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This is a word frequency list, based on over 511,000 words of contemporary poetry gathered online. It has 2,000 words.
Regular plurals are combined with their singular forms (tree, trees; box, boxes). Variations of a verb ending in -ed, -ing or -(e)s are lumped together with their root verb (smile, smiled, smiling, smiles). Adjective forms ending in -er or -est are included with their positive form (sad, sadder, saddest). And words ending in -'s are grouped with the form without the apostrophe (boy, boy's; everything, everything's), except for a few common contractions (it's; that's).
- the
- I
- and
- to
- you
- a
- of
- my
- in
- that
- me
- it
- is
- but
- for
- your
- with
- be
- so
- was
- her
- as
- on
- all
- she
- not
- he
- this
- we
- like
- are
- have
- just
- love
- what
- one
- I'm
- know
- no
- when
- his
- at
- they
- from
- will
- do
- never
- don't
- can
- up
- want
- see
- go
- time
- now
- out
- if
- feel
- or
- by
- there
- life
- it's
- make
- how
- would
- look
- eye
- because
- could
- say
- day
- who
- get
- had
- were
- down
- only
- our
- think
- heart
- back
- then
- into
- am
- come
- about
- him
- more
- away
- can't
- still
- their
- way
- an
- them
- why
- take
- thing
- even
- through
- long
- let
- us
- always
- you're
- world
- too
- friend
- tell
- I'll
- try
- hand
- has
- face
- did
- thought
- over
- here
- word
- other
- where
- every
- need
- smile
- again
- much
- cry
- been
- night
- its
- ever
- little
- said
- end
- some
- than
- live
- fall
- those
- pain
- around
- mind
- people
- girl
- leave
- dream
- left
- turn
- myself
- right
- tear
- head
- give
- nothing
- really
- off
- before
- something
- find
- hold
- man
- walk
- wish
- good
- once
- I've
- place
- light
- call
- ask
- lie
- stop
- that's
- hear
- keep
- watch
- seem
- year
- sit
- die
- everything
- without
- though
- lost
- these
- wait
- got
- care
- yet
- made
- remember
- start
- alone
- which
- last
- run
- didn't
- hope
- maybe
- believe
- body
- hate
- after
- until
- close
- talk
- hard
- stand
- old
- own
- each
- well
- hurt
- while
- help
- home
- god
- soul
- new
- many
- two
- oh
- told
- won't
- inside
- I'd
- should
- true
- move
- first
- fear
- mean
- better
- may
- play
- another
- gone
- change
- use
- wonder
- knew
- same
- someone
- hair
- cold
- open
- best
- any
- behind
- miss
- arm
- happen
- star
- water
- dark
- laugh
- stay
- forever
- name
- she's
- work
- show
- there's
- sky
- break
- far
- came
- deep
- door
- put
- room
- black
- together
- upon
- boy
- happy
- such
- great
- white
- doesn't
- you'll
- does
- matter
- side
- fill
- past
- fight
- sun
- please
- burn
- cause
- enough
- touch
- cannot
- moment
- soon
- voice
- you've
- scream
- anything
- stare
- he's
- most
- sound
- red
- everyone
- fuck
- hide
- kiss
- truth
- death
- beautiful
- mine
- blood
- broken
- very
- pass
- next
- forget
- tree
- wrong
- air
- mother
- must
- done
- found
- understand
- lip
- hit
- wall
- couldn't
- else
- beat
- memory
- saw
- wind
- sleep
- free
- high
- realize
- school
- bad
- late
- went
- felt
- might
- skin
- sweet
- perfect
- blue
- kill
- breath
- dance
- rain
- dead
- against
- fly
- between
- grow
- strong
- car
- took
- under
- listen
- bring
- full
- sometimes
- speak
- big
- pull
- person
- become
- family
- part
- begin
- ground
- real
- small
- father
- sure
- hell
- kind
- bed
- feet
- rest
- young
- finally
- land
- across
- today
- seen
- different
- guy
- line
- fire
- reason
- isn't
- lay
