User:Dominic/word list
This is the first of 14 1000-word-family lists from the count of the British National Corpus (BNC) compiled by Paul Nation.
List edit
A edit
- a
- able
- about
- absolute
- accept
- account
- achieve
- across
- act
- active
- actual
- add
- address
- admit
- advertise
- affect
- afford
- after
- afternoon
- again
- against
- age
- agent
- ago
- agree
- air
- all
- allow
- almost
- along
- already
- alright
- also
- although
- always
- America
- amount
- and
- another
- answer
- any
- apart
- apparent
- appear
- apply
- appoint
- approach
- appropriate
- area
- argue
- arm
- around
- arrange
- art
- as
- ask
- associate
- assume
- at
- attend
- authority
- available
- aware
- away
- awful
B edit
- b
- baby
- back
- bad
- bag
- balance
- ball
- bank
- bar
- base
- basis
- be
- bear
- beat
- beauty
- because
- become
- bed
- before
- begin
- behind
- believe
- benefit
- best
- bet
- between
- big
- bill
- birth
- bit
- black
- bloke
- blood
- blow
- blue
- board
- boat
- body
- book
- both
- bother
- bottle
- bottom
- box
- boy
- break
- brief
- brilliant
- bring
- britain
- brother
- budget
- build
- bus
- business
- busy
- but
- buy
- by
C edit
- c
- cake
- call
- can
- car
- card
- care
- carry
- case
- cat
- catch
- cause
- cent
- centre
- certain
- chair
- chairman
- chance
- change
- chap
- character
- charge
- cheap
- check
- child
- choice
- choose
- christ
- christmas
- church
- city
- claim
- class
- clean
- clear
- client
- clock
- close
- closes
- clothe
- club
- coffee
- cold
- colleague
- collect
- college
- colour
- come
- comment
- commit
- committee
- common
- community
- company
- compare
- complete
- compute
- concern
- condition
- confer
- consider
- consult
- contact
- continue
- contract
- control
- converse
- cook
- copy
- corner
- correct
- cost
- could
- council
- count
- country
- county
- couple
- course
- court
- cover
- create
- cross
- cup
- current
- cut
D edit
- d
- dad
- danger
- date
- day
- dead
- deal
- dear
- debate
- decide
- decision
- deep
- definite
- degree
- department
- depend
- describe
- design
- detail
- develop
- die
- difference
- difficult
- dinner
- direct
- discuss
- district
- divide
- do
- doctor
- document
- dog
- door
- double
- doubt
- down
- draw
- dress
- drink
- drive
- drop
- dry
- due
- during
E edit
- e
- each
- early
- east
- easy
- eat
- economy
- educate
- effect
- egg
- eight
- either
- elect
- electric
- eleven
- else
- employ
- encourage
- end
- engine
- english
- enjoy
- enough
- enter
- environment
- equal
- especial
- europe
- even
- evening
- ever
- every
- evidence
- exact
- example
- except
- excuse
- exercise
- exist
- expect
- expense
- experience
- explain
- express
- extra
- eye
F edit
- f
- face
- fact
- fair
- fall
- family
- far
- farm
- fast
- father
- favour
- feed
- feel
- few
- field
- fight
- figure
- file
- fill
- film
- final
- finance
- find
- fine
- finish
- fire
- first
- fish
- fit
- five
- flat
- floor
- fly
- follow
- food
- foot
- for
- force
- forget
- form
- fortune
- forward
- four
- france
- free
- friday
- friend
- from
- front
- full
- fun
- function
- fund
- further
- future
G edit
- g
- game
- garden
- gas
- general
- germany
- get
- girl
- give
- glass
- go
- god
- good
- goodbye
- govern
- grand
- grant
- great
- green
- ground
- group
- grow
- guess
- guy
H edit
- h
- hair
- half
- hall
- hand
- hang
- happen
- happy
- hard
- hate
- have
- he
- head
- health
- hear
- heart
- heat
- heavy
- hell
- help
- here
- high
- history
- hit
- hold
- holiday
- home
- honest
- hope
- horse
- hospital
- hot
- hour
- house
- how
- however
- hullo
- hundred
- husband
I edit
- i
- idea
- identify
- if
- imagine
- important
- improve
- in
- include
- income
- increase
- indeed
- individual
- industry
- inform
- inside
- instead
- insure
- interest
- into
- introduce
- invest
- involve
- issue
- it
- item
J edit
K edit
L edit
- l
- labour
- lad
- lady
- land
- language
- large
- last
- late
- laugh
- law
- lay
- lead
- learn
- leave
- left
- leg
- less
- let
- letter
- level
- lie
- life
- light
- like
- likely
- limit
- line
- link
- list
- listen
- little
- live
- load
- local
- lock
- london
- long
- look
- lord
- lose
- lot
- love
- low
- luck
- lunch
M edit
- m
- machine
- main
- major
- make
- man
- manage
- many
- mark
