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The list below of '''most common words in English''' cannot be definitive. It is based on an analysis of the [[Oxford English Corpus]] of over a [[1000000000 (number)|billion]] words, and represents one study done by [[Oxford_English_Dictionary#The_electronic_versions|Oxford Online]], associated with the [[Oxford English Dictionary]].<ref name=langfacts> [http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/the-oec-facts-about-the-language The OEC: Facts about the language]. Retrieved June 22, 2011. </ref> This source includes writings of all sorts from "literary novels and specialist journals to everyday newspapers and magazines and from [[Hansard]] to the language of chatrooms, emails, and weblogs",<ref name=oec> [http://www.askoxford.com/oec/mainpage/?view=uk AskOxford.com: The Oxford English Corpus]. Retrieved June 22, 2006. </ref> unlike some sources which use texts from only specific sources.<ref name=1000uk> [http://www.bckelk.ukfsn.org/words/uk1000n.html Top 1000 words in UK English]. </ref>

''The Reading Teachers Book of Lists'' claims that the first 25 words make up about one-third of all printed material in English, and that the first 100 make up about one-half of all written material.<ref name=duboislc> [http://www.duboislc.org/EducationWatch/First100Words.html The First 100 Most Commonly Used English Words]. </ref>

Note that the items listed may represent more than one actual word; they are [[Lemma (morphology)|lemmalexeme]]s. For instance the entry "be" contains within it the occurrences of "are", "is", "were" and "was".<ref name=langlog> [[Benjamin Zimmer]]. June 22, 2006. [http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003274.html Time after time after time...]. [[Language Log]]. Retrieved June 22, 2006. </ref> Note also that these top 100 lemmas listed below account for 50% of all the words in the Oxford English Corpus.<ref name=langfacts/>

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