Can you name the 5,000 Most Common English Words Grouped by Frequency?

created by darinh
  • Enter a Word in the box below
  • Correctly named Words will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Source: COCA-Based Word Frequency Lists
  • The 5,000 most common English words according to the Corpus 5K Word List are below. Grouped according to ranking, can you name them? SEE NOTE BELOW for details.
  • NOTE - The COCA-based word list does contain a few proper nouns (mostly relating to places) and a handful of very common abbreviations. However, verb forms, plurals, etc are filtered out (i.e. it is a "Lemma" word list). Words are duplicated in the list if they fall under different parts of speech, so choosing a word that is in the list as a noun and verb will give you two answers. Could only show a few words in the answer due to data field requirements.
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RankWords
1-35
36-70
71-105
106-140
141-175
176-210
211-245
246-280
281-315
316-350
351-385
381-410
411-440
441-470
471-500
501-530
531-560
561-590
591-620
621-650
651-680
681-710
711-740
741-770
771-800
801-830
831-860
861-890
891-920
921-950
951-980
981-1005
RankWords
1006-1030
1031-1055
1056-1080
1081-1105
1106-1130
1131-1155
1156-1180
1181-1205
1206-1230
1231-1255
1256-1280
1281-1305
1306-1330
1331-1355
1356-1380
1381-1405
1406-1430
1431-1455
1456-1480
1481-1505
1506-1530
1531-1555
1556-1580
1581-1605
1606-1630
1631-1655
1656-1680
1681-1705
1706-1730
1731-1755
1756-1780
1781-1805
RankWords
1806-1830
1831-1855
1856-1880
1881-1905
1906-1930
1931-1955
1956-1980
1981-2005
2006-2030
2031-2055
2056-2080
2081-2105
2106-2130
2131-2155
2156-2180
2181-2205
2206-2230
2231-2255
2256-2280
2281-2305
2306-2330
2331-2355
2356-2380
2381-2405
2406-2430
2431-2455
2456-2480
2481-2505
2506-2530
2531-2555
2556-2580
2581-2605
RankWords
2606-2630
2631-2655
2656-2680
2681-2705
2706-2730
2731-2755
2756-2780
2781-2805
2806-2830
2831-2855
2856-2880
2881-2905
2906-2930
2931-2955
2956-2980
2981-3005
3006-3030
3031-3055
3056-3080
3081-3105
3106-3130
3131-3155
3156-3180
3181-3205
3206-3230
3231-3255
3256-3280
3281-3305
3306-3330
3331-3355
3356-3380
3381-3405
RankWords
3406-3430
3431-3455
3456-3480
3481-3505
3506-3530
3531-3555
3556-3580
3581-3605
3606-3630
3631-3655
3656-3680
3681-3705
3706-3730
3731-3755
3756-3780
3781-3805
3806-3830
3831-3855
3856-3880
3881-3905
3906-3930
3931-3955
3956-3980
3981-4005
4006-4030
4031-4055
4056-4080
4081-4105
4106-4130
4131-4155
4156-4180
4181-4205
RankWords
4206-4230
4231-4255
4256-4280
4281-4305
4306-4330
4331-4355
4356-4380
4381-4405
4406-4430
4431-4455
4456-4480
4481-4505
4506-4530
4531-4555
4556-4580
4581-4605
4606-4630
4631-4655
4656-4680
4681-4705
4706-4730
4731-4755
4756-4780
4781-4805
4806-4830
4831-4855
4856-4880
4881-4905
4906-4930
4931-4955
4956-4980
4981-5000
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5,000 Most Common English Words by Frequency Quiz

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