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This is the one of the 14 1000-word-family lists from the count of the British National Corpus (BNC) compiled by Paul Nation.
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BNC1 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed BNC2 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed BNC3 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed BNC4 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed |
Headword List[change]
A[change]
- above
- abuse abused
- accent accented unaccented accenting accents
- access accessed accesses accessibility accessible accessing inaccessible
- accident accidents
- accommodate accommodated accommodates accommodating accommodation accommodations
- according
- accurate
- acid acids acidly acidic
- adequate
- adjust adjusted adjusting adjusts adjustment adjustments
- adopt adopted adopting
- adult adulthood adults
- advance advanced advances
- advantage advantages
- advice
- advise advising advises advisers adviser advised
- affair affairs
- afraid unafraid
- Africa African Africans
- agenda agendas
- ahead
- aid aided aiding aids
- aim aims aiming aimed
- aircraft
- airport airports
- alarm alarmed alarming
- alive
- allocate allocated allocates allocating allocation allocations
- alter
- alternative
- altogether
- amaze amazes amazed amazing
- among amongst
- analyse analysed analyser analysers analyses analysing analysis
- angle angles angling angled animals
- announce announced
- annoy annoys annoyed annoying
- annual annuals
- anti-
- apology
- appeal appealed appealing appeals apples
- appreciate
- approve approving approves approved approval approvals
- April armies
- arrive
- article articles
- asleep
- aspect aspects
- assemble assembled assembles assemblies assembling assembly
- assess
- assign assigned
- assist assistance assistant assistants assisted assisting assists
- assure assurance assurances assured
- attach attached attaches attaching
- attack attacked attacking attacks
- attempt attempted
- attitude attitudes
- attract attracts attracting attracted attractive unattractive
- audience audiences
- August
- aunt aunts
- Australia
- automatic automatically
- average averaged averages averaging
- avoid avoids avoiding avoided
- award awarded awarding awards
- awkward
B[change]
- background backgrounds backgrounded backgrounding
- bake bakes baked baking baker bakers bakery bakeries
- band banded banding bands
- bang banged banging bangs
- bath bathrooms batteries
- battle battled battles battling
- bean beans beers
- beg begs begging begged beggars beggar
- behalf
- behaviour behaviours behaviors
- bell bells
- belong belonged belonging belongings belongs
- below
- belt belts belted
- bend bending bent bends
- beside besides
- beyond
- bid bidding bids bikes
- bin bins
- bind binds binding birds biscuits
- bite bites biting bitten
- blame blaming blames blamed
- blank
- bless
- blind blinds
- block blocks blocking blocked
- bloom bloomed blooming blooms
- boil boils boiling
- bomb bombed bombing bombings
- bone
- bonus bonuses
- booking booked bookings
- boot boots booted booting
- boring bores bored
- borrow
- boss bosses
- boundary boundaries
- bowl bowled bowling bowls
- bracket brackets
- brain brains
- branch branches branched branching breakfasts
- brick bricks bridges bridging bridged
- bright
- broad
- brochure brochures
- brush
- bugger buggered buggers buggering
- burn burned burning butters buttering buttered
- button buttons buttoning buttoned
C[change]
- cabinet cabinets
- calculate calculator calculators
- calm calms
- camera cameras
- camp camped camping camps
- campaign campaigned campaigning campaigns
- cancel cancelled cancelling cancels
- candidate candidates
- capable
- capacity capacities
- capital capitals
- career careers carpeted carpeting carpets
- cash cashes cashed cashing
- cast casting castings casts
- category categories
- celebrate celebrated
- cell cells
- century centuries
- chain chains chaining chained
- challenge challenged
- channel channelled
- chapter chapters
- charity charities
- chase chased chases chasing
- chat chatting chatted chats
- cheer cheered cheering cheeses
- chemical
