来自新西兰惠灵顿维多利亚大学的著名词汇研究与语言教学专家

Paul Nation 保罗·内申教授 1，为了帮助外国学生提升学习英语的速度，

从英国国家语料库（BNC）与美国当代英语语料库（COCA）总结出
了当代英语常用词，并按照单词出现的次数（词频）进行排序。
人的学习时间是有限的，先学习高频词可以极大提升学习效率，
缩短学习时长。我们赠送的 3000 词表可以涵盖当代英文中 90%的
单词 ，不限英语水平，只要觉得自己的单词量不够大，阅读经常会
看不懂 ，都可以使用这个词频表。
1. https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/paul.nation

Headwords of the First 10,000 Words – 1st1000

a also back billion
able although bad bird
about always bag birth
above amaze ball bit
absolute among bank black
accept amount bar blood
across and base blow
act angry basic blue
actual animal bath board
add another be boat
address answer beach body
admit any bear bone
advertise apart beat book
afford apparent beauty boring
afraid appear because born
after area become both
afternoon arm bed bother
again around before bottle
against arrange begin bottom
age arrive behind box
ago art believe boy
agree as below bread
ahead ashamed beneath break
air ask beside breakfast
all at best breath
allow aunt bet bright
almost autumn better bring
alone aware between brother
along away beyond brown
already awful big build
alright baby bill burn
bus choose corner delicious

