Top 100 Commonest Words |
| Rank | Word | Number | Length | Percentage | Accum % |
| 1 | the | 91091 | 3 | 5.32% | 5.32% |
| 2 | and | 52241 | 3 | 3.05% | 8.37% |
| 3 | to | 43402 | 2 | 2.54% | 10.91% |
| 4 | of | 38254 | 2 | 2.24% | 13.15% |
| 5 | a | 36139 | 1 | 2.11% | 15.26% |
| 6 | he | 24664 | 2 | 1.44% | 16.70% |
| 7 | was | 21762 | 3 | 1.27% | 17.97% |
| 8 | in | 21492 | 2 | 1.26% | 19.22% |
| 9 | it | 20354 | 2 | 1.19% | 20.41% |
| 10 | his | 19966 | 3 | 1.17% | 21.58% |
| 11 | that | 18862 | 4 | 1.10% | 22.68% |
| 12 | her | 18050 | 3 | 1.05% | 23.74% |
| 13 | she | 16814 | 3 | 0.98% | 24.72% |
| 14 | had | 14243 | 3 | 0.83% | 25.55% |
| 15 | you | 14050 | 3 | 0.82% | 26.37% |
| 16 | as | 13877 | 2 | 0.81% | 27.18% |
| 17 | i | 13722 | 1 | 0.80% | 27.99% |
| 18 | but | 13583 | 3 | 0.79% | 28.78% |
| 19 | for | 12633 | 3 | 0.74% | 29.52% |
| 20 | with | 12151 | 4 | 0.71% | 30.23% |
| 21 | on | 10674 | 2 | 0.62% | 30.85% |
| 22 | at | 10409 | 2 | 0.61% | 31.46% |
| 23 | they | 9050 | 4 | 0.53% | 31.99% |
| 24 | be | 8603 | 2 | 0.50% | 32.49% |
| 25 | him | 7886 | 3 | 0.46% | 32.95% |
| 26 | not | 7624 | 3 | 0.45% | 33.40% |
| 27 | have | 7230 | 4 | 0.42% | 33.82% |
| 28 | them | 6905 | 4 | 0.40% | 34.22% |
| 29 | were | 6821 | 4 | 0.40% | 34.62% |
| 30 | one | 6741 | 3 | 0.39% | 35.01% |
| 31 | if | 6539 | 2 | 0.38% | 35.40% |
| 32 | from | 6511 | 4 | 0.38% | 35.78% |
| 33 | said | 6385 | 4 | 0.37% | 36.15% |
| 34 | all | 6316 | 3 | 0.37% | 36.52% |
| 35 | out | 6117 | 3 | 0.36% | 36.88% |
| 36 | what | 5819 | 4 | 0.34% | 37.22% |
| 37 | no | 5797 | 2 | 0.34% | 37.56% |
| 38 | up | 5731 | 2 | 0.33% | 37.89% |
| 39 | would | 5687 | 5 | 0.33% | 38.22% |
| 40 | there | 5551 | 5 | 0.32% | 38.55% |
| 41 | is | 5506 | 2 | 0.32% | 38.87% |
| 42 | this | 5454 | 4 | 0.32% | 39.19% |
| 43 | their | 5295 | 5 | 0.31% | 39.50% |
| 44 | been | 5266 | 4 | 0.31% | 39.80% |
| 45 | we | 5093 | 2 | 0.30% | 40.10% |
| 46 | could | 5049 | 5 | 0.29% | 40.40% |
| 47 | into | 4768 | 4 | 0.28% | 40.68% |
| 48 | then | 4732 | 4 | 0.28% | 40.95% |
| 49 | so | 4710 | 2 | 0.28% | 41.23% |
| 50 | or | 4426 | 2 | 0.26% | 41.49% |
| 51 | back | 4425 | 4 | 0.26% | 41.74% |
| 52 | more | 4388 | 4 | 0.26% | 42.00% |
| 53 | like | 4324 | 4 | 0.25% | 42.25% |
| 54 | an | 4268 | 2 | 0.25% | 42.50% |
| 55 | by | 4012 | 2 | 0.23% | 42.74% |
| 56 | do | 3919 | 2 | 0.23% | 42.97% |
| 57 | about | 3865 | 5 | 0.23% | 43.19% |
| 58 | than | 3763 | 4 | 0.22% | 43.41% |
| 59 | just | 3643 | 4 | 0.21% | 43.62% |
| 60 | when | 3605 | 4 | 0.21% | 43.83% |
| 61 | me | 3552 | 2 | 0.21% | 44.04% |
| 62 | even | 3522 | 4 | 0.21% | 44.25% |
| 63 | your | 3344 | 4 | 0.20% | 44.44% |
| 64 | time | 3231 | 4 | 0.19% | 44.63% |
| 65 | are | 3138 | 3 | 0.18% | 44.82% |
| 66 | now | 3082 | 3 | 0.18% | 45.00% |
| 67 | my | 3080 | 2 | 0.18% | 45.18% |
| 68 | down | 3033 | 4 | 0.18% | 45.35% |
| 69 | only | 3000 | 4 | 0.18% | 45.53% |
| 70 | over | 2916 | 4 | 0.17% | 45.70% |
| 71 | know | 2867 | 4 | 0.17% | 45.87% |
| 72 | well | 2855 | 4 | 0.17% | 46.03% |
| 73 | eyes | 2832 | 4 | 0.17% | 46.20% |
| 74 | can | 2759 | 3 | 0.16% | 46.36% |
| 75 | get | 2732 | 3 | 0.16% | 46.52% |
| 76 | who | 2636 | 3 | 0.15% | 46.67% |
| 77 | any | 2621 | 3 | 0.15% | 46.83% |
| 78 | two | 2545 | 3 | 0.15% | 46.98% |
| 79 | how | 2526 | 3 | 0.15% | 47.12% |
| 80 | way | 2520 | 3 | 0.15% | 47.27% |
| 81 | own | 2515 | 3 | 0.15% | 47.42% |
| 82 | right | 2452 | 5 | 0.14% | 47.56% |
| 83 | don't | 2448 | 5 | 0.14% | 47.70% |
| 84 | too | 2435 | 3 | 0.14% | 47.85% |
| 85 | will | 2347 | 4 | 0.14% | 47.98% |
| 86 | thought | 2333 | 7 | 0.14% | 48.12% |
| 87 | looked | 2318 | 6 | 0.14% | 48.25% |
| 88 | other | 2289 | 5 | 0.13% | 48.39% |
| 89 | he'd | 2278 | 4 | 0.13% | 48.52% |
| 90 | didn't | 2274 | 6 | 0.13% | 48.65% |
| 91 | before | 2262 | 6 | 0.13% | 48.79% |
| 92 | through | 2257 | 7 | 0.13% | 48.92% |
| 93 | some | 2237 | 4 | 0.13% | 49.05% |
| 94 | off | 2235 | 3 | 0.13% | 49.18% |
| 95 | here | 2224 | 4 | 0.13% | 49.31% |
| 96 | did | 2224 | 3 | 0.13% | 49.44% |
| 97 | think | 2153 | 5 | 0.13% | 49.56% |
| 98 | head | 2137 | 4 | 0.12% | 49.69% |
| 99 | i'm | 2127 | 3 | 0.12% | 49.81% |
| 100 | see | 2116 | 3 | 0.12% | 49.94% |
| Total Words | 1711549 |
Analysis from a total of 1,711,549 words..
prose (pr
z) n. Ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure.
from
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prsa (r
ti), straightforward (discourse).
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