- cheque cheques
- chest chests chickens
- chief chiefs
- China Chinese
- chip chips chocolates
- chop chopping chopped chops
- chuck chucks chucked chucking cigarettes
- circle circled circles circling
- circumstance circumstances
- citizen citizens
- civil
- clarify
- clerk clerks
- clever
- climb climbs climbing
- clue clues
- coach coached coaching coaches
- coal coals
- coast coasts coats coated coating coatings
- code coded
- combine combining combines combined combination combinations
- comfort uncomfortable
- command commanded commanding commands commercial commercials
- commission commissioned
- communicate
- compensate compensated compensates compensating compensation compensations
- compete competing competes competed competitive
- competition competitions
- complain
- complaints complaint complexes
- complicate complicated
- concentrate concentrated concentrates concentrating concentration concentrations
- concept
- conclusion conclusions
- confidence confidences
- confirm confirmation
- conflict conflicted conflicting conflicts
- confuse confusing
- connect connected connecting connects connection connections
- conscious
- conservative
- considerable
- consistent
- constant
- consume consumed consumer consumers consumes consuming consumption
- contain
- content contented contenting
- context contexts
- contribute contributed contributes contributing contribution contributions contributor contributors
- convince convinced convinces convincing
- cool cools
- cope corporates corporation corporations
- cottage cottages
- cough coughs coughed coughing
- counter countered counters countering cows
- crack cracks cracking cracked
- crap craps crapped crapping
- cream creams creaming creamed
- credit credited crediting
- crime crimes
- criminal criminals criminally
- crisis crises
- crisp crisped crisping crisps
- criterion criteria
- critic critics
- crowd crowded
- cry cried cries crying cultural cupboards curtains
- customer customers
- cycle cycled cycles
D[change]
- damage damaging damages damaged
- damn damned damning damns
- dance danced
- dare dared dares daring
- dark darker darkest darkness
- data daughters
- debt debts
- December
- decent
- declare declaration declarations declared
- decorate
- defence defences defense defenses
- defend defends defending
- define
- delay delays delaying delayed
- delegate delegates delegated delegating
- delight delights delighting
- deliver delivered
- demand demanded demanding demands
- democrat democrats
- demonstrate
- deny
- depress depressed depresses depressing depression depressions
- deputy deputies
- desire desired
- desk desks
- desperate
- despite
- destroy destroyed destroying destroys destruction destructive destroyer destroyers
- detect
- diagram diagrams diagrammed diagramming
- diary diaries dictionaries
- diet
- dig
- directory directories dirtier dirtiest dirt
- disabled
- disappear
- disappoint
- disaster disasters
- discount discounted discounting discounts
- discover discovered discoveries discovering discovers discovery
- disease diseases
- disgust disgusted disgusts disgusting
- dish dishes dished dishing
- display
- distance distances
- distinct distinction distinctions
- distribute distributes distributed distributing distribution
- dock docked docking docks
- dollar dollars
- domestic
- dot dotted dotting dots
- dozen dozens
- draft drafted drafting drafts
- drag drags dragging dragged
- drama dramas dramatic
- drawer drawers
- dream dreamed drugged drugging drugs
- duck ducks ducking ducked
- dump dumped dumping dumps
- dust dusts dustless dusty dustier dustiest dustiness dusted dusting duster dusters
- duty duties
E[change]
- ear
- earn earns earning earned earths
- Easter
- edge
- edit edited
- efficient
- effort efforts effortless effortlessly
- elder elderly elders
- element elements
- embarrass embarrassed embarrasses embarrassing
- emergency emergencies
- emotion
- emphasis emphases
- enable enabled enables enabling
- energy
- engage engaged engaging
- enormous
- enquire
- ensure
- entertain entertains entertaining
- entire
- entitle
- equip equipment equipped
- escape
- essential essentials
- establish
- estate
- estimate estimated
- etc
- event
- eventual
- evolve evolution