bush Christmas cost depend

business church could die

busy city count difference

but class country different

buy clean couple difficult

by clear course dig

cake climb court dinner

call clock cover dirty

camp close crazy discover

can closed crime do

car clothes cross doctor

card club cry dog

care coat cup door

carry coffee cut double

case cold dad doubt

cat collect dance down

catch college danger draw

cause colour dark dream

centre come darling dress

certain comfort date drink

chair company daughter drive

chance complete day drop

change computer dead drug

charge concern deal dry

cheap consider dear during

check continue death each

chicken control decide ear

child conversation deep early

chip cook definite earth

choice cool degree east

easy eye five gas

eat face fix general

edge fact flat gentle

educate fair floor get

egg fall flower girl

eight family fly give

either far follow glad

eleven farm food glance

else fast foot glass

employ fat football go

empty father for god

end favourite force gold

engine fear forest good

enjoy feed forget goodbye

enough feel form govern

enter fellow fortunate grandfather

especially few forward grass

even field four great

evening fight free green

ever figure freeze grey

every fill fresh ground

exact film Friday group

except final friend grow

excite find fright guess

excuse fine from gun

expect finger front guy

expensive finish full hair

experience fire fun half

explain first further hall

express fish game hand

extra fit garden handle

hang horrible involve lead
happen horse island learn
happy hospital issue least

hard hot it leave

hardly hour job left

hat house join leg

hate how joke less

have however judge let

he huge jump letter

head human just level

health hundred keep lie

hear hunger key life

heart hunt kick lift

heat hurry kid light

heavy hurt kill like

hell husband kind line

hello I king lip

help ice kiss list

here idea kitchen listen

hide if knock little

high imagine know live

hill important lady load

history in lake local
hit indeed land lock

hold inform large long

hole inside last look

holiday instead late lord

home insure laugh lose

honest interest law lot

honour internet lay loud

hope into lazy love

lovely minute never old

low miss new on

luck mistake news once

lunch mister next one

machine moment nice only

mad Monday night open

main money nine or

major month no orange

make more nobody order

man morning noise other

manage most none ought

many mother normal out

mark mountain north over

market mouth nose own

marry move not owned

master movie note pack

matter Mrs nothing page

may much notice pain

maybe mum now paint

meal music number pair

mean must nurse paper

meet name obvious pardon

member nation odd parent

mention nature of park

mess naughty off part

middle near offer particular

might neat office party

mile necessary officer pass

milk neck often past

million need oil pay

mind neighbour ok penny

people prison recent same

perfect probably record Saturday

perhaps problem red save

person programme relate say

photograph promise remember scare

pick proper rent school

picture protect reply science

piece public report sea

place pull responsible seat

plan push rest second

plant put return secure

play quarter rich see

please queen rid seem

plenty question ride self

plus quick right sell

point quiet rights send

police quite ring sense

poor rabbit rise serious

pop race river serve

position radio road service

possible rain rock set

post raise roll settle

pot rate room seven

pound rather rough several

power reach round sex

prepare read rubbish shake

present ready rule shall

press real run shape

pretty realise sad share

price really safe she

prince reason sail ship

shirt slow stay swim

shoe small steal system

shoot smell step table

shop smile stick tail

short smoke still take

should snow stone talk

shoulder so stop tall

shout soft store tape

show some story taste

shut son straight tax

shy song strange tea

sick soon street teach

side sorry strike team

sight sort strong tear

sign sound student telephone

silly south study television

simple space stuff tell

since speak stupid ten

sing special subject tend

single spend such term

sir sport sudden terrible

sister spot suggest test

sit spring suit than

situation square summer thank

six stage sun that

size stand Sunday the

skin star support then

sky stare suppose there

sleep start sure they

slight state surprise thick

slip station sweet thing

think travel voice while

thirst treat wait white

thirteen tree wake who

thirty trip walk whole

this trouble wall why

though true want wide

thousand trust war wife

three truth warm wild

throat try wash will

through Tuesday waste win

throw turn watch wind

Thursday twelve water window

tie twenty wave wine

tight two way winter

till type we wish

time ugly wear with

tire uncle weather within

to under web without

today underneath wed woman

together understand Wednesday wonder

tomorrow unless week wood

tonight until weight word

too up well work

tooth upon west world

top use wet worry

total usual what worse

touch van wheel worth

toward very when would

town video where write

track view whether wrong

train visit which yard

year
yellow
yes
yesterday
yet
you
young
zero
 headwords of the first 10,000 words – 2nd 1000
accent apartment awake bite

