100 Most Frequent Words in Books for Beginning Readers

Copyright 1998 Bodrova E., Leong D.J., Semenov D.
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This list was derived from a survey of 1,000 pre-primer, early, and first readers. Copies of this list may be made provided the list is not altered in any way and the original copyright notice is clearly visible.

  1. the
  2. a
  3. and
  4. to
  5. I
  6. in
  7. is
  8. on
  9. you
  10. it
  11. of
  12. said
  13. can
  14. for
  15. my
  16. but
  17. all
  18. we
  19. are
  20. up
  21. at
  22. with
  23. me
  24. they
  25. have
  26. he
  27. out
  28. that
  29. one
  30. big
  31. go
  32. was
  33. like
  34. what
  35. not
  36. do
  37. then
  38. this
  39. no
  40. too
  41. she
  42. went
  43. see
  44. will
  45. so
  46. some
  47. down
  48. little
  49. come
  50. get
  51. be
  52. now
  53. when
  54. there
  55. into
  56. day
  57. look
  58. eat
  59. make
  60. his
  61. here
  62. your
  63. an
  64. back
  65. mom
  66. dog
  67. very
  68. did
  69. her
  70. from
  71. had
  72. got
  73. put
  74. came
  75. just
  76. cat
  77. them
  78. tree
  79. where
  80. away
  81. time
  82. as
  83. water
  84. home
  85. made
  86. long
  87. has
  88. help
  89. good
  90. going
  91. by
  92. how
  93. house
  94. dad
  95. or
  96. two
  97. red
  98. am
  99. over
  100. saw