- ex exams
- examine examining examines examined
- excellent
- excess excesses excessive
- exchange exchanged exchanges exchanging
- excite exciting excites
- exclude excluded excludes excluding
- exhibit exhibited exhibiting
- expand expanded expanding expands
- experiment experimental
- expert
- extend
- extension extensions
- extent
- extreme
F[change]
- facility facilities
- factor factored factoring factors factories
- fail failed failing failings fails
- faith
- familiar
- famous
- fan fans
- fancy fancied fancier fancies fanciest
- fashion
- fat fatter fattest
- fault
- fear feared
- feature featured features featuring
- February
- fee fees
- fellow fellows
- female females
- fence fencing fences fenced
- fetch
- finger fingers fingered fingering
- fix fixed flats
- flexible flexibility
- float
- flow flowed flows flowing flowered flowering flowers
- focus focused focuses focusing
- folk folks
- fool fools forests
- forgive
- formal formally
- forth
- fortnight fortnights
- fraction fractions
- frame
- frank franker frankest
- freeze froze frozen
- fresh
- fright frights fruits fueled fueling fuelled fuelling fuels
- furniture
G[change]
- gain gained gaining gains
- gap gaps
- garage garages
- gate gates
- gather
- gear gears
- generate
- gentleman
- gift gifts
- glad
- goal golden
- golf
- goods
- grab grabbed grabbing grabs gracing graces
- grade grades graded
- gradual
- graph graphs graphed graphing grasses
- grateful
- grey greys
- guarantee guaranteed guaranteeing guarantees
- guard guarded
- guide guiding guides guided
- guilty
- gun guns
H[change]
- handle handled handles handling
- hardly
- harm
- hide hid hidden
- highlight highlighted highlighting highlights
- hill hills
- hire hiring hires hired
- hole holes
- holy holier holiest
- homework
- honour honor
- hook hooks
- horrible
- hotel hotels
- household households
- huge
- human humans
- hunger hungry
- hunt hunts hunting
- hurry hurries hurried
- hurt hurts hurting
I[change]
- ice
- ideal ideals
- ignorant
- ill ills
- image
- immediate
- impact impacted impacting impacts
- implicate implicated implicates implicating implication implications
- impose
- impress
- inch
- incredible
- independent independents
- India
- indicate indicated indicates indicating
- influence influenced influencing influences
- initial initials
- initiate initiated initiates initiating
- injure injured injures injuries injuring injury
- inspect inspected inspecting inspection inspections inspector inspectors inspects
- instance instances
- institute instituted institutes instituting institution
- instruct instruction instructed instructing instructions
- intelligence intelligent
- intend intended intending intends
- intent
- internal
- international internationals
- interpret interpretation interpretations
- interview
- investigate
- invite
- Irish
- iron islands
- Italy Italian Italians
J[change]
- jack jacked jacking jacks
- jacket jackets jams jamming jammed
- January
- Japan Japanese
- joint joints
- joke jokes journeys journeying journeyed
- joy
- juice juices
- July
- junction junctions
- June
- justice
- justify
K[change]
L[change]
- label labelled
- lack lacked lacking lacks
- landlord landlords
- lane lanes
- leaflet leaflets
- league leagues
- lecture lectured
- legal illegal
- lend
- length lessons
- liberal
- library librarian librarians
- licence licences license
- lift
- literal
- loan
- locate located locating location locations
- log logging logs logged
- logic
- loose
- lorry lorries
- loss losses
- loud
- lump lumped lumping lumps
M[change]
- ma mas
- mad
- madam madams
- magazine magazines
- maintain maintained
- male males
- manufacture manufactured manufacturing manufactures maps
- margin marginal
- marvel marvels marveled marveling
- mass masses
- massive
- master masters mastered mastering
- mate mates
- material
- mathematics maximums
- mayor mayors meals meats
- medical medicines
- memory
- mental
- mere
- mess
- message messages metals
- method
- metre metres meter meters
- microphone microphones
- mid
- midland midlands
- mill mills
- miner miners mined mining mines
- minimum minimums
- minor
- mirror mirrors mirrored mirroring
- mistake mistaking mistakes