- market
- marry
- match
- matter
- may
- maybe
- mean
- meaning
- measure
- meet
- member
- mention
- middle
- might
- mile
- milk
- million
- mind
- minister
- minus
- minute
- miss
- mister
- moment
- monday
- money
- month
- more
- morning
- most
- mother
- motion
- move
- mrs
- much
- music
- must
N edit
- n
- name
- nation
- nature
- near
- necessary
- need
- never
- new
- news
- next
- nice
- night
- nine
- no
- non
- none
- normal
- north
- not
- note
- notice
- now
- number
O edit
- o
- obvious
- occasion
- odd
- of
- off
- offer
- office
- often
- okay
- old
- on
- once
- one
- only
- open
- operate
- opportunity
- oppose
- or
- order
- organize
- organisation
- organisations
- organise
- organised
- disorganised
- disorganized
- unorganised
- organises
- organising
- organization
- organizations
- organized
- organizes
- organizing
- organisational
- organisationally
- organiser
- organisers
- organizer
- organizers
- organizational
- organizationally
- reorganise
- reorganises
- reorganised
- reorganising
- reorganisation
- reorganisations
- reorganize
- reorganizes
- reorganized
- reorganizing
- reorganization
- reorganizations
- original
- other
- otherwise
- ought
- out
- over
- own
P edit
- p
- pack
- page
- paint
- pair
- paper
- paragraph
- pardon
- parent
- park
- part
- particular
- party
- pass
- past
- pay
- pence
- pension
- people
- per
- percent
- perfect
- perhaps
- period
- person
- photograph
- pick
- picture
- piece
- place
- plan
- play
- please
- plus
- point
- police
- policy
- politic
- poor
- position
- positive
- possible
- post
- pound
- power
- practise
- prepare
- present
- press
- pressure
- presume
- pretty
- previous
- price
- private
- probable
- problem
- proceed
- process
- produce
- product
- programme
- project
- proper
- propose
- protect
- provide
- public
- pull
- purpose
- push
- put
Q edit
R edit
- r
- radio
- rail
- raise
- range
- rate
- rather
- read
- ready
- real
- realise
- really
- reason
- receive
- recent
- reckon
- recognize
- recommend
- record
- red
- reduce
- refer
- regard
- region
- relation
- remember
- report
- represent
- require
- research
- resource
- respect
- responsible
- rest
- result
- return
- rid
- right
- ring
- rise
- road
- role
- roll
- room
- round
- rule
- run
S edit
- safe
- sale
- same
- saturday
- save
- say
- scheme
- school
- science
- score
- scotland
- seat
- second
- secretary
- section
- secure
- see
- seem
- self
- sell
- send
- sense
- separate
- serious
- serve
- service
- set
- settle
- seven
- sex
- shall
- share
- she
- sheet
- shoe
- shoot
- shop
- short
- should
- show
- shut
- sick
- side
- sign
- similar
- simple
- since
- sing
- single
- sir
- sister
- sit
- site
- situate
- six
- size
- sleep
- slight
- slow
- small
- smoke
- so
- social
- society
- some
- son
- soon
- sorry
- sort
- sound
- south
- space
- speak
- special
- specific
- speed
- spell
- spend
- square
- staff
- stage
- stairs
- stand
- standard
- start
- state
- station
- stay
- step
- stick
- still
- stop
- story
- straight
- strategy
- street
- strike
- strong
- structure
- student
- study
- stuff
- stupid
- subject
- succeed
- such
- sudden
- suggest
- suit
- summer
- sun
- sunday
- supply
- support
- suppose
- sure
- surprise
- switch
- system
T edit
- table
- take
- talk
- tape
- tax
- tea
- teach
- team
- telephone
- television
- tell
- ten
- tend
- term
- terrible
- test
- than
- thank
- the
- then
- there
- therefore
- they
- thing
- think
- thirteen
- thirty
- this
- thou
- though
- thousand
- three
- through
- throw
- thursday
- tie
- time
- to
- today
- together
- tomorrow
- tonight
- too
- top
- total
- touch
- toward
- town
- trade
- traffic
- train
- transport
- travel
- treat
- tree
- trouble
- true
- trust
- try
- tuesday
- turn
- twelve
- twenty
- two
- type
U edit
V edit
W edit
- w
- wage
- wait
- walk
- wall
- want
- war
- warm
- wash
- waste
- watch
- water
- way
- we
- wear
- wednesday
- wee
- week
- weigh
- welcome
- well
- west
- what
- when
- where
- whether
- which
- while
- white
- who
- whole
- why
- wide
- wife
- will
- win
- wind
- window
- wish
- with
- within
- without
- woman
- wonder
- wood
- word
- work
- world
- worry
- worse
- worth
- would
- write
- wrong
X edit
Y edit
Z edit
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