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Frequency List of 5000 Words in English
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Frequency List
The Top 5,000 Words in Spoken American English
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Frequency List
LEMMA|POS LEMMA POS FREQUENCY INFLECTIONS
be|v be v 318018 be, am, are, been, being, is, was, were
I|fw I fw 267578 I
you|fw you fw 248266 you
to|fw to fw 151270 to
it|fw it fw 117091 it
not|fw not fw 109143 not
that|fw that fw 95271 that, those
we|fw we fw 61381 we
in|fw in fw 58486 in
oh|u oh u 48348 oh
can|v can v 46947 can, could, cannot
no|fw no fw 43447 no
on|fw on fw 43007 on
up|r up r 22171 up
at|fw at fw 21243 at
one|m one m 21176 one, ones
if|fw if fw 19770 if
how|r how r 19474 how
us|fw us fw 10058 us
them|fw them fw 9857 them
or|fw or fw 9272 or
talk|v talk v 9197 talk, talked, talking, talks
okay|j okay j 9098 okay, OK
something|fw something fw 9075 something
OK|r OK r 1480 OK
perfect|j perfect j 1477 perfect
yo|u yo u 329 yo
e-mail|v e-mail v 171 e-mail, e-mails, e-mailing, e-mailed, email, emails, emailing, emailed
present|v present v 171 present, presented, presenting, presents
wind|v wind v 158 wind, winds, winding, winded ; wind, winds, winding, wound
downstairs|r downstairs r 157 downstairs
one thousand one hundred|m one thous and one m 49 one thousand one hundred
hundred
pose|v pose v 49 pose, posed, poses, posing
psychiatrist|n psychiatrist n 49 psychiatrist, psychiatrists
HR|abbr HR abbr 36 HR
infinite|j infinite j 36 infinite
lemma lemma A lemma is the canonical form of a word, i.e.: a word as typically found in the dictionary. For
example, be for the verb "to be" and all its inflections: be, am, are, been, being, is, was, were. A
single word may exist as different lemmas; for example, book will be found as two lemmas, once
as the noun (book, books), once as the verb (book, booked, booking, books).
frequency frequency How many times we found a given lemma inside of our corpus.
inflection inflection The different forms a verb can take. For example, singular or plural (person, people); the
conjugations of verbs; the regular, comparative and superlative forms of adjectives (good, better,
best).
fw function word A word that carries little meaning on its own, but is used to structure and organize the sentence.
You can think of function words as the cement that glues the other words together (the other words
are called content words and can be thought of as the bricks of the language.) e.g.: I, that, and.
v verb A word used to describe an action, occurence, or state. e.g.: to do, to happen, to be.
n noun A common noun. e.g.: thing, people, night.
r adverb Adverbs modify the meaning of verbs and sentences. e.g.: well, really, down.
j adjective Adjectives modify the meaning of nouns. e.g.: good, wrong, crazy.
u interjection A type of exclamation, expressing an emotion or reaction. e.g.: oh! hey! hmm…
m numerals Numbers. e.g.: one, sixth, two hundred.
K proper noun Only proper nouns used as common words (e.g.: the days of the week) have been kept. People's
names were removed from the list. e.g.: God, Saturday, English.
abbr abbreviation A shortened word of a form or phrase. e.g.: ID, DVD, FYI. A common type of abbreviation is the
acronym, which is formed by the initial letters of other words.
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