What are the most commonly used words in English?

Jul 16, 2012 | FAQs, Pronunciation Training

According to the Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists, Fourth Edition, the top 25 words make up about 1/3 of all print material.

They are as follows:

the
of
and
a
to
in
is
you
it
he
was
for
on
are
as
with
his
they
I
at
be
this
have
from