The small words of place, time and connection. Ordered by how often each word appears in modern English, most common first. Tap a word to open its page with collocations and example sentences.
| # | Word | Part of speech |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | to | preposition, adverb |
| 4 | of | preposition |
| 5 | a | article, noun, preposition |
| 6 | in | preposition, adverb |
| 9 | for | preposition, conjunction |
| 13 | on | preposition, adverb, adjective |
| 14 | with | preposition |
| 18 | as | adverb, conjunction, pronoun, preposition |
| 21 | at | preposition |
| 24 | by | preposition, adverb |
| 25 | but | conjunction, preposition, adverb, noun |
| 26 | from | preposition |
| 42 | like | preposition, verb, conjunction, adverb |
| 43 | about | preposition, adverb, adjective |
| 44 | up | adverb, preposition, adjective, noun |
| 45 | out | adverb, preposition, adjective, interjection |
| 77 | after | preposition, adjective, adverb |
| 80 | into | preposition |
| 85 | over | preposition, adjective, noun |
| 114 | before | preposition, adverb, conjunction |
| 115 | off | adverb, preposition, adjective, noun |
| 125 | down | adverb, preposition, adjective, verb |
| 127 | through | preposition, adverb, adjective |
| 129 | while | noun, conjunction, preposition, verb |
| 147 | around | adverb, preposition |
| 148 | between | preposition, adverb |
| 156 | since | preposition, adverb, conjunction |
| 160 | under | preposition, adverb, adjective |
| 161 | during | preposition |
| 171 | without | preposition, adverb, conjunction |
| 172 | against | preposition |
| 198 | until | preposition |
| 237 | including | preposition |
| 256 | less | adjective, adverb, preposition |
| 271 | following | preposition, noun, adjective |
| 289 | within | preposition, adverb |
| 331 | along | preposition, adverb |
| 350 | past | adjective, noun, preposition, adverb |
| 387 | among | preposition |
| 404 | behind | preposition, adverb, adjective, noun |
| 408 | near | adverb, preposition, adjective, verb |
| 440 | across | preposition, adverb, adjective |
| 445 | outside | noun, adjective, preposition |
| 487 | above | adverb, preposition, adjective, noun |
| 503 | inside | noun, adjective, preposition |
| 567 | save | verb, noun, preposition |
| 597 | upon | preposition |
| 688 | towards | preposition |
| 734 | except | preposition, conjunction |
| 776 | despite | preposition |
| 804 | throughout | preposition |
| 809 | beyond | preposition, noun |
| 856 | plus | preposition, adjective, noun, conjunction |
| 863 | bar | noun, verb, preposition |
| 1265 | toward | preposition, adjective |
| 1435 | opposite | adjective, noun, preposition, adverb |
| 1791 | savings | noun, adjective, preposition |
| 1893 | pace | noun, verb, preposition |
| 1979 | concerning | preposition |
Practice · 3 min
Go down the first fifty rows and mark every word you could not use in a sentence right now. Open three of them and say one example sentence from each page out loud.