The Top 10 list of most commonly used words in English is based on an analysis of the Wiktionary.
- 1. THE (56,271,872 occurrences per billion words)
- 2. OF (33,950,064 occurrences per billion words)
- 3. AND (29,944,184 occurrences per billion words)
- 4. TO (25,956,096 occurrences per billion words)
- 5. IN (17,420,636 occurrences per billion words)
- 6. I (11,764,797 occurrences per billion words)
- 7. THAT (11,073,318 occurrences per billion words)
- 8. WAS (10,078,245 occurrences per billion words)
- 9. HIS (8,799,755 occurrences per billion words)
- 10. HE (8,397,205 occurrences per billion words)