access appeal awkward bitter

accident apple background blame

according apply bacon blank

account appoint bake blanket

accuse appreciate balance bleed

ace approach banana bless

active April band blind

adapt argue bang block

admire army bare blonde

adult arrest bark bloom

advance article basis boil

advantage aside basket bomb

adventure asleep bat bond

advice assist battery boom

advise associate battle boot

affair assume bay borrow

affect assure bean boss

agent atmosphere bee bounce

aid attach beef bow

alarm attack beer bowl

alcohol attempt beg brain

alive attend bell brake

alter attention belong branch

altogether attitude belt brand

amuse attract bend brave

angel august benefit breast

anger automatic bike breathe

announce available bin breed

annoy average bind brick

anxious avoid biscuit bridge

brief castle cliff cop

brilliant casual clip cope

broad ceiling cloth copy

brush cent cloud correct

buck centimetre clue cottage

bucket century coach cotton

bug chain coal cough

bump challenge coast council

bunch champion combine counter

burst channel command county

bury chapter comment cousin

butter character commerce cow

button charm commit crack

cable chase committee crash

cage chat common crawl

calculate cheat community cream

calm cheek compare create

camera cheer competition creature

canoe cheese complain credit

cans chest complicate creep

cap chew concentrate criminal

capable chief condition crisp

cape chocolate confuse crowd

capital chop connect crown

captain cigarette conscious cruel

career circle constant culture

carpet circumstance contact cure

carrot citizen contain curious

cart claim contract curl

cash classic contribute current

cast clever convince customer

damage directed edit examine

dare direction effect example

dawn disappear effort excellent

debt disappoint elder exchange

December discipline elect exercise

decent discuss electric exhaust

decision disease elephant exist

deck disgust email expense

decorate dish embarrass expose

defence distance emotion extend

delight district empire extreme

deliver disturb encourage fail

demand dive enemy faint

deny divide energy fairy

department divorce engage faith

depress doll engineer familiar

describe dollar enormous famous

desert dozen entertain fan

deserve drag entire fancy

design dragon envelope fantastic

desire drama environment fascinate

desk drawer equal fashion

desperate drum equipment fault

destroy duck escape favour

detail due establish feather

detect dump estate feature

determine dust event February

develop duty eventually female

diet earn evidence fence

dine ease evil fetch

direct economy exam file

finance garage hedge instance

firm gate height instant

flag gather hero instruct

flame gay hesitate instrument

flash gear hire intend

flight generation hobby intense

flip gentleman honey intent

float ghost hook interrupt

flood giant hotel interview

flow gift identify introduce

fold glory idiot investigate

folk goal ignore invite

fool golf ill iron

foreign gorgeous illustrate item

forgive grab image jacket

forth grace immediate jam

fortnight grade impress january

fortune grand improve jaw

fox grant inch jeans

frame grin include journey

frankly grocer income joy

frog guarantee increase juice

frost guard incredible july

fruit guest indicate june

frustrate guide individual junior

fry guilty industry justice

fund habit influence keen

fur handy injure kilometre

furniture harm innocent kindly

future heap insist knee

gain heaven inspect knife

knit loss metre nervous

knowledge lower microwave nest

laboratory lump military newspaper

labour magazine mill non

lack magic minister nor

lamb mail minor northern

lamp maintain minus November

lane male mirror nowhere

language mama mission nut

lasted manner mix oak

lawn map model object

lawyer march modern observe

league marvel monkey occasion

lean mask mood occur

leap mass moon October

legal massive motor official

lend match mount onion

length mate mouse operate

lesson material mow opinion

library mathematics mud opportunity

licence maximum murder oppose

lid measure muscle opposite

lightly meat mystery option

likely medical nail ordinary

limit medicine nanny organize

lion melt narrow original

loan memory nasty otherwise

locate mental native oven

log merry navy owe

lone message neither pan

loose metal nerve panic

partner pleasant previous quit

pat pleasure pride quote

patch plug prime range

path pocket print rapid

patient poem privacy rare

pattern poet private rat

pause poison process ray

peace pole produce react

pen policy product recall

pension polish profession receive

per polite progress recipe

percent politics project reckon

perform pollute pronounce recognize

period pool property recommend

pet popular propose recover

physical population protest reduce

piano port proud refer

pie positive prove refrigerator

pig possess provide refuse

pile potato pub regard

pin pour pudding region

pine practical pump register

pink practise punch regular

pipe pray punish relax

pitch prefer pup release

pity pregnant purchase relief

plain president pure rely

plane pressure purple remain

planet presume purpose remark

plastic pretend qualify remind

plate prevent quality remove

repair salad sew smash

repeat salary shade smooth

replace sale shadow snake

represent salt shame snap

require sand sharp social

research sandwich shave society

reserve satisfy shed sock

resist sauce sheep soil

respect sausage sheet soldier

restaurant scale shelf solid

result scene shell somewhat

retire schedule shelter sore

rice score shift sorted

ridiculous scratch shine soul

rip scream shiver soup

risk screen shock southern

roar screw shore spare

rob seal shove species

role search shower specific

roof season signal speech

root seconds silence speed

rope secret silver spell

rot section similar spin

row seed sink spirit

royal seek site split

rub select ski spoil

rude senior skill spray

ruin sentence skirt spread

rush separate slave stable

saint September slide staff

sake series smart stairs

stamp survive title unite

standard suspect toast university

starve suspicion toe upper

states swallow toilet upset

steady swear tomato valley

steak sweep tone value

steam swing tongue various

steel switch tool vary

stiff sword topic vegetable

stir tale tough vehicle

stock tank tour version

stomach tap towel victim

storm taxi tower village

strawberry tease toy violent

stream technology trace vote

strength teenage trade wage

stress tempt tradition wander

stretch tense traffic warn

string tent transfer weak

strip th trap weapon

stroke theatre tray weed

struggle therefore trial weird

style thief trick welcome

success thin truck western

suck threat trunk whereas

suffer thus tune whip

sugar ticket twin whistle

super tide twist wicked

supply tin typical wing

surface tiny union wipe

surround tip unit wire

wise

witness

wolf

wool

worm

wound

wrap

yell
 headwords of the first 10,000 words – 3rd 1000
abandon affection architect bias

