Right
98.day
36.9%
78.over
36.9%
76.come
36.5%
66.some
36.2%
73.now
34.4%
93.want
33.9%
59.know
33.4%
60.take
33.1%
79.think
29.8%
83.use
29.4%
45.about
28.9%
52.make
28.8%
99.most
28.1%
57.just
28.1%
96.these
27.9%
77.its
27.4%
74.look
26.4%
95.any
25.8%
87.work
25.6%
61.people
25.4%
48.which
24.3%
88.first
23.8%
62.into
23.7%
92.new
23.1%
89.well
22.9%
90.way
22.5%
80.also
22.5%
81.back
21.5%
63.year
21.1%
70.other
20.9%
75.only
18.3%
91.even
18.1%
How do you compare to other most commonly used words in the English language quiz takers?

Number % Answered
100 (all)
1.9%
95-99
3.7%
90-94
2.2%
85-89
1.9%
80-84
2.3%
75-79
3.3%
70-74
5.1%
65-69
7%
60-64
8.4%
55-59
8.4%
50-54
8.3%
45-49
6.1%
40-44
5.8%
35-39
5.8%
30-34
5.7%
25-29
5.8%
20-24
5.7%
15-19
5.3%
10-14
4%
5-9
2.2%
1-4
0.8%

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Commonest English Words

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Created by: davidr
Plays: 1,383,249
Published: January 12th, 2009
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