100 Most Common Words in the English Language

Isabella Davis

Sun, 14 Sep 2025

Here are 100 of the most common words in English that are used a lot in everyday conversations and various texts:

Pronouns:

1. I
2. You
3. He
4. She
5. It
6. We
7. They
8. Me
9. Him
10. Her

Common Verbs

11. Be
12. Have
13. Do
14. Say
15. Go
16. Get
17. Make
18. Know
19. Think
20. Take

Common Nouns

21. Time
22. Person
23. Year
24. Way
25. Day
26. Thing
27. Man
28. Woman
29. Life
30. Child

Common Adjectives

31. Good
32. New
33. First
34. Last
35. Long
36. Great
37. Little
38. Own
39. Other
40. Old

Common Adverbs

41. Very
42. Just
43. Only
44. Even
45. Also
46. Always
47. Often
48. Usually
49. Sometimes
50. Never

Prepositions

51. In
52. On
53. At
54. With
55. By
56. About
57. Against
58. Between
59. Under
60. Over

Auxiliary & Modal Verbs

61. Can
62. Will
63. Should
64. Would
65. Must
66. Could
67. Might
68. Shall
69. May
70. Need

Question Words

71. What
72. Who
73. Where
74. When
75. Why
76. How
77. Which
78. Whose
79. Whom
80. Whether

Common Expressions

81. Hello
82. Goodbye
83. Please
84. Thank you
85. Sorry
86. Yes
87. No
88. Maybe
89. Sure
90. Okay

Other Common Words

91. Because
92. Before
93. After
94. While
95. Through
96. Each
97. Every
98. Some
99. Any
100. All