Here is a list of the 1000 most commonly words used in the English language. They are listed aphabetically by parts of speech. The number to the left of each word represents the ranking of of each word. To find a specfic word using your browser, first click on edit, then find.Then type the word you are looking for in the search box and click search. You can also scroll thoughthe list accoding to the part of speech you are interested in by clicking on one of the following links. A special thanks goes out to Gerry Scholtz, of Hannam University in Daejon, South Korea, for compiling this list. Use this link to hear the pronunciation, or to learn the definition, of any of the words listed below.