- mix mixing mixes mixed
- model models modelling modelled modeling modeled
- modern
- monitor monitored monitoring monitors moons
- moral
- mortgage mortgaged
- motor
- motorway motorways mountains
- muck mucks mucked mucking
- multiply multiplying multiplies multiplied multiplication
- murder murders murdering
- muscle muscles
N[change]
- nail nails nailing nailed
- narrow narrowed narrower narrowest narrowing
- nasty
- naughty
- neck
- negative
- negotiate negotiated negotiating negotiates neighbor
- neither
- nerve nerves
- net nets netted netting
- newspaper newspapers
- nick
- nil
- nor
- northern noses
- nought
- November
- nurse nursing nurses nursed
- nursery nurseries
O[change]
- object objects
- objected objecting
- oblige obliges obliged obliging
- observe
- obtain
- occupy
- occur occurred
- October
- offence offences offense offenses offensive
- official
- op
- opinion opinions opinionated
- opposite opposites
- option oranges
- ordinary
- overall
- owe
P[change]
- packet packets
- pad pads padding padded
- pain
- panel
- parish
- parliament
- partner partners partnered partnering partnership partnerships
- pat patting patted pats
- patch patched patching patches paths
- patience
- pattern patterns patterned patterning peaceful
- pen pens
- pencil pencils
- penny pennies
- perform
- permanent
- permit permission
- persuade
- physical
- pie pies
- pig pigs
- pile piling piles piled
- pin pins pinned pinks
- pint pints
- pipe pipes piped piping
- pit
- pitch pitched pitches pitching
- plain plainer plainest planes planed planing
- plant planted
- plastic plastics plates plated plating
- pleasure pleasures
- plenty
- plug
- pocket pockets pocketed pocketing poems
- polish polishing polishes polished
- poll polls polled polling
- pool pools pooling pooled
- pop
- popular popularity
- population populations
- pot pots potatoes
- potential potentials
- pour pours pouring poured
- practical
- pray
- pre
- precise
- prefer
- pregnant
- pretend pretends pretending pretended pretence
- prevent prevented preventing prevention prevents
- prime primes primed priming
- principle
- priority priorities
- prison prisons
- prize prized prizes
- pro pros
- professional
- profit profited profiting profits
- progress
- promise promised promises promising
- promote promoted
- property properties
- proportion
- prospect prospects prospecting prospected
- proud
- prove proved proven proves proving
- psychology psychological
- pub pubs
- publish published
- pudding
- pump pumps pumping pumped
- pupil pupils
- purchase purchased
- pure purest purer
Q[change]
- qualify qualifying qualifies qualified qualification qualifications
- queen queens
- quote quotation quotations quoted quotes quoting
R[change]
- race rains raining rained
- rare rarest rarer
- ray
- reach reached reaches reaching
- react reacted reacts reacting reaction
- recall recalls recalled recalling
- recession recessions
- recover
- recruit recruited recruiting recruits
- redundant redundancy redundancies
- reflect
- refrigerate
- refuse
- register
- regular regulars irregular
- regulate regulated regulates regulating regulation
- reject rejected rejecting
- relative
- relax
- release released releases releasing
- relevant
- relief religions
- religious
- rely
- remain remained remaining remains
- remark remarked remarking remarks remarkable
- remind
- remove renting rented rents
- repair repairs repairing repaired repeated
- replace replacing replaces replaced
- reply replied replies replying
- request requests
- reserve reserves reservation reservations reserved reserving
- reside resided
- resist resists resisting resisted
- respond responded
- response
- restrict restricted restricting
- retire retiring retires retired
- reverse
- revise revised
- rich richer richest
- ride ridden
- ridiculous
- risk risks risking risked rivers
- rob
- rock
- Rome roofs roofing roofed
- root roots
- rough
- row rows rowing rowed
- royal royals
- rub rubs rubbing rubbed
- rubbish rubbished rubbishes rubbishing
- rush rushed rushes rushing
- Russia
S[change]
- sack sacked sacking sacks
- sad sadness
- sail sailed sailing
- sake sakes
- salary
- salt salty salted
- sample sampling samples sampled
- sand
- sandwich
