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100 most common words in American English

1-10

  1. the
    • [ðə] the next word begins with a consonant
    • [ði] the next word begins with a vowel or diphthong
  2. be
    • I am - I'm
      • [aɪm]
      • [m]
    • You are - You're
      • [jəɹ]
    • He is - He's
      • [hiz]
    • She is - She's
      • [ʃiz]
    • It is - It's
      • [ɪts]
      • [ts]
    • We are - We're
      • [wəɹ]
    • They are - They're
      • [ðəɹ]
  3. to
    • [tu] almost never
    • [tə] the vowel changes to the schwa
    • [də] the true T at the beginning changes to more of a D sound, or a Flap T.
  4. of
    • [ʌv]
    • [əv]
    • [ə]
  5. and
    • [ænd]
    • [ənd]
    • [ən]
  6. a
    • [eɪ]
    • [ə]
  7. in
    • [ɪn] short and less clear
  8. that
    • [ðæt] often don't
    • [ðət]
    • [ðæd] next word begins with a vowel or diphthong, it's a Flap T
    • [ðə] Stop T if followed by a consonant
  9. have
    • [hæv]
    • [v]
  10. I
    • [aɪ] very quickly, more like 'aa'

11-20

  1. it
    • [ɪt]
    • [ɪd] Flap T if followed by a vowel
  2. for
    • [fɔɹ] almost never
    • [fəɹ]
  3. not
    • [nɑt]
    • [nt]
  4. on
    • [ɔn] low in volume, low in pitch, not very clear
  5. with
    • [wɪð]
    • [wɪθ]
  6. he
    • [hi]
    • [i]
  7. as
    • [æz]
    • [əz]
  8. you
    • [ju]
    • [jə]
  9. do
    • [du]
    • [də] In a question, where there's another verb, we often reduce it.
  10. at
    • [æt]
    • [ət]

21-30

  1. this
    • [ðɪs] a lot more quickly, unstressed
  2. but
    • [bʌt]
    • [bət]
    • [bʌd] Flap T if followed by a vowel or diphthong
  3. his
    • [hɪz]
    • [ɪz]
  4. by
    • [baɪ] unstressed and said very quickly
  5. from
    • [fɹʌm]
    • [fɹəm]
  6. they
    • [ðeɪ] unstressed and said very quickly
  7. we
    • [wi] unstressed and said very quickly
  8. say
    • [seɪ] a content word, usually stressed in a sentence.
  9. her
    • [hɜɹ]
    • [əɹ]
  10. she
    • [ʃi] said very quickly

31-40

  1. or
    • [ɔr]
    • [ər]
  2. an
    • [æn]
    • [ən]
  3. will
    • [wɪl]
    • [əl]
  4. my
    • [maɪ] unstressed and said very quickly
  5. one
    • [wʌn]
    • [wən]
    • [ən]
  6. all
    • [ɔl] usually stressed
  7. Would
    • [wʊd]
    • [wəd]
  8. there
    • [ðɛəɹ]
    • [ðəɹ]
  9. they're
    • [ðɛəɹ_əɹ]
    • [ðəɹ]
  10. what
    • [wʌt]
    • [wət]
    • [wʌd] Flap T if followed by a vowel or diphthong

41-50

  1. so
    • [soʊ]
    • [sə]
  2. up
    • [ʌp] stressed, P is a stop consonant.
  3. out
    • [aʊt] stressed, T is a stop consonant.
    • [aʊd] unstressed, T is a Flap T if followed by a vowel or diphthong
  4. if
    • [ɪf] unstressed, said very quickly
  5. about
    • [əˈbaʊt]
  6. who
    • [hu]
    • [u]
  7. get
    • [gɛt] always stressed
    • [gɛd] Flap T if followed by a vowel or diphthong
  8. which
    • [wɪtʃ]
  9. go
    • [goʊ]
  10. me
    • [mi] unstressed, said very quickly

51-60

  1. when
    • [wɛn]
    • [wən]
    • [wɪn]
  2. make
    • [meɪk] longer, shape of stress, more clear
  3. can
    • [kæn] main verb
    • [kən] helping verb
  4. like
    • [laɪk]
  5. time
    • [taɪm] stressed
  6. no
    • [noʊ] stressed
  7. just
    • [dʒʌst] stressed
  8. him
    • [hɪm]
    • [əm]
  9. know
    • [noʊ] stressed
  10. take
    • [teɪk] stressed

61-70

  1. people
    • [ˈpipəl] stressed
  2. into
    • [ˈɪntu]
    • [ˈɪndə] Flap T
  3. year
    • [jɪəɹ] stressed
  4. your
    • [jɔɹ] almost never
    • [jəɹ]
  5. good
    • [gʊd]
  6. some
    • [sʌm]
    • [səm]
  7. could
    • [kʊd]
    • [kəd]
  8. them
    • [ðɛm]
    • [ɛm]
  9. see
    • [si] stressed
  10. other
    • [ˈʌðəɹ]

71-80

  1. than
    • [ðæn]
    • [ðæʌn]
    • [ðən]
  2. then
    • [ðɛn]
    • [ðən]
  3. now
    • [naʊ] stressed
  4. look
    • [lʊk] stressed
  5. only
    • [ˈoʊnli] stressed
  6. come
    • [kʌm] stressed
  7. its
    • [ɪts]
    • [ts]
  8. over
    • [ˈoʊvəɹ] stressed
  9. think
    • [θɪŋk]
    • [θiŋk]
  10. also
    • [ˈɔlsoʊ]

81-90

  1. back
    • [bæk]
  2. after
    • [ˈæftəɹ]
  3. use
    • [jus] noun
    • [juz] verb
  4. two
    • [tu] stressed
  5. how
    • [haʊ] light H
  6. our
    • [aʊəɹ]
    • [aɹ]
    • [əɹ]
  7. work
    • [wɜɹk]
  8. first
    • [fɜɹst]
  9. well
    • [wɛl]
  10. way
    • [weɪ] stressed

91-100

  1. even

    • [ˈivən] fast, unstressed

  2. new

    • [nu] stressed

  3. want

    • [wɑnt]
    • [wɔnt]
    • [wʌnt]

  4. because

    • [bɪˈkɑz]
    • [bɪˈkɔz]
    • [bɪˈkʌz]
    • [bɪˈkəz]
    • [kəz]

  5. any

    • [ˈɛni]

  6. these

    • [ðiz]

  7. give

    • [gɪv] in certain contexts, we drop the final sound.

  8. day

    • [deɪ] stressed

  9. most

    • [moʊst]

  10. us

    • [ʌs]
    • [əs]