- reach
- we're
- second
- wouldn't
- slowly
- write
- ear
- eat
- sing
- smell
- mouth
- step
- learn
- three
- gave
- set
- floor
- promise
- breathe
- darkness
- push
- earth
- guess
- save
- song
- till
- above
- along
- both
- what's
- color
- house
- almost
- sorry
- anymore
- yes
- brother
- okay
- dear
- game
- fade
- already
- apart
- warm
- beauty
- heard
- notice
- question
- shine
- began
- piece
- whole
- shadow
- secret
- street
- within
- finger
- point
- morning
- whisper
- child
- fun
- moon
- green
- read
- story
- wasn't
- glass
- kid
- lose
- silence
- pick
- cut
- fast
- since
- soft
- yourself
- empty
- shall
- angel
- answer
- baby
- bright
- dad
- path
- worry
- hour
- drop
- fell
- you'd
- follow
- power
- war
- half
- flow
- heaven
- wake
- act
- chance
- fact
- least
- tired
- children
- near
- quite
- scare
- afraid
- rise
- sea
- taste
- window
- cover
- nice
- trust
- lot
- sad
- cool
- force
- peace
- return
- wear
- blind
- easy
- ready
- roll
- rose
- shit
- drive
- held
- music
- share
- beneath
- hang
- mom
- paint
- emotion
- quiet
- slow
- we'll
- clear
- cloud
- few
- pretty
- bird
- outside
- paper
- picture
- front
- rock
- simple
- top
- anyone
- meant
- reality
- road
- sense
- waste
- bit
- leaf
- thank
- happiness
- meet
- men
- smoke
- truly
- decide
- self
- age
- book
- form
- hot
- alive
- carry
- met
- escape
- damn
- instead
- shake
- able
- ice
- minute
- throw
- catch
- four
- leg
- ring
- ago
- course
- goodbye
- lead
- poem
- sick
- corner
- desire
- fine
- gonna
- known
- problem
- ran
- remind
- shoulder
- suppose
- they're
- toward
- wave
- drink
- jump
- woman
- pretend
- sister
- week
- human
- joy
- crack
- dare
- grey
- pray
- surprise
- dry
- knee
- less
- ride
- search
- short
- bleed
- caught
- clean
- embrace
- future
- king
- son
- sorrow
- chest
- hug
- remain
- sat
- wing
- worth
- blow
- daddy
- final
- parent
- tight
- also
- create
- lonely
- onto
- safe
- aren't
- cross
- dress
- evil
- silent
- bone
- brought
- fate
- perhaps
- anger
- class
- scar
- sight
- snow
- tiny
- tonight
- wanna
- continue
- control
- dog
- edge
- fool
- mirror
- month
- suddenly
- comfort
- given
- loud
- quickly
- gaze
- plan
- rush
- slip
- stone
- town
- ass
- battle
- ignore
- spirit
- stood
- stupid
- yours
- brown
- build
- dust
- food
- hey
- kept
- pay
- phone
- twist
- although
- ball
- beyond
- drown
- fit
- hidden
- nose
- taken
- fail
- float
- lock
- pure
- sand
- somehow
- wash
- wrap
- angry
- cheek
- creature
- forgotten
- heat
- hole
- rip
- single
- space
- special
- weak
- whatever
- yell
- anyway
- blame
- job
- choose
- country
- curse
- drift
- echo
- figure
- gold
- golden
- grew
- herself
- laughter
- neck
- suffer
- worse
- yeah
- bear
- disappear
- foot
- forward
- knife
- mess
- nor
- race
- somewhere
- stomach
- storm
- beg
- idea
- lift
- offer
- she'll
- tall
- breeze
- field
- five
- often
- round
- simply
- stuck
- thin
- win
- allow
- confuse
- enjoy
- except
- flower
- seek
- strength
- calm
- grin
- gun
- heavy
- hill
- himself
- large
- ocean
- shoe
- sigh
- straight
- summer
- tongue
- accept
- crazy
- everyday
- exist
- fake
- grass
- mistake
- sent
- shut
- sin
- surround
- table
- ache
- brain
- destroy
- heal
- nature
- shout
- sign
- stain
- choice
- doubt
- glance
- glow
- mountain
- queen
- send
- shot
- spent
- stranger
- throat
- tomorrow
- city
- either
- fish
- flame
- mad
- rather
- shape
- spin
- spread
- wide
- ash
- distance
- fallen
- finish
- image
- imagine
- important
- nobody
- none
- shatter
