500 Most Commonly Used English Words

world-enlish.org has a list of 500 most commonly used English words.

Top 100
the, of, to, and, a, in, is, it, you, that, he, was, for, on, are, with, as, I, his, they, be, at, one, have, this, from, or, had, by, hot, but, some, what, there, we, can, out, other, were, all, your, when, up, use, word, how, said, an, each, she, which, do, their, time, if, will, way, about, many, then, them, would, write, like, so, these, her, long, make, thing, see, him, two, has, look, more, day, could, go, come, did, my, sound, no, most, number, who, over, know, water, than, call, first, people, may, down, side, been, now

100-200
find, any, new, work, part, take, get, place, made, live, where, after, back, little, only, round, man, year, came, show, every, good, me, give, our, under, name, very, through, just, form, much, great, think, say, help, low, line, before, turn, cause, same, mean, differ, move, right, boy, old, too, does, tell, sentence, set, three, want, air, well, also, play, small, end, put, home, read, hand, port, large, spell, add, even, land, here, must, big, high, such, follow, act, why, ask, men, change, went, light, kind, off, need, house, picture, try, us, again, animal, point, mother, world, near, build, self, earth

200-300
father, head, stand, own, page, should, country, found, answer, school, grow, study, still, learn, plant, cover, food, sun, four, thought, let, keep, eye, never, last, door, between, city, tree, cross, since, hard, start, might, story, saw, far, sea, draw, left, late, run, don't, while, press, close, night, real, life, few, stop, open, seem, together, next, white, children, begin, got, walk, example, ease, paper, often, always, music, those, both, mark, book, letter, until, mile, river, car, feet, care, second, group, carry, took, rain, eat, room, friend, began, idea, fish, mountain, north, once, base, hear, horse, cut, sure, watch, color, face, wood

300-400
main, enough, plain, girl, usual, young, ready, above, ever, red, list, though, feel, talk, bird, soon, body, dog, family, direct, pose, leave, song, measure, state, product, black, short, numeral, class, wind, question, happen, complete, ship, area, half, rock, order, fire, south, problem, piece, told, knew, pass, farm, top, whole, king, size, heard, best, hour, better, true ., during, hundred, am, remember, step, early, hold, west, ground, interest, reach, fast, five, sing, listen, six, table, travel, less, morning, ten, simple, several, vowel, toward, war, lay, against, pattern, slow, center, love, person, money, serve, appear, road, map, science, rule, govern, pull, cold, notice, voice

400-500
fall, power, town, fine, certain, fly, unit, lead, cry, dark, machine, note, wait, plan, figure, star, box, noun, field, rest, correct, able, pound, done, beauty, drive, stood, contain, front, teach, week, final, gave, green, oh, quick, develop, sleep, warm, free, minute, strong, special, mind, behind, clear, tail, produce, fact, street, inch, lot, nothing, course, stay, wheel, full, force, blue, object, decide, surface, deep, moon, island, foot, yet, busy, test, record, boat, common, gold, possible, plane, age, dry, wonder, laugh, thousand, ago, ran, check, game, shape, yes, hot, miss, brought, heat, snow, bed, bring, sit, perhaps, fill, east, weight, language, among