Common Word List

This list contains only headwords from the BNC1. The list has been vertically compressed so that it takes up less space and is easier to read.

A
a &bull; able &bull; about &bull; absolute &bull; accept &bull; account &bull; achieve &bull; across &bull; act &bull; active &bull; actual &bull; add &bull; address &bull; admit &bull; advertise &bull; affect &bull; afford &bull; after &bull; afternoon &bull; again &bull; against &bull; age &bull; agent &bull; ago &bull; agree &bull; air &bull; all &bull; allow &bull; almost &bull; along &bull; already &bull; alright &bull; also &bull; although &bull; always &bull; America &bull; amount &bull; and &bull; another &bull; answer &bull; any &bull; apart &bull; apparent &bull; appear &bull; apply &bull; appoint &bull; approach &bull; appropriate &bull; area &bull; argue &bull; arm &bull; around &bull; arrange &bull; art &bull; as &bull; ask &bull; associate &bull; assume &bull; at &bull; attend &bull; authority &bull; available &bull; aware &bull; away &bull; awful

B
b &bull; baby &bull; back &bull; bad &bull; bag &bull; balance &bull; ball &bull; bank &bull; bar &bull; base &bull; basis &bull; be &bull; bear &bull; beat &bull; beauty &bull; because &bull; become &bull; bed &bull; before &bull; begin &bull; behind &bull; believe &bull; benefit &bull; best &bull; bet &bull; between &bull; big &bull; bill &bull; birth &bull; bit &bull; black &bull; bloke &bull; blood &bull; blow &bull; blue &bull; board &bull; boat &bull; body &bull; book &bull; both &bull; bother &bull; bottle &bull; bottom &bull; box &bull; boy &bull; break &bull; brief &bull; brilliant &bull; bring &bull; Britain &bull; brother &bull; budget &bull; build &bull; bus &bull; business &bull; busy &bull; but &bull; buy &bull; by

C
c &bull; cake &bull; call &bull; can &bull; car &bull; card &bull; care &bull; carry &bull; case &bull; cat &bull; catch &bull; cause &bull; cent &bull; centre &bull; certain &bull; chair &bull; chairman &bull; chance &bull; change &bull; chap &bull; character &bull; charge &bull; cheap &bull; check &bull; child &bull; choice &bull; choose &bull; Christ &bull; Christmas &bull; church &bull; city &bull; claim &bull; class &bull; clean &bull; clear &bull; client &bull; clock &bull; close &bull; clothe &bull; club &bull; coffee &bull; cold &bull; colleague &bull; collect &bull; college &bull; colour &bull; come &bull; comment &bull; commit &bull; committee &bull; common &bull; community &bull; company &bull; compare &bull; complete &bull; compute &bull; concern &bull; condition &bull; confer &bull; consider &bull; consult &bull; contact &bull; continue &bull; contract &bull; control &bull; converse &bull; cook &bull; copy &bull; corner &bull; correct &bull; cost &bull; could &bull; council &bull; count &bull; country &bull; county &bull; couple &bull; course &bull; court &bull; cover &bull; create &bull; cross &bull; cup &bull; current &bull; cut

D
d &bull; dad &bull; danger &bull; date &bull; day &bull; dead &bull; deal &bull; dear &bull; debate &bull; decide &bull; decision &bull; deep &bull; definite &bull; degree &bull; department &bull; depend &bull; describe &bull; design &bull; detail &bull; develop &bull; die &bull; difference &bull; difficult &bull; dinner &bull; direct &bull; discuss &bull; district &bull; divide &bull; do &bull; doctor &bull; document &bull; dog &bull; door &bull; double &bull; doubt &bull; down &bull; draw &bull; dress &bull; drink &bull; drive &bull; drop &bull; dry &bull; due &bull; during

E
e &bull; each &bull; early &bull; east &bull; easy &bull; eat &bull; economy &bull; educate &bull; effect &bull; egg &bull; eight &bull; either &bull; elect &bull; electric &bull; eleven &bull; else &bull; employ &bull; encourage &bull; end &bull; engine &bull; English &bull; enjoy &bull; enough &bull; enter &bull; environment &bull; equal &bull; especial &bull; Europe &bull; even &bull; evening &bull; ever &bull; every &bull; evidence &bull; exact &bull; example &bull; except &bull; excuse &bull; exercise &bull; exist &bull; expect &bull; expense &bull; experience &bull; explain &bull; express &bull; extra &bull; eye

