User talk:TeacherJeff/Test/BNC2LIST/SAMPALIST
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
abused
- accent accented unaccented accenting accents accessed accesses accessibility accessing inaccessible accidents
- accommodate accommodated accommodates 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 advised
- affair affairs
- afraid unafraid
- Africa Africans agendas
- ahead
- aid aided aiding aids aims aiming aimed
- aircraft airports
- alarm alarmed alarming
- alive
- allocate allocated allocates allocating allocation allocations
- alter
- amaze amazes amazed amazing 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 appeals apples
- approve approving approves approved approval approvals
- April armies articles
- asleep
- aspect aspects
- assemble assembled assembles assemblies assembling
- assess
- assign assigned
- assist assistance assistant assistants assisted assisting assists
- assure assurance assurances assured
- attach attached attaches attaching attacked attacking attacks
- attempt attempted
- attitude attitudes
- attract attracts attracting attracted unattractive audiences aunts
- Australia averaged averages averaging avoids avoiding avoided
- award awarded awarding awards
- awkward
B change
- background backgrounds backgrounded backgrounding bakes baked baking baker bakers bakeries
- band banded banding bands banged banging bangs
- bath
- bathroom bathrooms
- battery batteries battled battles battling beans beers
- beg begs begging begged beggars beggar
- behalf
- behaviour behaviours behaviors bells belonged belonging belongings belongs
- below
- belt belts belted
- bend bending bends
- beside besides
- beyond
- bid bidding bids
- bike bikes bins
- bind binds binding
- bird birds biscuits
- bite bites
- blame blaming blames blamed
- blank
- bless
- blind blinds blocks blocking blocked
- bloom bloomed blooming blooms
- boil boils boiling
- bomb bombed bombing bombings
- bone
- bonus bonuses
- booking booked bookings boots booted booting
- boring bores bosses boundaries
- bowl bowled bowls
- bracket brackets
- brain brains branches branched branching
- breakfast breakfasts bricks
- bridge bridges bridging bridged
- broad
- brochure brochures
- brown
- brush
- bugger buggered buggers buggering burning butters buttering buttered buttons buttoning buttoned
C change
- cabinet cabinets
- calculate calculators
- calm calms cameras
- camp camped camping camps
- campaign campaigned campaigning campaigns
- cancel cancelled cancelling cancels
- candidate candidates
- capable capacities capitals
- career careers carpeted carpeting carpets cashes cashed cashing casting castings casts
- category categories celebrated cells
- century centuries
- chain chains chaining chained challenged
- channel channelled
- chapter chapters
- charity charities
- chase chased chases chasing
- chat chatting chatted chats
- cheer cheered cheering cheeses cheques chests chickens
- chief chiefs chips chocolates chopping chopped chops
- chuck chucks chucked chucking
- cigarette cigarettes
- circle circled circles circling
- circumstance circumstances citizens
- clarify
- clerk
- clever
- climb climbs climbing
- cloud
- clue clues coached coaching coaches
- coal coals coasts
- coat coats coated coating coatings
- code coded combining combines combined combinations
- comfort uncomfortable
- command commanded commanding commands
- commerce commercial commercials commissioned compensated compensates compensating compensation compensations
- compete competing competes competed competitive competitions
- complain
- complaints complexes
- complicate complicated
- concentrate concentrated concentrates concentrating concentration concentrations
- concept
- conclusion conclusions
- confidence confidences
- confirm confirmation conflicted conflicting conflicts
- confuse confusing
- connect connected connecting connects connection connections
- conscious
- conservative
- considerable
- consistent consumed consumer consumers consumes consuming consumption contented contenting contexts contributed contributes contributing contribution contributions contributor contributors
- convince convinced convinces convincing cools
- cope
- corporate corporates corporations
- cottage cottages
- cough coughs coughed coughing
- counter countered counters countering
- countryside cows
- crack cracks cracking cracked
- crap craps crapped crapping
- cream creams creaming creamed
- credit crediting
- crime crimes
- criminal criminals criminally
- crisis crises
- crisp crisped crisping crisps
- criterion
- critic critics
- crowd
- cry cried cries
- culture cultural
- cupboard cupboards
- curtain curtains
- customer customers
- cycle cycled cycles
D change
- damage damaging damages damaged damned damning damns
- dance danced dared dares daring darker darkest darkness daughters debts
- decent declarations declared
- decorate
- defence defences defenses
- defend defends defending
- define
- delay delays delaying delayed
- delegate delegates delegated delegating
- delight delights delighting
- deliver delivered demanded demanding demands
- democrat democrats
- demonstrate
- deny
- depress depresses depressing depressions
- deputy deputies
- desire desired
- desk desks
- desperate
- despite
- destroy destroyed destroying destroys destruction destructive destroyer destroyers
- detect
- determine
- diagram diagrams diagrammed diagramming
- diary diaries dictionaries
- diet
- direction
- directory directories
- dirty dirtier dirtiest
- disabled
- disappear
