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100 most common words in American English
1-10
- the
- [ðə] the next word begins with a consonant
- [ði] the next word begins with a vowel or diphthong
- 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]
- I am - I'm
- 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.
- of
- [ʌv]
- [əv]
- [ə]
- and
- [ænd]
- [ənd]
- [ən]
- a
- [eɪ]
- [ə]
- in
- [ɪn] short and less clear
- that
- [ðæt] often don't
- [ðət]
- [ðəd] next word begins with a vowel or diphthong, it's a Flap T
- [ðə] Stop T if followed by a consonant
- have
- [hæv]
- [v]
- I
- [aɪ] very quickly, more like 'aa'
11-20
- it
- [ɪt]
- [ɪd] Flap T if followed by a vowel
- for
- [fɔɹ] almost never
- [fəɹ]
- not
- [nɑt]
- [nt]
- on
- [ɔn] low in volume, low in pitch, not very clear
- with
- [wɪð]
- [wɪθ]
- he
- [hi]
- [i]
- as
- [æz]
- [əz]
- you
- [ju]
- [jə]
- do
- [du]
- [də] In a question, where there's another verb, we often reduce it.
- at
- [æt]
- [ət]
21-30
- this
- [ðɪs] a lot more quickly, unstressed
- but
- [bʌt]
- [bət]
- [bʌd] Flap T if followed by a vowel or diphthong
- his
- [hɪz]
- [ɪz]
- by
- [baɪ] unstressed and said very quickly
- from
- [fɹʌm]
- [fɹəm]
- they
- [ðeɪ] unstressed and said very quickly
- we
- [wi] unstressed and said very quickly
- say
- [seɪ] a content word, usually stressed in a sentence.
- her
- [hɜɹ]
- [əɹ]
- she
- [ʃi] said very quickly
- or
- [ɔr]
- [ər]
- an
- [æn]
- [ən]
- will
- [wɪl]
- [əl]
- my
- [maɪ] unstressed and said very quickly
- one
- [wʌn]
- [wən]
- [ən]
- all
- [ɔl] usually stressed
- Would
- [wʊd]
- [wəd]
- there
- [ðɛəɹ]
- [ðəɹ]
- they're
- [ðɛəɹ_əɹ]
- [ðəɹ]
- what
- [wʌt]
- [wət]
- [wʌd] Flap T if followed by a vowel or diphthong
41-50
- so
- [soʊ]
- [sə]
- up
- [ʌp] stressed, P is a stop consonant.
- out
- [aʊt]
