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WordCount is an artistic experiment in the way we use language. It presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonality. Each word is scaled to reflect its frequency relative to the words that precede and follow it, giving a visual barometer of relevance. The larger the word, the more we use it. The smaller the word, the more uncommon it is.
A nice little Flash thingie showing the most used words in the English language. Search by word, rank, or just click in the little graph to jump to that place in the chart.
Geek is the 66,213th most common word in the English language, though that number is probably skewed heavily if you were to limit your search to this web site. Nerd is the 70,675th most common word, and dork doesn’t even make the list.
Other interesting ranks: Sex: 1,236th; God: 376th; Bush: 2,629th; Clinton: 4,336th.
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8 Responses for "86,800 of the most used words in the English language"
July 27th, 2004 at 12:57 pm
1Man who would’ve guessed the word “the” was #1? Hehe, my favorite word came in in the 20,000 range. I will leave it at that.
July 27th, 2004 at 12:59 pm
2According to David Letterman, #1 is “Biscuit”.
December 10th, 2004 at 11:39 am
3probably “sorry” might be the first common word because its the most abused word in our society,and the second was “promise.”
March 22nd, 2005 at 9:37 am
4Dear All
I have a student here in China who (like his peers I presume) is required to learn 8000 English words in order to pass an exam. Any suggestions for techniques? Thanks ! (I have one or two teaching ideas for swaps.)
Rod Ivall
March 22nd, 2005 at 9:38 am
5Dear All
I have a student here in China who (like his peers I presume) is required to learn 8000 English words in order to pass an exam. Any suggestions for techniques? Thanks ! (I have one or two teaching ideas for swaps.)
Rod Ivall
December 12th, 2005 at 4:11 pm
6What about “Hi”? And Mother? And where can we find the list?
April 2nd, 2006 at 4:20 am
7golf Keyword doesn’t matter
July 28th, 2008 at 8:12 am
8Hi can somebady send me this list
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