Words listed by frequency: the first 2000 most frequent words from the Brown Corpus (1,015,945 words)
Word Instances % Frequency
1. The 69970 6.8872
2. of 36410 3.5839
3. and 28854 2.8401
4. to 26154 2.5744
5. a 23363 2.2996
6. in 21345 2.1010
7. that 10594 1.0428
8. is 10102 0.9943
9. was 9815 0.9661
10. He 9542 0.9392
11. for 9489 0.9340
12. it 8760 0.8623
13. with 7290 0.7176
14. as 7251 0.7137
15. his 6996 0.6886
16. on 6742 0.6636
17. be 6376 0.6276
18. at 5377 0.5293
19. by 5307 0.5224
20. I 5180 0.5099
21. this 5146 0.5065
22. had 5131 0.5050
23. not 4610 0.4538
24. are 4394 0.4325
25. but 4381 0.4312
26. from 4370 0.4301
27. or 4207 0.4141
28. have 3942 0.3880
29. an 3748 0.3689
30. they 3619 0.3562
31. which 3561 0.3505
32. one 3297 0.3245
33. you 3286 0.3234
34. were 3284 0.3232
35. her 3037 0.2989
36. all 3001 0.2954
37. She 2859 0.2814
38. there 2725 0.2682
39. would 2715 0.2672
40. their 2670 0.2628
41. we 2653 0.2611
42. him 2619 0.2578
43. been 2473 0.2434
44. has 2439 0.2401
45. when 2331 0.2294
46. who 2252 0.2217
47. will 2244 0.2209
48. more 2216 0.2181
49. no 2203 0.2168
50. If 2199 0.2164
51. out 2096 0.2063
52. so 1985 0.1954
53. said 1961 0.1930
54. what 1908 0.1878
55. up 1895 0.1865
56. its 1858 0.1829
57. about 1815 0.1787
58. into 1791 0.1763
59. than 1790 0.1762
60. them 1789 0.1761
61. can 1772 0.1744
62. Only 1747 0.1720
63. other 1702 0.1675
64. new 1635 0.1609
65. some 1617 0.1592
66. time 1601 0.1576
67. could 1599 0.1574
68. these 1573 0.1548
69. two 1412 0.1390
70. may 1400 0.1378
71. then 1377 0.1355
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72. do 1362 0.1341
73. first 1361 0.1340
74. any 1345 0.1324
75. my 1319 0.1298
76. now 1314 0.1293
77. such 1303 0.1283
78. like 1290 0.1270
79. our 1252 0.1232
80. over 1237 0.1218
81. man 1210 0.1191
82. me 1183 0.1164
83. even 1171 0.1153
84. most 1160 0.1142
85. made 1125 0.1107
86. after 1070 0.1053
87. also 1069 0.1052
88. did 1044 0.1028
89. many 1030 0.1014
90. before 1016 0.1000
91. must 1013 0.0997
92. through 969 0.0954
93. back 967 0.0952
94. years 958 0.0943
95. where 938 0.0923
96. much 937 0.0922
97. your 923 0.0909
98. way 909 0.0895
99. well 897 0.0883
100. down 895 0.0881
101. should 888 0.0874
102. because 883 0.0869
103. each 877 0.0863
104. just 872 0.0858
105. those 850 0.0837
106. people 847 0.0834
107. Mr 839 0.0826
108. how 836 0.0823
109. too 833 0.0820
110. little 831 0.0818
111. US 827 0.0814
112. State 808 0.0795
113. good 807 0.0794
114. very 796 0.0784
115. make 794 0.0782
116. world 787 0.0775
117. still 782 0.0770
118. see 772 0.0760
119. own 772 0.0760
120. men 763 0.0751
121. work 761 0.0749
122. long 756 0.0744
123. here 750 0.0738
124. GET 749 0.0737
125. both 730 0.0719
126. between 730 0.0719
127. life 715 0.0704
128. being 712 0.0701
129. under 707 0.0696
130. never 698 0.0687
131. day 695 0.0684
132. same 686 0.0675
133. Another 684 0.0673
134. know 683 0.0672
135. year 681 0.0670
136. While 680 0.0669
137. last 676 0.0665
138. might 672 0.0661
139. great 665 0.0655
140. old 660 0.0650
141. off 640 0.0630
142. come 630 0.0620
143. since 628 0.0618
144. go 626 0.0616
145. against 626 0.0616
146. came 622 0.0612
147. right 613 0.0603
148. states 613 0.0603
149. used 612 0.0602
150. take 611 0.0601
151. three 610 0.0600
152. himself 603 0.0594
153. few 601 0.0592
154. House 591 0.0582
155. use 589 0.0580
156. During 585 0.0576
157. WITHOUT 583 0.