- warmth
- became
- below
- bore
- fat
- feed
- flesh
- funny
- lust
- shirt
- trouble
- yellow
- attention
- bare
- bite
- cat
- lack
- money
- protect
- we've
- ain't
- amaze
- appear
- born
- choke
- completely
- daughter
- fresh
- friendship
- gentle
- probably
- six
- trap
- beast
- deserve
- expect
- grab
- haven't
- middle
- nightmare
- river
- thousand
- weight
- worst
- wound
- barely
- bottle
- cream
- lover
- low
- mile
- regret
- relationship
- stick
- test
- whose
- crush
- endless
- fault
- itself
- rage
- rule
- spill
- art
- circle
- join
- kick
- mask
- master
- passion
- quick
- raise
- smooth
- unless
- wander
- actually
- broke
- chair
- deal
- favorite
- gift
- note
- number
- shed
- suck
- sweat
- tale
- bitch
- box
- chill
- clothes
- hall
- lady
- mark
- park
- poor
- sadness
- tie
- animal
- belong
- brush
- consume
- dawn
- forest
- grave
- he'll
- innocent
- pen
- pride
- stream
- thick
- weren't
- clay
- complete
- count
- draw
- faith
- he'd
- let's
- press
- silver
- struggle
- surface
- taught
- teach
- wet
- bless
- chase
- climb
- enter
- letter
- melt
- metal
- movie
- stretch
- swing
- ten
- vision
- wife
- beside
- crash
- forgot
- guide
- haunt
- joke
- knock
- plant
- pour
- prove
- reveal
- steal
- stuff
- trip
- wood
- wrist
- bother
- bottom
- crawl
- crowd
- fix
- forgive
- frown
- grace
- loose
- lucky
- party
- release
- seat
- surely
- survive
- teacher
- gently
- grip
- speed
- suicide
- travel
- treat
- vein
- written
- cage
- chain
- conversation
- date
- enemy
- fair
- however
- interest
- million
- page
- pink
- proud
- she'd
- sway
- themselves
- track
- who's
- winter
- church
- cruel
- cup
- demon
- experience
- freedom
- pair
- pop
- purpose
- respect
- shoot
- softly
- state
- store
- strange
- toy
- bar
- beach
- birth
- curl
- dirt
- excuse
- hat
- lake
- lord
- lovely
- monster
- order
- pack
- pants
- pool
- scene
- seven
- shame
- shouldn't
- slide
- ugly
- whom
- among
- blade
- blonde
- closet
- creek
- deny
- drug
- eternity
- gain
- grade
- handle
- key
- linger
- pale
- prepare
- swallow
- swim
- torn
- tremble
- wheel
- won
- cast
- cigarette
- claim
- college
- direction
- dirty
- gather
- ghost
- hundred
- loss
- lung
- orange
- present
- swear
- swirl
- twice
- wild
- bitter
- blanket
- case
- doctor
- everywhere
- flash
- grown
- knowledge
- numb
- pressure
- radio
- repeat
- ruin
- spend
- unknown
- buy
- clock
- devil
- early
- false
- fantasy
- pound
- precious
- refuse
- sheet
- shell
- spoke
- teeth
- welcome
- add
- ahead
- block
- bury
- caress
- content
- depth
- despite
- distant
- marry
- purple
- they'll
- threw
- thus
- tone
- whenever
- bomb
- dull
- easily
- grasp
- hospital
- innocence
- normal
- receive
- reply
- rhyme
- shade
- someday
- sword
- toe
- visit
- asleep
- bell
- bought
- center
- consider
- flat
- hero
- history
- ink
- insane
- muscle
- mystery
- reflection
- shove
- silently
- smart
- soldier
- spot
- stress
- train
- type
- view
- whether
- bus
- energy
- explain
- holy
- hunger
- inch
- it'll
- lean
- magic
- mix
- noise
- nowhere
- prayer
- presence
- shock
- snap
- spider
- study
- thunder
- trail
- admit
- agree
- bag
- bang
- bound
- butterfly
- Christmas
- cute
- exactly
- explode
- familiar
- flew
- fold
- further
- lit
- pierce
- reflect
- scent
- selfish
- sell
- sex
- sharp
- sink
- spring
- stumble
- universe
- we'd
- weep
- women
- wonderful
- action
- ancient
- attempt
- avoid
- birthday
- branch
- chocolate
- core
- depress
- drunk
- especially
- focus
- fruit
- honest
- match
- Mr.
