Talk:Twenty most common words in English

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I miss 'um', 'er', 'sorta', 'kinda' and 'yknow'. Charles Matthews 06:31, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

What is the most common length for a word?

Here's the list of the most common 500, in case anyone wants to add

Rank	Word 1	the 2	of 3	to 4	and 5	a 6	in 7	is 8	it 9	you 10	that 11	he 12	was 13	for 14	on 15	are 16	with 17	as 18	I 19	his 20	they 21	be 22	at 23	one 24	have 25	this 26	from 27	or 28	had 29	by 30	hot 31	word 32	but 33	what 34	some 35	we 36	can 37	out 38	other 39	were 40	all 41	there 42	when 43	up 44	use 45	your 46	how 47	said 48	an 49	each 50	she 51	which 52	do 53	their 54	time 55	if 56	will 57	way 58	about 59	many 60	then 61	them 62	write 63	would 64	like 65	so 66	these 67	her 68	long 69	make 70	thing 71	see 72	him 73	two 74	has 75	look 76	more 77	day 78	could 79	go 80	come 81	did 82	number 83	sound 84	no 85	most 86	people 87	my 88	over 89	know 90	water 91	than 92	call 93	first 94	who 95	may 96	down 97	side 98	been 99	now 100	find 101	any 102	new 103	work 104	part 105	take 106	get 107	place 108	made 109	live 110	where 111	after 112	back 113	little 114	only 115	round 116	man 117	year 118	came 119	show 120	every 121	good 122	me 123	give 124	our 125	under Rank	Word 126	name 127	very 128	through 129	just 130	form 131	sentence 132	great 133	think 134	say 135	help 136	low 137	line 138	differ 139	turn 140	cause 141	much 142	mean 143	before 144	move 145	right 146	boy 147	old 148	too 149	same 150	tell 151	does 152	set 153	three 154	want 155	air 156	well 157	also 158	play 159	small 160	end 161	put 162	home 163	read 164	hand 165	port 166	large 167	spell 168	add 169	even 170	land 171	here 172	must 173	big 174	high 175	such 176	follow 177	act 178	why 179	ask 180	men 181	change 182	went 183	light 184	kind 185	off 186	need 187	house 188	picture 189	try 190	us 191	again 192	animal 193	point 194	mother 195	world 196	near 197	build 198	self 199	earth 200	father 201	head 202	stand 203	own 204	page 205	should 206	country 207	found 208	answer 209	school 210	grow 211	study 212	still 213	learn 214	plant 215	cover 216	food 217	sun 218	four 219	between 220	state 221	keep 222	eye 223	never 224	last 225	let 226	thought 227	city 228	tree 229	cross 230	farm 231	hard 232	start 233	might 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