Categories: English Vocabulary

The Top 400 English Words

The Top 400 English Words?!? It’s strange putting a number to words. Have you ever thought about how many English words you know? You may feel like celebrating now that you know the top 400 English words. These are the most frequently used English words and are therefore essential if you really want to understand English. 400 English words is enough English for travelling and can help you get out of trouble.

You can find words # 1 – 200 in the post “The Top 200 English Words“. You can also find an article of The Top 100 English Words that is organised by word type. And of course words # 201 – 300 can be found in The Top 300 English Words

The Top 400 English Words (#301 – 400)

  1. much
  2. someone
  3. end
  4. change
  5. however
  6. only
  7. around
  8. hour
  9. everything
  10. national
  1. four
  2. line
  3. girl
  4. around
  5. watch
  6. until
  7. father
  8. sit
  9. create
  10. information
  1. car
  2. learn
  3. least
  4. already
  5. kill
  6. minute
  7. party
  8. include
  9. stand
  10. together
  1. back
  2. follow
  3. health
  4. remember
  5. often
  6. reason
  7. speak
  8. ago
  9. set
  10. black
  1. member
  2. community
  3. once
  4. social
  5. news
  6. allow
  7. win
  8. body
  9. lead
  10. continue
  1. whether
  2. enough
  3. spend
  4. level
  5. able
  6. political
  7. almost
  8. boy
  9. university
  10. before
  1. stay
  2. add
  3. later
  4. change
  5. five
  6. probably
  7. center
  8. among
  9. face
  10. public
  1. die
  2. food
  3. else
  4. history
  5. buy
  6. result
  7. morning
  8. off
  9. parent
  10. office
  1. course
  2. end
  3. research
  4. walk
  5. door
  6. white
  7. several
  8. court
  9. home
  10. grow
  1. better
  2. open
  3. moment
  4. including
  5. consider
  6. both
  7. such
  8. little
  9. within
  10. second

See the rest of the Top 500 English words. Each page introduces another 100 of the most frequently used English words. Learn them all.

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