- palm
- perfectly
- pillow
- piss
- pity
- poison
- roar
- shift
- slightly
- thump
- truck
- tune
- twenty
- unable
- wipe
- wrote
- American
- bow
- coat
- constant
- dinner
- drove
- egg
- eternal
- flight
- flood
- frame
- freak
- gasp
- glad
- hollow
- motion
- peer
- plastic
- root
- screen
- season
- sting
- strike
- team
- unlike
- victim
- volume
- warn
- weird
- attack
- await
- awake
- built
- charm
- crave
- despair
- fought
- grant
- grief
- horse
- limit
- message
- ripple
- sanity
- scatter
- serve
- split
- string
- trick
- whore
- annoy
- blur
- boat
- brave
- clearly
- cling
- connect
- fist
- forth
- ha
- hip
- imagination
- iron
- jock
- judge
- lesson
- milk
- misery
- nail
- naked
- ourselves
- poet
- possible
- princess
- sail
- seed
- size
- snake
- society
- stroke
- tip
- torture
- toss
- trace
- wise
- bloom
- bullet
- cell
- check
- cost
- darling
- during
- footstep
- fragile
- hallway
- hardly
- horizon
- invisible
- journey
- midnight
- mood
- mud
- nod
- pause
- relax
- shiver
- sudden
- thee
- value
- youth
- abuse
- admire
- blink
- breast
- bruise
- constantly
- couple
- creep
- curve
- difference
- dumb
- emptiness
- gotta
- honor
- plain
- planet
- recall
- rub
- ship
- slam
- soar
- somebody
- spit
- tightly
- TV
- weather
- adore
- approach
- bond
- bread
- burst
- candle
- cave
- coffee
- cousin
- crime
- desert
- flutter
- frozen
- grand
- hadn't
- heel
- hello
- language
- level
- luck
- movement
- pleasure
- powerful
- random
- rhythm
- settle
- silly
- slap
- sort
- spoken
- steel
- tail
- threaten
- tumble
- upset
- aside
- awkward
- bee
- bend
- blank
- board
- button
- card
- carefully
- complain
- crap
- crown
- deeply
- discover
- dive
- drag
- dread
- effort
- entire
- fairy
- giant
- gotten
- greet
- illusion
- jeans
- leap
- liquid
- march
- mend
- nervous
- nine
- pace
- replace
- rope
- spine
- stole
- terror
- accident
- apple
- balance
- bet
- boom
- childhood
- collect
- cook
- demand
- depression
- eight
- eventually
- faint
- gate
- glare
- goal
- group
- honey
- kitchen
- laid
- limb
- machine
- mere
- mold
- murder
- nerve
- painful
- pin
- poetry
- prince
- rabbit
- sake
- seal
- seep
- shelter
- shop
- shore
- shower
- soothe
- stair
- steady
- sunlight
- tangle
- tease
- treasure
- uncle
- wine
- begun
- bliss
- bush
- canvas
- cheer
- claw
- clutch
- commit
- crimson
- crystal
- cure
- delight
- dip
- doll
- ease
- existence
- express
- fog
- football
- gay
- goose
- guard
- hatred
- illuminate
- mass
- math
- mourn
- pot
- ray
- rich
- rough
- skip
- stir
- student
- style
- support
- thorn
- tick
- tough
- wore
- yard
- yearn
- yesterday
- advice
- appreciate
- autumn
- bank
- beam
- bowl
- capture
- carve
- chose
- collapse
- confusion
- creation
- dove
- feather
- girlfriend
- glory
- government
- harsh
- hop
- inner
- loser
- meal
- moonlight
- neighbor
- neither
- peach
- pig
- praise
- screw
- shield
- shimmer
- sneak
- stab
- subject
- Sunday
- sweep
- throughout
- thrown
- tower
- twirl
- woke
- wow
- army
- arrive
- bathroom
- bump
- cease
- cookie
- couch
- courage
- dim
- guilt
- howl
- hum
- husband
- insult
- led
- lunch
- mock
