The 1000 Most Common Words in English
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A study by Mark Davies of Brigham Young University found that by learning the 1000 most commonly used words in a language, you can understand 76% of all nonfiction writing, 79.6% of all fiction writing, and 87.8% of all spoken speech. When you're a beginner learning a language, why waste time learning uncommon words? With our 1000 Words vocabulary lessons, you'll learn the 1000 most commonly used words based on information from the Corpus of Contemporary American English. 1000 Words lessons include...

• Audio to hear and practice pronouncing the word
• A brief definition of the word
• The part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc.)
• An example sentence to familiarize you with the word in context
• The opportunity to write a sentence with the new word in the comments section to reinforce your learning

Note: The definition of the word is the most common usage; not all uses of the word.

 

The Words

Words 1-500

Words 501-1000

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