- satisfy satisfying satisfies satisfied
- scale scaled scales scaling
- scare scares scared scaring
- scene
- schedule scheduled scheduling schedules
- screen screens screening screened
- screw screws screwed screwing seaman
- search searching searches searched
- season seasons
- seconds
- secret
- seek seeking seeks sought
- select selected selecting selection selections
- senior seniors
- sensible
- sentence sentences
- September
- series
- session sessions
- several
- severe
- shake shaken shakes
- shame shaming shames
- shape shaped shapes shaping
- sharp
- shed shedding sheds
- shift shifted shifting shifts ships shipping shipped shirts
- shock shocks shocking shocked shockingly
- shoulder shouldered shouldering shoulders
- shout shouted shouting shouts
- shower showers showering showered
- sight sights
- signal signals signalling signalled signaling
- significant
- silly sillier silliest
- sin sinned sinning sins sunk sinks sinking sank
- skill skins skinning skinned skies
- slide slid slides sliding
- slip slips slipping slipped
- smart smarter smartest
- smash smashed
- smell
- smile smiled smiles smiling snows snowed snowing
- sock
- sod sods
- soft
- solicitor solicitors
- solid
- solution solutions
- solve solving solves solved
- song songs sourced
- southern
- Spain Spanish
- spare sparing spares spared
- speech speeches
- spirit spirits
- split splitting splits
- sponsor sponsored sponsoring sponsors
- sport sporting sports
- spot spots spotted spotting
- spread spreading spreads sprang springing springs sprung
- stable
- stall stalls stalled stalling stamps stamping stamped starred stars starring
- status
- steel
- stock stocks stocked
- stone stoned stones stoning
- store stored stores storing
- strange
- strength strengthen strengthened strengthening strengthens strengths
- stress stressed stresses
- stretch stretched
- strip strips stripped stripping
- struggle struggled struggles struggling
- style styled styles styling
- sub
- substantial
- sue
- suffer suffered suffering
- sufficient sugars sugared
- sum
- super
- surface surfaced surfaces surfacing
- survey surveyed
- survive
- suspect suspects suspecting suspected
- swear sworn swore swears swearing
- sweet sweeter sweetest
- swim swum swims swimming swam
T[change]
- tablet tablets
- tackle tackled tackles tackling
- tail tails tailed tailing tallest taller
- tank tanks
- tap taps tapping tapped
- target targeted targeting targets
- taste tasted tastes tasting tasty tastier tastiest
- tear tearing tears tore
- technical
- technique techniques
- technology technologies
- temperature temperatures
- temporary
- text texts theatres theater theaters
- theory
- thick thickness thicknesses
- thin thins thinning thinnest
- threat threats
- tick ticks ticked ticking tickets
- tidy tidier tidiest
- tight tighter tightest
- tile tiles tiling tiled
- tin tins
- tiny tinier tiniest
- tip tips tipping tipped
- tire tiring tires
- title titled titles titling toilets
- ton tons tonne tonnes
- tool tools teeth
- topic
- Tory
- tough
- tour tours touring toured tourist tourists
- tower towers towering towered
- toy toys toyed toying
- track tracks tracking tracked
- tradition traditional
- transfer
- treasure treasuring treasures treasured
- tremendous
- trial trials trialing trialed
- trick tricks tricked tricking trips tripping tripped trouser
- tune tuning tunes tuned
- typical
U[change]
V[change]
- valid
- van vans
- variety varieties
- vary
- vast vegetables
- vehicle vehicles
- verse verses versed
- version versions
- victim victims
- violent
- virtual virtually
- voice voiced voices voicing
- volume volumes
- voluntary
- volunteer volunteering volunteered volunteers
W[change]
- wake woke waking wakes
- Wales
- ward wards
- warn warned warning
- wave waved waves waving
- weak weaker weakest
- weather
- wed weddings wedded weds
- weird weirder weirdest
- western
- wet wetting wets wetted
- wheel wheels
- whereas wining wines wined
- wing wings winging winged
- winter winters
- wipe wiping wipes wiped
- wire wires wired wiring wirings
- wise unwise
- withdraw
- witness witnessing witnesses witnessed
- wrap wrapping wraps
X[change]
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