abort affirm architecture bible

abroad agency arise bid

absence agenda armed biological

absorb aggressive aspect bishop

abstract agriculture assault blast

abuse aim assemble blend

academy aircraft assembly boost

accelerate airline assert border

accommodate album assess boundary

accompany alert asset broadcast

accomplish alien assign budget

accountable allege assumption burden

accumulate alliance athlete bureau

accurate allocate atom cabinet

ache ally attribute campaign

achieve alongside audience cancel

acknowledge alternative audit cancer

acquire amend author candidate

acquisition analyse authorise capacity

acre analyst authority capture

addict ancient award carbon

adequate angle bacterium carve

adjust annual ban catalogue

administration anticipate bargain category

administrative anxiety barrier catholic

administrator apology beam cattle

admission appropriate behave cease

adolescent approve behaviour celebrate

adopt approximate belief cell

advocate archaeology bench ceremony

chairman commission congress core

chamber communicate consent corporate

characteristic communist consequence correlate

charity companion consequent correspond

chart compensate conservative correspondent

charter compete conserve corridor

chemical competent considerable corrupt

chill complaint consist counsel

circuit complex consistent courage

circulate component constitute craft

cite compose constitution crew

civil compound constrain crisis

civilian comprehensive construct criteria

civilise comprise consult critic

clarify compromise consume criticise

clause conceive consumption criticism

client concept contemporary crop

climate concert contend crucial

clinic conclude content cruise

cluster conclusion contest crush

coalition concrete context crystal

code condemn continent currency

coin conduct contradict curriculum

coincide confer contrast curtain

collaborate confess controversy curve

collapse confidence convention custom

colleague confident convert cycle

colony confine convey damn

column confirm convict damp

combat conflict cooperate data

comedy confront coordinate database

debate dictate dominate enhance

decade differ donate ensure

declare digital dose enterprise

decline dimension draft enthusiasm

decrease diplomat drain enthusiastic

dedicate disabled drift entitle

defeat disagree drill entrance

defend disaster duke entry

defendant disc eager episode

deficit discharge eastern equation

define discount echo equivalent

delay discourse edition era

delegate discreet effective error

deliberate discriminate efficient essay

democracy dismiss elaborate essential

democrat disorder electronic estimate

demonstrate display element etc

dense dispose elevate ethnic

depict dispute eliminate evaluate

deposit disrupt elite evident

deputy distant embrace evolution

derive distinct emerge evolve

descend distinguish emergency exceed

description distribute emit exception

designate diverse emphasis excess

despite division emphasise exclude

destruction dna enable exclusive

devastate doctrine encounter execute

device document endorse executive

devote domestic endure exhibit

dialogue dominant enforce expand

expansion fibre gap heal

expenditure fiction gaze heel

experiment fierce gender hence

expert filter gene heritage

explicit firms generate highlight

exploit flavour generous highway

explore flee genetic hint

explosion flesh genuine hip

export flexible geography holy

extension focus gesture horror

extensive forecast global host

extent formal glow hostile

external format goods household

extract formation gradual humour

extraordinary former graduate hypothesis

fabric formula grain ideal

facilitate foster graphic ideology

facility foundation grasp immigrant

factor founded grateful immune

factory fragment grave impact

faculty framework gravity imperial

fade frequency greet implement

failure frequent grip implicate

false fuel gross imply

fantasy fulfil guideline import

fate function guitar importance

federal fundamental halt impose

fee funeral harbor impression

feminist furthermore harsh incentive

fertile gallery hazard incident

festival gang headquarters incorporate

independence interpret liberty migrate

independent intervene likeness mild

index intimate link miner

inevitable invasion liquid minimum

infant invent literal ministry

infect invest literary missile

inflate irony literature mixture

ingredient isolate lobby mobile

inhabit jail lodge mode

inherit jet logic moderate

initial joint loyal modest

initiate journal luxury modify

inject journalist magnet module

innovate jury majority molecule

input justify manifest monitor

inquire label manipulate monster

insert landscape manual moral

insight latter manufacture moreover

inspire laughter margin mortal

install launch marine mortgage

instinct layer mature motion

institute leak mayor motive

institution lease meanwhile multiple

integrate leather mechanic museum

intellectual lecture mechanism mutual

intelligence legend media myth

interact legislate medium naked

interfere legitimate menu narrate

interior liable mere negative

internal liberal merge neglect

international liberate method negotiate

net overcome persist principal

network overlook personality principle

neutral overseas personnel prior

nevertheless overwhelm perspective priority

nod pace persuade privilege

nominate pad petrol prize

notion palace phase probe

novel pale phenomenon procedure

nuclear palm philosophy proceed

numerous panel phrase professor

objected paragraph pilot profile

objective parallel pit profit

oblige parish platform profound

obtain parliament plot prohibit

occupation participant poll prominent

occupy participate portion promote

ocean passage portrait prompt

offence passenger pose proof

offend passion potential proportion

opera patients poverty prosecute

opponent pave powder prospect

oral peak practitioner prosper

organ peasant praise protein

organic peer precede province

oriented penalty precise provision

origin pepper predict provoke

outcome perceive premise psychiatry

outline perception presence psychology

output permanent preserve publication

outrage permission priest publish

overall permit primary pupil

pursue relative retreat segment

puzzle relatives reveal seize

quantity relevant revenue senate

racial relieve reverse senses

radiate religion review sensible

radical religious revise sensitive

rage reluctant revive sequence

raid remedy revolution session

rail remote reward severe

rally render rhythm shield

random reproduce ritual shortly

rank republic rival shrug

rape reputation romantic sigh

ratio request route significance

rational rescue routine significant

raw resemble rumour silent

rear reside rural silk

rebel resign sacrifice simultaneous

receiver resolution sample sin

reception resolve sanction slice

recession resort satellite slope

recognition resource satisfaction software

recruit respective scan sole

reflect respond scandal solution

reform response scatter solve

refuge restore scheme sophisticated

regime restrain scholar source

regret restrict scope sovereign

regulate resume sculpt specify

reinforce retail secretary speculate

reject retain sector spill

sponsor supervise thorough universe

squeeze supplement thrill update

stain supreme tissue urban

stake surgery ton urge

statistic survey toss urgent

status suspend tournament utility

statute sustain tragedy vague

stem sweat trail valid

stimulate swell transact variety

strain symbol transform vast

strategy sympathy transition venture

strict symptom translate versus

structure tackle transmit vessel

studio tactic transport veteran

stun talent treasure via

submit target treaty vice

subsequent task tremendous victory

subsidy technical trend violate

substance technique tribe violence

substantial temperature trigger virtual

substitute temporary triumph virtue

subtle tender troop virus

suburb tennis tube visible

succeed territory tunnel vision

succession terror ultimate visual

sufficient text undergo vital

suicide theme underlie volume

sum theoretical undertake voluntary

summary theory uniform volunteer

summit therapy unique vulnerable

superior thereby unity wealth

weave

weigh

welfare

whisper

withdraw

yield

youth

zone