Most Frequent 5000 English Words (K1–K5)
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forget
forward
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friend
from
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further
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germany
get
girl
give
glass
go
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grant
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hand
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lad
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same
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study
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take
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tape
teach
team
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therefore
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thirteen
thirty
this
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though
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Thursday
tie
to
today
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tomorrow
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top
toward
town
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travel
tree
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trust
try
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twenty
two
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advice
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pane
parson
patchy
paw
peanut
peat
pebble
pebbled
peck
peel
peep
pending
phew
pipeline
plague
playground
playgroup
plea
pleat
pledge
plight
pluck
postpone
pound
pounding
pox
pram
prick
printout
probe
puff
pup
queer
railing
rainbow
rake
ram
ranger
rap
recess
redeem
reed
remnant
rewind
riot
roadway
roadworks
ruddy
runway
saddle
saga
saucepan
scarce
scholarship
schoolboy
scruff
seam
settee
sewage
sewer
shampoo
shear
shelf
shiver
shotgun
showroom
shred
shrub
shush
shuttle
sideways
signpost
skinny
skull
slab
slag
slant
slate
slipper
slum
snack
snake
snatch
sneeze
snip
snooker
soot
span
spanner
sparkle
spear
spout
sprinkle
spur
squat
squire
stag
standby
sterling
stool
stove
stow
straightaway
strawberry
streak
streamline
stroll
stump
stun
subconscious
swamp
swerve
swine
synod
tan
tanker
tat
teaspoon
teatime
tee
tenner
thereafter
thigh
thirst
tinker
tit
toddler
toffee
tot
tradesman
trench
trifle
trustee
tub
turf
typewrite
undergo
underwear
unwind
upgrade
upright
uproar
utterly
vicar
wad
wade
wag
waist
walkman
whatsit
wheat
wheelbarrow
whey
whirl
whisper
wicket
widespread
wiggle
wildlife
windmill
windowsill
windscreen
worldwide
worm
wrangle
wretch
yawn
yell