The 100 Most Commonly Used English Words and Their Origins

1. the

2. of

3. and

4. a

5. to

6. in

7. is

8. you

9. that

10. it

11. he

12. was

13. for

14. on

15. are

16. as

17. with

18. his

19. they

20. I

21. at

22. be

23. this

24. have

25. from

26. or

27. one

28. had

29. by

30. word

31. but

32. not

33. what

34. all

35. were

36. we

37. when

38. your

39. can

40. said

41. there

42. use

43. an

44. each

45. which

46. she

47. do

48. how

49. their

50. if

51. will

52. up

53. other

54. about

55. out

56. many

57. then

58. them

59. these

60. so

61. some

62. her

63. would

64. make

65. like

66. him

67. into

68. time

69. has

70. look

71. two

72. more

73. write

74. go

75. see

76. number

77. no

78. way

79. could

80. people

81. my

82. than

83. first

84. water

85. been

86. call

87. who

88. oil

89. its

90. now

91. find

92. long

93. down

94. day

95. did

96. get

97. come

98. make

99. may

100. part