F
f &bull; face &bull; fact &bull; fair &bull; fall &bull; family &bull; far &bull; farm &bull; fast &bull; father &bull; favour &bull; feed &bull; feel &bull; few &bull; field &bull; fight &bull; figure &bull; file &bull; fill &bull; film &bull; final &bull; finance &bull; find &bull; fine &bull; finish &bull; fire &bull; first &bull; fish &bull; fit &bull; five &bull; flat &bull; floor &bull; fly &bull; follow &bull; food &bull; foot &bull; for &bull; force &bull; forget &bull; form &bull; fortune &bull; forward &bull; four &bull; France &bull; free &bull; Friday &bull; friend &bull; from &bull; front &bull; full &bull; fun &bull; function &bull; fund &bull; further &bull; future

G
g &bull; game &bull; garden &bull; gas &bull; general &bull; Germany &bull; get &bull; girl &bull; give &bull; glass &bull; go &bull; god &bull; good &bull; goodbye &bull; govern &bull; grand &bull; grant &bull; great &bull; green &bull; ground &bull; group &bull; grow &bull; guess &bull; guy

H
h &bull; hair &bull; half &bull; hall &bull; hand &bull; hang &bull; happen &bull; happy &bull; hard &bull; hate &bull; have &bull; he &bull; head &bull; health &bull; hear &bull; heart &bull; heat &bull; heavy &bull; hell &bull; help &bull; here &bull; high &bull; history &bull; hit &bull; hold &bull; holiday &bull; home &bull; honest &bull; hope &bull; horse &bull; hospital &bull; hot &bull; hour &bull; house &bull; how &bull; however &bull; hullo &bull; hundred &bull; husband

I
i &bull; idea &bull; identify &bull; if &bull; imagine &bull; important &bull; improve &bull; in &bull; include &bull; income &bull; increase &bull; indeed &bull; individual &bull; industrialise &bull; industry &bull; inform &bull; inside &bull; instead &bull; insure &bull; interest &bull; into &bull; introduce &bull; invest &bull; involve &bull; issue &bull; it &bull; item

J
Jesus &bull; job &bull; join &bull; judge &bull; jump &bull; just

K
k &bull; keep &bull; key &bull; kid &bull; kill &bull; kind &bull; king &bull; kitchen &bull; knock &bull; know

L
l &bull; labour &bull; lad &bull; lady &bull; land &bull; language &bull; large &bull; last &bull; late &bull; laugh &bull; law &bull; lay &bull; lead &bull; learn &bull; leave &bull; left &bull; leg &bull; less &bull; let &bull; letter &bull; level &bull; lie &bull; life &bull; light &bull; like &bull; likely &bull; limit &bull; line &bull; link &bull; list &bull; listen &bull; little &bull; live &bull; load &bull; local &bull; lock &bull; London &bull; long &bull; look &bull; lord &bull; lose &bull; lot &bull; love &bull; low &bull; luck &bull; lunch

M
m &bull; machine &bull; main &bull; major &bull; make &bull; man &bull; manage &bull; many &bull; mark &bull; market &bull; marry &bull; match &bull; matter &bull; may &bull; maybe &bull; mean &bull; meaning &bull; measure &bull; meet &bull; member &bull; mention &bull; middle &bull; might &bull; mile &bull; milk &bull; million &bull; mind &bull; minister &bull; minus &bull; minute &bull; miss &bull; mister &bull; moment &bull; Monday &bull; money &bull; month &bull; more &bull; morning &bull; most &bull; mother &bull; motion &bull; move &bull; Mrs &bull; much &bull; music &bull; must

N
n &bull; name &bull; nation &bull; nature &bull; near &bull; necessary &bull; need &bull; never &bull; new &bull; news &bull; next &bull; nice &bull; night &bull; nine &bull; no &bull; non &bull; none &bull; normal &bull; north &bull; not &bull; note &bull; notice &bull; now &bull; number

O
o &bull; obvious &bull; occasion &bull; odd &bull; of &bull; off &bull; offer &bull; office &bull; often &bull; okay &bull; old &bull; on &bull; once &bull; one &bull; only &bull; open &bull; operate &bull; opportunity &bull; oppose &bull; or &bull; order &bull; organize &bull; original &bull; other &bull; otherwise &bull; ought &bull; out &bull; over &bull; own

P
p &bull; pack &bull; page &bull; paint &bull; pair &bull; paper &bull; paragraph &bull; pardon &bull; parent &bull; park &bull; part &bull; particular &bull; party &bull; pass &bull; past &bull; pay &bull; pence &bull; pension &bull; people &bull; per &bull; percent &bull; perfect &bull; perhaps &bull; period &bull; person &bull; photograph &bull; pick &bull; picture &bull; piece &bull; place &bull; plan &bull; play &bull; please &bull; plus &bull; point &bull; police &bull; policy &bull; politic &bull; poor &bull; position &bull; positive &bull; possible &bull; post &bull; pound &bull; power &bull; practise &bull; prepare &bull; present &bull; press &bull; pressure &bull; presume &bull; pretty &bull; previous &bull; price &bull; print &bull; private &bull; probable &bull; problem &bull; proceed &bull; process &bull; produce &bull; product &bull; programme &bull; project &bull; proper &bull; propose &bull; protect &bull; provide &bull; public &bull; pull &bull; purpose &bull; push &bull; put