- mostly
- natural
- nearly
- needle
- nerd
- peaceful
- perfection
- pile
- price
- remove
- roam
- sanctuary
- serious
- shiny
- shook
- sob
- stolen
- tap
- vain
- void
- warrior
- wrinkle
- affection
- apologize
- band
- bind
- blossom
- bounce
- bridge
- bye
- cheap
- cliché
- crumble
- decision
- descend
- desperately
- dig
- dot
- flaw
- flip
- frighten
- heartbeat
- huge
- lazy
- lick
- lower
- odd
- opinion
- process
- puzzle
- quietly
- retreat
- rot
- score
- sentence
- separate
- situation
- skill
- soak
- square
- stray
- taint
- task
- they've
- tide
- underneath
- veil
- whistle
- anywhere
- bedroom
- bid
- bloody
- boot
- burden
- careful
- compare
- concern
- could've
- curtain
- decay
- defeat
- describe
- double
- dreamer
- driver
- dwell
- evening
- flare
- flicker
- grandma
- guitar
- harm
- hid
- horrible
- hung
- hungry
- indeed
- lace
- melody
- monkey
- nation
- object
- obviously
- pit
- rainbow
- salt
- scratch
- shown
- shy
- stage
- stun
- third
- tickle
- useless
- weakness
- worship
- worthless
- afternoon
- beard
- boyfriend
- bubble
- busy
- certain
- chin
- concrete
- desk
- diamond
- doom
- drawn
- due
- felicity
- freeze
- frost
- garden
- glide
- harmony
- hi
- hopefully
- hunt
- it'd
- jealous
- lightning
- mama
- mercy
- peel
- physical
- position
- pulse
- punch
- quit
- rant
- respond
- salty
- sane
- satisfy
- savior
- sheep
- slept
- social
- sore
- sport
- tuck
- utter
- valley
- wolf
- aid
- aim
- alas
- alter
- America
- arrow
- awaken
- beaten
- belief
- brand
- ceiling
- cheese
- clue
- confidence
- connection
- daily
- disguise
- eager
- erase
- essence
- everytime
- expression
- fan
- flag
- flirt
- foul
- fur
- giggle
- glorious
- hers
- ignorance
- law
- lifeless
- measure
- mighty
- muse
- north
- opposite
- paradise
- patience
- patient
- pencil
- petal
- plane
- plate
- ponder
- possibly
- practice
- slice
- slut
- spell
- stock
- strife
- strip
- struck
- suffocate
- suit
- tender
- tool
- trade
- velvet
- verse
- waist
- witch
- worn
- ah
- aunt
- bay
- bench
- bold
- cap
- certainly
- click
- companion
- condom
- creator
- dart
- delicate
- determine
- dish
- dragon
- drama
- drum
- dude
- everybody
- feast
- forehead
- former
- fright
- fully
- gas
- gut
- hook
- hurl
- ill
- invite
- juice
- manage
- moral
- pill
- possess
- raw
- rebel
- royal
- scale
- scary
- several
- slight
- stubborn
- swell
- talent
- tea
- terrible
- they'd
- thread
- thy
- torment
- trickle
- usually
- vast
- violence
- weave
- yea
- acid
- agony
- ashamed
- awe
- belly
- blend
- blush
- Catholic
- character
- cheat
- common
- company
- coward
- creak
- danger
- deadly
- defense
- define
- depend
- desperate
- destination
- dew
- duck
- dusty
- embarrass
- engine
- example
- explore
- foe
- freely
- frustrate
- generation
- glove
- guilty
- hasn't
- health
- hurry
- idiot
- impossible
- inhale
- jaw
- kingdom
- mention
- mist
- moan
- mumble
- mutter
- observe
- ode
- pathetic
- pattern
- pie
- prefer
- puff
- rape
- rare
- revenge
- rude
- scrape
- sip
- spiral
- squeeze
- strain
- sunset
- suspend
- sympathy
- thigh
- thou
- throne
- total
- unseen
- weapon
- weary