Top 150 Written Words
Top 150 Word Lists
All the Top 150 Written Words, divided into groups of 50, also available as printable PDFs.
Top 150 Sight Word Lessons
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The Top 150 Written Words is the newest of the word lists, commonly used by native speakers of other languages who are learning to read English. They are the 150 words that occur most frequently in printed English, according to the Word Frequency Book. This list is recommended by Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D., Professor of Learning Development at Yale University.
The words are listed in order of their frequency in printed language. We have divided them into three groups of 50 words each.
Top 150 Written Word Lists
- 1st 50 Top Written Words
(50 words)
the, of, and, a, to, in, is, you, that, it, he, for, was, on, are, as, not, but, what, all, were, when, we, there, can, an, your, which, their, said, if, do, into, has, more, her, two, like, him, see, time, could, no, make, than, first, been, its, water, long
- 2nd 50 Top Written Words
(50 words)
little, very, after, words, called, just, where, most, know, get, through, back, much, before, think, also, around, another, came, come, work, three, word, must, because, does, part, even, place, well, with, his, they, at, be, this, from, I, have, or, by, one, had, will, each, about, how, up, out, them
- 3rd 50 Top Written Words
(50 words)
then, she, many, some, so, these, would, who, now, people, my, made, over, did, down, only, way, find, use, may, other, go, good, new, write, our, used, me, man, too, any, day, same, right, look, such, here, take, why, things, help, put, years, different, away, again, off, went, old, number
- All Top 150 Written Words in order of usage
- All Top 150 Written Words in alphabetical order
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