- disappoint
- disaster disasters
- discount discounted discounting discounts discovered discoveries discovering discovers
- disease diseases disgusted disgusts disgusting
- dish dishes dished dishing
- distance distances
- distinct distinctions
- distribute distributes distributed distributing docked docking docks dollars
- domestic
- dot dotted dotting dots
- dozen dozens drafted drafting drafts drags dragging dragged
- drama dramas dramatic
- drawer drawers
- drug drugged drugging drugs
- duck ducks ducking ducked
- dump dumped dumping dumps
- dust dusts dustless dusty dustier dustiest dustiness dusted dusting dusters
- duty duties
E change
- ear ears
- earn earns earning earned earths
- Easter
- edit edited
- efficient effortless effortlessly elderly elders elements
- embarrass embarrassed embarrasses embarrassing emergencies
- emotion
- emphasis emphases
- empty
- enable enabled enables enabling
- energy
- engage engaged engaging
- enormous entertains entertaining
- entitle
- equip equipped
- escape essentials
- estate
- estimate estimated
- etc
- eventual
- evolve evolution
- ex
- exam 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 experimental
- expert
- extend extensions
- extent
F change
- facility facilities
- factor factored factoring factors
- factory factories
- fail failed failing failings fails
- faith
- famous
- fan fans
- fancy fancied fancier fancies fanciest
- fashion fatter fattest feared featured features featuring
- fee fees
- fellow fellows
- female females
- fence fencing fences fenced
- fetch
- finger fingers fingered fingering
- firm
- fix fixed flats
- flexible flexibility
- float
- flow flowed flows flowing flowered flowering focused focusing
- folk folks fools forests
- formal formally
- forth fortnights
- fraction fractions
- frame
- frank franker frankest froze
- fresh frights fruits fueled fueling fuelled fuelling fuels
G change
gained gaining gains
- gap gaps garages
- gate gates
- gather
- gear gears
- generate
- gentleman gifts
- glad golden
- golf
- goods
- grab grabbed grabbing grabs
- grace 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
H change
- handle handles handling
- harm
- hat
- highlight highlighted highlighting highlights
- hill hills
- hire hiring hires hired holes holier holiest
- homework
- honour honor
- hook hooks
- horrible hotels households
- huge humans
- hunger
- hunt hunts hunting
- hurry hurries hurried
- hurt hurts hurting
I change
- ice ideals
- ignorant
- ill ills
- image
- immediate
- impact impacted impacting impacts
- implicate implicated implicates implicating implication implications
- impose
- inch
- independent independents
- indicate indicated indicates indicating
- initial initials
- initiate initiated initiates initiating
- injure injured injures injuries injuring injury
- inspect inspected inspecting inspection inspections inspectors inspects
- instance instances
- institute instituted institutes instituting
- instruct instruction instructed instructing instructions
- intelligence
- intend intended intending intends
- intent
- internal internationals interpretation interpretations
- invite
- island islands
- Italy Italians
J change
- j jacked jacking jacks
- jacket jackets
- jam jamming jammed
- joint joints
- joke jokes journeys journeying journeyed
- joy
- juice juices
- junction junctions
- justify
K change
L change
- label labelled
- lack lacked lacking lacks
- landlord landlords
- lane lanes leaflets leagues
- lecture lectured
- legal illegal
- lesson lessons
- liberal librarian librarians licences
- lift
- literal
- loan
- locate located locating location locations logging logs logged
- lorry lorries
- loss losses
- lump lumped lumping lumps
M change
- ma mas
- mad
- madam madams
- magazine magazines
- maintain maintained males manufactured manufacturing manufactures maps
- margin
- marvel marvels marveled marveling masses
- massive
- master masters mastered mastering
- mate mates
- material
- mathematics
- maximum maximums
- mayor mayors
- meal meals meats
- medical
- medicine medicines
- memory
- mental
- mess
- message messages metals
- method metres meters
- microphone microphones
- mid
- midland midlands mills
- miner miners mining mines
- minimum minimums
- minor mirrors mirrored mirroring mistaking mistakes mixing mixes mixed
- model models modelling modelled modeling modeled
- modern
- monitor monitored monitoring monitors
- moon moons
- moral
- mortgage mortgaged
- motor
- motorway motorways mountains mucks mucked mucking multiplying multiplies multiplied murders murdering muscles
N change
- nail nails nailing nailed
- narrow narrowed narrower narrowest narrowing
- nasty
- naughty
- neck
- negative negotiated negotiating negotiates
- neighbour
- neither
- nerve nerves nets netted netting
- nevertheless newspapers
- nick
- nil
- noise
- northern
- nose noses
- nurse nursing nurses nursed nurseries
O change
- objected objecting
- oblige obliges obliged obliging
- observe
- obtain
- occupy
- occur occurred
- offence offences offense offenses offensive
- official
- op
- opinion opinions opinionated opposites oranges
- ordinary
- overall
- owe
P change
- packet packets pads padding padded
- pain
- panel
- parish
- parliament
- partner partners partnered partnering partnership partnerships
- pat patting patted pats
- patch patched patching patches
- path paths
- patient
- patience patterns patterned patterning peaceful pens
- pencil pencils pennies
- perform
- permanent permission
- persuade
- physical pies
