Listed here, according to the 100-million-word British National Corpus, are the 100 most commonly used words in English. Many of these words are function words: they glue pieces of sentences together into longer syntactic units. Where needed, the part of speech is identified to distinguish different grammatical uses of the same word.

根据英国国家语料库1亿字, 这里列出的是英语中100最常用的单词。

这些单词中的许多都是功能词: 它们把句子拼凑成更长的句法单元。在需要的时候, 语言的一部分被识别出来, 以区分同一单词的不同语法用法。

1. the
2. be
3. of
4. and
5. a
6. in (preposition: "in the old days")
7. to (infinitive marker: "to sing")
8. have
9. it
10. to (preposition: "to the country")
11. for (preposition: "for you")
12. I
13. that (relative pronoun: "the book that I read")
14. you
15. he
16. on (preposition: "on the beach")
17. with (preposition: "with pleasure")
18. do (verb: "I do")
19. at (preposition: "at school")
20. by (preposition: "by midnight")
21. not
22. this (determiner: "this page")
23. but
24. from (preposition: "from home")
25. they
26. his (determiner: "his job")
27. that (determiner: "that song")
28. she
29. or
30. which (determiner: "which book")
31. as (conjunction: "as we agreed")
32. we
33. an
34. say (verb: "say a prayer")
35. will (auxiliary verb: "I will try")
36. would
37. can (auxiliary verb: "I can go")
38. if
39. their
40. go (verb: "go now")
41. what (determiner: "what time")
42. there
43. all (determiner: "all people")
44. get (verb: "get busy")
45. her (determiner: "her job")
46. make (verb: "make money")
47. who
48. as (preposition: "as a child")
49. out (adverb: "go out")
50. up (adverb: "go up")
51. see (verb: "see the sky")
52. know (verb: "know a place")
53. time (time: "a time to laugh")
54. take (verb: "take a break")
55. them
56. some (determiner: "some money")

1. could
2. so (adverb: "I said so")
3. him
4. year
5. into (preposition: "into the room")
6. its
7. then
8. think (verb: "think hard")
9. my
10. come (verb: "come early")
11. than
12. more (adverb: "more quickly")
13. about (preposition: "about you")
14. now
15. last (adjective: "last call")
16. your
17. me
18. no (determiner: "no time")
19. other (adjective: "other people")
20. give
21. just (adverb: "just try")
22. should
23. these (determiner: "these days")
24. people
25. also
26. well (adverb: "well written")
27. any (determiner: "any day")
28. only
29. new (adjective: "new friend")
30. very
31. when (conjunction: "when you go")
32. may (auxiliary verb: "you may go")
33. way
34. look (verb: "look here")
35. like (preposition: "like a boat")
36. use (verb: "use your head")
37. her (pronoun: "give her")
38. such (determiner: "such problems")
39. how (adverb: "see how")
40. because
41. when (adverb: "know when")
42. as (adverb: "as good")
43. good (adjective: "good time")
44. find (verb: "find time")