Q
quality &bull; quarter &bull; question &bull; quick &bull; quid &bull; quiet &bull; quite

R
r &bull; radio &bull; rail &bull; raise &bull; range &bull; rate &bull; rather &bull; read &bull; ready &bull; real &bull; realize &bull; really &bull; reason &bull; receive &bull; recent &bull; reckon &bull; recognize &bull; recommend &bull; record &bull; red &bull; reduce &bull; refer &bull; regard &bull; region &bull; relation &bull; remember &bull; report &bull; represent &bull; require &bull; research &bull; resource &bull; respect &bull; responsible &bull; rest &bull; result &bull; return &bull; rid &bull; right &bull; ring &bull; rise &bull; road &bull; role &bull; roll &bull; room &bull; round &bull; rule &bull; run

S
safe &bull; sale &bull; same &bull; Saturday &bull; save &bull; say &bull; scheme &bull; school &bull; science &bull; score &bull; Scotland &bull; seat &bull; second &bull; secretary &bull; section &bull; secure &bull; see &bull; seem &bull; self &bull; sell &bull; send &bull; sense &bull; separate &bull; serious &bull; serve &bull; service &bull; set &bull; settle &bull; seven &bull; sex &bull; shall &bull; share &bull; she &bull; sheet &bull; shoe &bull; shoot &bull; shop &bull; short &bull; should &bull; show &bull; shut &bull; sick &bull; side &bull; sign &bull; similar &bull; simple &bull; since &bull; sing &bull; single &bull; sir &bull; sister &bull; sit &bull; site &bull; situate &bull; six &bull; size &bull; sleep &bull; slight &bull; slow &bull; small &bull; smoke &bull; so &bull; social &bull; society &bull; some &bull; son &bull; soon &bull; sorry &bull; sort &bull; sound &bull; south &bull; space &bull; speak &bull; special &bull; specific &bull; speed &bull; spell &bull; spend &bull; square &bull; staff &bull; stage &bull; stairs &bull; stand &bull; standard &bull; start &bull; state &bull; station &bull; stay &bull; step &bull; stick &bull; still &bull; stop &bull; story &bull; straight &bull; strategy &bull; street &bull; strike &bull; strong &bull; structure &bull; student &bull; study &bull; stuff &bull; stupid &bull; subject &bull; succeed &bull; such &bull; sudden &bull; suggest &bull; suit &bull; summer &bull; sun &bull; Sunday &bull; supply &bull; support &bull; suppose &bull; sure &bull; surprise &bull; switch &bull; system

T
table &bull; take &bull; talk &bull; tape &bull; tax &bull; tea &bull; teach &bull; team &bull; telephone &bull; television &bull; tell &bull; ten &bull; tend &bull; term &bull; terrible &bull; test &bull; than &bull; thank &bull; the &bull; then &bull; there &bull; therefore &bull; they &bull; thing &bull; think &bull; thirteen &bull; thirty &bull; this &bull; though &bull; thousand &bull; three &bull; through &bull; throw &bull; Thursday &bull; tie &bull; time &bull; to &bull; today &bull; together &bull; tomorrow &bull; tonight &bull; too &bull; top &bull; total &bull; touch &bull; toward &bull; town &bull; trade &bull; traffic &bull; train &bull; transport &bull; travel &bull; treat &bull; tree &bull; trouble &bull; true &bull; trust &bull; try &bull; Tuesday &bull; turn &bull; twelve &bull; twenty &bull; two &bull; type

U
u &bull; under &bull; understand &bull; union &bull; unit &bull; unite &bull; university &bull; unless &bull; until &bull; up &bull; upon &bull; use &bull; usual

V
v &bull; value &bull; various &bull; very &bull; video &bull; view &bull; village &bull; visit &bull; vote

W
w &bull; wage &bull; wait &bull; walk &bull; wall &bull; want &bull; war &bull; warm &bull; wash &bull; waste &bull; watch &bull; water &bull; way &bull; we &bull; wear &bull; Wednesday &bull; wee &bull; week &bull; weigh &bull; welcome &bull; well &bull; west &bull; what &bull; when &bull; where &bull; whether &bull; which &bull; while &bull; white &bull; who &bull; whole &bull; why &bull; wide &bull; wife &bull; will &bull; win &bull; wind &bull; window &bull; wish &bull; with &bull; within &bull; without &bull; woman &bull; wonder &bull; wood &bull; word &bull; work &bull; world &bull; worry &bull; worse &bull; worth &bull; would &bull; write &bull; wrong

X
x

Y
y &bull; year &bull; yes &bull; yesterday &bull; yet &bull; you &bull; young

Z
(none)