- pig pigs
- pile piling piles piled pins pinned
- pink pinks
- pint pints
- pipe pipes piped piping
- pit
- pitch pitched pitches pitching
- plain plainer plainest
- plane planed planing
- plant planted
- plastic plastics
- plate plates plated plating pleasures
- plenty
- pocket pockets pocketed pocketing
- poem poems polishing polishes polished polled polling
- pool pools pooling pooled
- pop
- popular popularity
- population populations pots potatoes
- potential potentials pours pouring poured
- pre
- precise
- prefer
- pregnant
- pretend pretends pretending pretended pretence prevented preventing prevents primes primed priming
- principle 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 proven proves proving
- psychology psychological
- pub pubs
- publish published pumps pumping pumped
- pupil pupils
- purchase purchased purest purer
Q change
- q
- qualify qualifying qualifies qualified qualification qualifications queens
- quote quotation quotations quoted quotes quoting
R change
rains raining rained
- rare rarest rarer
- ray
- reach reached reaches reaching
- react reacted reacts reacting reaction
- recall recalls recalled
- recession recessions
- recover recruited recruiting recruits
- redundant redundancies
- reflect
- refrigerate
- regular regulars
- regulate regulated regulates regulating regulation
- reject rejected rejecting
- relative relatives
- relax released releases releasing
- relevant
- relief religions
- rely
- remain remained remaining remains
- remark remarked remarking remarks remarkable
- remind
- remove renting rented rents
- repair repairs repairing repaired
- repeat 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 revised
- revolution
- rich richer richest ridden
- ridiculous
- risk risks risking risked rivers
- roof roofs roofing roofed roots
- rough
- route rowing
- 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 sakes
- salary
- salt salty salted
- sample sampling samples sampled
- sand
- sandwich satisfying satisfies satisfied
- scale scaled scales scaling
- scare scares scared scaring
- schedule scheduled scheduling schedules screens screening screened
- screw screws screwed screwing
- sea seaman searching searches searched
- season seasons
- seconds
- secret
- seek seeking seeks
- select selected selecting selections
- senior seniors
- sensible sentences
- series
- session sessions
- severe
- shake shaken shakes
- shame shaming shames shaped shapes shaping
- sharp shedding sheds shifted shifting shifts ships shipping shipped
- shirt shirts
- shock shocks shocking shockingly shouldered shouldering shoulders
- shout shouted shouting shouts showers showering showered sights signals signalling signalled signaling
- significant sillier silliest sinned sinning sins
- sink sunk sinks sinking sank skins skinning skinned skies
- slide slides sliding
- slip slips slipping slipped
- smart smarter smartest
- smash smashed smiled smiles smiling snows snowed snowing
- sock socks
- sod sods
- soft
- solicitor solicitors
- solid
- solution solutions
- solve solving solves solved
- song songs sourced
- Spain
- spare sparing spares spared speeches
- spirit spirits splitting splits
- sponsor sponsored sponsoring sponsors
- sport sporting sports
- spot spots spotted spotting
- spread spreading spreads springs
- stall stalls stalled stalling
- stamp stamps stamping stamped
- star starred stars starring
- status stocks stocked
- stone stoned stones stoning
- store stored stores storing
- strength strengthen strengthened strengthening strengthens strengths
- stress stressed stresses
- stretch stretched
- strip strips stripped stripping
- struggle struggled struggles struggling
- style styled styles styling
- substantial suffered suffering
- sufficient sugars sugared
- surface surfaced surfaces surfacing 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
- tall tallest taller
- tank tanks
- tap taps tapping tapped
- target targeted targeting targets
- taste tasted tastes tasting tasty tastier tastiest tearing tears tore torn
- technique techniques technologies
- temperature temperatures
- temporary texts
- theatre theatres theater theaters
- theory thickness thicknesses
- thin thins thinning thinnest threats ticks ticked ticking
- ticket tickets
- tidy tidier tidiest tighter tightest
- tile tiles tiling tiled tins
- tiny tinier tiniest
- tip tips tipping tipped
- tire tiring tires
- title titled titles titling
- toilet toilets
- ton tons tonne tonnes
- tool tools
- tooth teeth
- topic
- Tory
- tough
- tour tours touring toured tourist tourists towers towering towered
- toy toys toyed toying tracks tracking tracked
- tradition traditional
- transfer
- treasure treasuring treasures treasured
- tremendous trials trialing trialed tricks tricked tricking
- trip trips tripping tripped
- trousers trouser
- tune tuning tunes tuned
- typical
U change
V change
- valid vans
- variety varieties
- vary vegetables
- vehicle vehicles
- verse verses versed versions
- victim victims
- violent
- voice voiced voices voicing
- volume volumes
- voluntary
- volunteer volunteering volunteered volunteers
W change
- wake woke waking wakes
- ward wards
- warn warned warning waved waving weaker weakest
- weather wedding weddings weds weirder weirdest
- western wetting wets wetted wheels
- whereas wining wines wings winging winged winters
- wipe wiping wipes wiped
- wire wires wired wiring wirings
- wise unwise
- witness witnessing witnesses witnessed wrapping wraps
X change
((none))
Y change
yards
Z change
zeros