Word frequency lists and dictionary
from the Corpus of Contemporary American English

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The following are three sample verbs, nouns, and adjectives at ten different frequency levels. The number before each words indicates what ranking it has in the 20,000 word list.

Which words from each level do you recognize? Could you come up with two or three common collocates (nearby words) or a synonym or two for each word? Click on any word to see the collocates and synonyms.

Although this page is oriented towards words #1-20,000, you might also want to take a look at words #20,000-60,000. How many of these do you recognize?
 
level verb noun adjective
1000 1428 charge 1485 finding 1411 broad
  1466 remind 1503 supply 1453 chief
  1525 train 1516 device 1556 domestic
3000 3415 shine 3436 salmon 3467 subtle
  3513 pitch 3449 brush 3501 harsh
  3571 render 3463 slope 3509 retail
5000 5430 sweat 5382 lobbyist 5352 unclear
  5522 rattle 5418 strand 5521 ironic
  5529 tease 5437 shaft 5609 vivid
7000 7434 mandate 7420 shack 7450 fuzzy
  7474 giggle 7445 stump 7550 sober
  7492 stain 7514 spike 7590 daunting
9000 9360 heave 9364 glaze 9359 brisk
  9434 wedge 9391 freak 9366 cramped
  9498 shriek 9436 cartel 9479 stray
11000 11431 budge 11398 crank 11376 tenuous
  11466 tangle 11425 pebble 11513 bogus
  11570 tinker 11467 blackout 11617 creepy
13000 13527 recoil 13352 grate 13372 flimsy
  13561 stoke 13422 zombie 13444 pungent
  13616 jostle 13599 blunder 13579 arcane
15000 15357 cower 15414 heron 15455 strident
  15449 saunter 15483 shroud 15490 forlorn
  15545 scamper 15546 slalom 15551 gaudy
17000 17380 meddle 17426 voodoo 17357 opulent
  17438 assuage 17482 dollop 17435 leery
  17476 pique 17552 satchel 17574 scruffy
19000 19404 splurge 19444 gambit 19462 skewed
  19434 squelch 19518 effigy 19537 mimetic
  19528 renege 19607 burlap 19638 languid