very common
the defining vocabulary and the words every learner meets first (Frequency bands are this dictionary's own editorial estimates, not counts from a corpus.)
427 headwords
- a determiner
- ability noun
- able adjective
- about preposition
- above preposition
- absorb verb
- accent noun
- accept verb
- accident noun
- account noun
- across preposition
- act noun, verb
- action noun
- active adjective
- activity noun
- actor noun
- actual adjective
- actually adverb
- add verb
- address noun
- adjective noun
- admire verb
- adopt verb
- adult noun, adjective
- advantage noun
- advertise verb
- affect verb
- afford verb
- afraid adjective
- after preposition, conjunction
- against preposition
- age noun, verb
- ago adverb
- agree verb
- agreement noun
- ahead adverb
- aim noun
- air noun
- airport noun
- alarm noun
- alive adjective
- all pronoun, determiner
- allow verb
- alone adjective
- along preposition
- although conjunction
- among preposition
- an determiner
- and conjunction
- angry adjective
- another pronoun, determiner
- answer verb
- anxious adjective
- any pronoun, determiner
- anybody pronoun
- anyone pronoun
- anything pronoun
- anyway adverb
- apologize verb
- appeal verb
- appear verb
- apply verb
- argue verb
- around preposition
- arrest verb
- arrive verb
- as preposition, conjunction
- as well as preposition
- ask verb
- asleep adjective
- assume verb
- at preposition
- attack verb
- available adjective
- awake adjective
- aware adjective
- bad adjective
- bake verb
- bank noun
- be verb
- beat verb
- because conjunction
- become verb
- before preposition, conjunction
- begin verb
- behind preposition
- believe verb
- belong verb
- below preposition
- bend verb
- beside preposition
- between preposition
- beyond preposition
- big adjective
- bite verb
- bleed verb
- blow verb
- board verb
- boil verb
- borrow verb
- both pronoun, determiner
- break verb
- breathe verb
- breed verb
- bring verb
- brush verb
- build verb
- burn verb
- bury verb
- but conjunction
- buy verb
- by preposition
- calculate verb
- call verb
- calm verb
- can modal verb
- care verb
- carry verb
- catch verb
- cause verb
- celebrate verb
- change verb
- charge verb
- check verb
- chew verb
- child noun
- choose verb
- chop verb
- clean verb
- climb verb
- close verb
- collect verb
- color noun
- come verb
- communicate verb
- compare verb
- compete verb
- confuse verb
- connect verb
- consider verb
- consist verb
- contain verb
- continue verb
- control verb
- cook verb
- cool verb
- copy verb
- cost verb
- cough verb
- could modal verb
- count verb
- cover verb
- crash verb
- create verb
- cross verb
- crush verb
- cure verb
- cut verb
- damage verb
- dance verb
- date verb
- decide verb
- decrease verb
- defend verb
- define verb
- delete verb
- deliver verb
- depend verb
- describe verb
- despite preposition
- destroy verb
- develop verb
- die verb
- disagree verb
- disappear verb
- disappoint verb
- discover verb
- discuss verb
- dislike verb
- divide verb
- divorce verb
- do verb
- doubt verb
- down preposition
- draw verb
- dream verb
- dress verb
- drink verb
- drive verb
- drop verb
- dry verb
- during preposition
- each pronoun, determiner
- each other pronoun
- earn verb
- eat verb
- either conjunction, pronoun, determiner
- elect verb
- employ verb
- empty verb
- encourage verb
- end verb
- enjoy verb
- enough pronoun, determiner
- enter verb
- entertain verb
- every determiner
- everybody pronoun
- everyone pronoun
- everything pronoun
- examine verb
- except preposition
- excite verb
- exercise verb
- exist verb
- expand verb
- expect verb
- explain verb
- express verb
- fall verb
- family noun
- farm verb
- fear verb
- feed verb
- feel verb
- few pronoun, determiner
- fight verb
- fill verb
- find verb
- fire verb
- fit verb
- fix verb
- flash verb
- float verb
- flow verb
- fly verb
- focus verb
- fold verb
- follow verb
- for preposition
- force verb
- forget verb
- forgive verb
- form verb
- freeze verb
- from preposition
- fry verb
- gather verb
- get verb
- give verb
- give up phrasal verb
- go verb
- good adjective
- govern verb
- grow verb
- guard verb
- guess verb
- half determiner
- hand noun
- handle verb
- hang verb
- happen verb
- happy adjective
- harm verb
- hate verb
- have verb
- he pronoun
- head noun
- hear verb
- heat verb
- help verb
- her pronoun, determiner
- hers pronoun
- herself pronoun
- hide verb
- him pronoun
- himself pronoun
- hire verb
- his pronoun, determiner
- hit verb
- hold verb
- hope verb
- house noun
- however adverb
- hug verb
- hurt verb
- I pronoun
- if conjunction
- in preposition
- including preposition
- information noun
- inside preposition
- into preposition
- it pronoun
- its determiner
- itself pronoun
- least determiner
- lend verb
- less determiner
- like preposition
- little determiner
- look after phrasal verb
- main adjective
- make verb
- many determiner
- may modal verb
- me pronoun
- might modal verb
- mine pronoun
- minus preposition
- money noun
- more determiner
- most determiner
- much determiner
- must modal verb
- my determiner
- myself pronoun
- near preposition
- neither conjunction, pronoun, determiner
- -ness suffix
- news noun
- no determiner
- nobody pronoun
- none pronoun
- nor conjunction
- nothing pronoun
- of preposition
- off preposition
- old adjective
- on preposition
- once conjunction
- one pronoun, number
- onto preposition
- or conjunction
- other pronoun, determiner
- ought modal verb
- our determiner
- ours pronoun
- ourselves pronoun
- out preposition
- outside preposition
- over preposition
- past preposition
- people noun
- per preposition
- person noun
- pick up phrasal verb
- please interjection
- plus preposition
- police noun
- quickly adverb
- record noun, verb
- run verb
- say verb
- scissors noun
- see verb
- several determiner
- shall modal verb
- she pronoun
- should modal verb
- since preposition, conjunction
- so conjunction
- some pronoun, determiner
- somebody pronoun
- someone pronoun
- something pronoun
- sorry adjective
- speak verb
- such determiner
- such as preposition
- take verb
- talk verb
- tell verb
- than conjunction
- that conjunction, pronoun, determiner
- the determiner
- their determiner
- theirs pronoun
- them pronoun
- themselves pronoun
- these pronoun, determiner
- they pronoun
- thing noun
- this pronoun, determiner
- those pronoun, determiner
- though conjunction
- through preposition
- throughout preposition
- time noun
- times preposition
- to preposition
- toward preposition
- TV abbreviation
- un- prefix
- under preposition
- unless conjunction
- until preposition, conjunction
- up preposition
- upon preposition
- us pronoun
- used to modal verb
- very adverb
- via preposition
- water noun
- way noun
- we pronoun
- well interjection
- what pronoun, determiner
- whatever determiner
- when conjunction
- where conjunction
- whether conjunction
- which pronoun, determiner
- while conjunction
- who pronoun
- whom pronoun
- whose pronoun, determiner
- will modal verb
- with preposition
- within preposition
- without preposition
- would modal verb
- yet conjunction
- you pronoun
- your determiner
- yours pronoun
- yourself pronoun