Wiktionary:BNC spoken freq 02HWC

This list contains only headwords from the BNC2. The list has been vertically compressed so that it takes up less space and is easier to read.

BNC lists (edit)

Main Lists 1–1000, 1001–2000, 2001–3000, 3001–4000 Other lists 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

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

above • abuse • accent • access • accident • accommodate • according • accurate • acid • adequate • adjust • adopt • adult • advance • advantage • advice • advise • affair • afraid • Africa • agenda • ahead • aid • aim • aircraft • airport • alarm • alive • allocate • alone • alter • alternative • altogether • amaze • among • analyse • angle • animal • announce • annoy • annual • anti • apology • appeal • apple • appreciate • approve • April • army • arrive • article • asleep • aspect • assemble • assess • assign • assist • assure • attach • attack • attempt • attitude • attract • audience • August • aunt • Australia • automatic • average • avoid • award • awkward

B

background • bake • band • bang • bath • bathroom • battery • battle • bean • beer • beg • behalf • behaviour • bell • belong • below • belt • bend • beside • beyond • bid • bike • bin • bind • bird • biscuit • bite • blame • blank • bless • blind • block • bloom • boil • bomb • bone • bonus • booking • boot • boring • borrow • boss • boundary • bowl • bracket • brain • branch • bread • breakfast • brick • bridge • bright • broad • brochure • brown • brush • bugger • burn • butter • button

C

cabinet • calculate • calm • camera • camp • campaign • cancel • candidate • capable • capacity • capital • career • carpet • cash • cast • category • celebrate • cell • century • chain • challenge • channel • chapter • charity • chase • chat • cheer • cheese • chemical • cheque • chest • chicken • chief • China • chip • chocolate • chop • chuck • cigarette • circle • circumstance • citizen • civil • clarify • clerk • clever • climb • cloud • clue • coach • coal • coast • coat • code • combine • comfort • command • commerce • commission • communicate • compensate • compete • competition • complain • complaints • complex • complicate • concentrate • concept • conclusion • confidence • confirm • conflict • confuse • connect • conscious • conservative • considerable • consistent • constant • consume • contain • content • context • contribute • convince • cool • cope • corporate • cottage • cough • counter • countryside • cow • crack • crap • cream • credit • crime • criminal • crisis • crisp • criterion • critic • crowd • cry • culture • cupboard • curtain • customer • cycle

D

damage • damn • dance • dare • dark • data • daughter • death • debt • December • decent • declare • decorate • defence • defend • define • delay • delegate • delight • deliver • demand • democrat • demonstrate • deny • depress • deputy • desire • desk • desperate • despite • destroy • detect • determine • diagram • diary • dictionary • diet • dig • direction • directory • dirty • disabled • disappear • disappoint • disaster • discount • discover • disease • disgust • dish • display • distance • distinct • distribute • dock • dollar • domestic • dot • dozen • draft • drag • drama • drawer • dream • drug • duck • dump • dust • duty

E

ear • earn • earth • Easter • edge • edit • efficient • effort • elder • element • embarrass • emergency • emotion • emphasis • empty • enable • energy • engage • enormous • enquire • ensure • entertain • entire • entitle • equip • escape • essential • establish • estate • estimate • etc • event • eventual • evolve • ex • exam • examine • excellent • excess • exchange • excite • exclude • exhibit • expand • experiment • expert • extend • extension • extent • extreme

F

facility • factor • factory • fail • faith • familiar • famous • fan • fancy • fashion • fat • fault • fear • feature • February • fee • fellow • female • fence • fetch • finger • firm • firms • fix • flatting • flexible • float • flow • flower • focus • folk • fool • foreign • forest • forgive • formal • forth • fortnight • fraction • frame • frank • freeze • fresh • fright • fruit • fuel • furniture

G

gain • gap • garage • gate • gather • gear • generate • gentleman • gift • glad • goal • gold • golf • goods • grab • grace • grade • gradual • graph • grass • grateful • grey • guarantee • guard • guide • guilty • gun

H

handle • hardly • harm • hat • heaven • hide • highlight • hill • hire • hole • holy • homework • honour • hook • horrible • hotel • household • huge • human • hunger • hunt • hurry • hurt

I

i • ice • ideal • ignorant • ill • image • immediate • impact • implicate • impose • impress • inch • incredible • independent • India • indicate • influence • initial • initiate • injure • inspect • instance • institute • instruct • intelligence • intend • intent • internal • international • interpret • interview • investigate • invite • Irish • iron • island • Italy

J

j • jack • jacket • jam • January • Japan • joint • joke • journey • joy • juice • July • junction • June • justice • justify

K

keen • kick • knee • knife • knowledge

L

label • lack • landlord • lane • leaflet • league • lecture • legal • lend • length • lesson • liberal • library • licence • lift • literal • loan • locate • log • logic • loose • lorry • loss • loud • lump

M

ma • mad • madam • magazine • mail • maintain • male • manufacture • map • margin • marvel • mass • massive • master • mate • material • mathematics • maximum • mayor • meal • meat • medical • medicine • memory • mental • mere • mess • message • metal • method • metre • microphone • mid • midland • mill • miner • minimum • minor • mirror • mistake • mix • model • modern • monitor • moon • moral • mortgage • motor • motorway • mountain • mouth • muck • multiply • murder • muscle

N

nail • narrow • nasty • naughty • neck • negative • negotiate • neighbour • neither • nerve • net • nevertheless • newspaper • nick • nil • noise • nor • northern • nose • nought • November • nurse • nursery

O

object • objected • oblige • observe • obtain • occupy • occur • October • offence • official • oil • op • opinion • opposite • option • orange • ordinary • overall • owe

P

packet • pad • pain • panel • parish • parliament • partner • pat • patch • path • patient • patients • pattern • peace • pen • pencil • penny • perform • permanent • permit • persuade • petrol • physical • pie • pig • pile • pin • pink • pint • pipe • pit • pitch • plain • plane • plant • plastic • plate • pleasure • plenty • plug • pocket • poem • polish • poll • pool • pop • popular • population • pot • potato • potential • pour • practical • pray • pre • precise • prefer • pregnant • pretend • prevent • prime • principle • priority • prison • prize • pro • professional • profit • progress • promise • promote • property • proportion • prospect • proud • prove • psychology • pub • publish • pudding • pump • pupil • purchase • pure

Q

q • qualify • queen • quote

R

race • rain • rare • ray • reach • react • recall • recession • recover • recruit • redundant • reflect • refrigerate • refuse • register • regular • regulate • reject • relative • relax • release • relevant • relief • religion • religious • rely • remain • remark • remind • remove • rent • repair • repeat • replace • reply • request • reserve • reside • resist • respond • response • restrict • retire • reverse • revise • revolution • rich • ride • ridiculous • risk • river • rob • rock • Rome • roof • root • rough • route • row • royal • rub • rubbish • rush • Russia

S

sack • sad • sail • sake • salary • salt • sample • sand • sandwich • satisfy • scale • scare • scene • schedule • screen • screw • sea • search • season • seconds • secret • seek • select • senior • sensible • sentence • September • series • session • several • severe • shake • shame • shape • sharp • shed • sheep • shift • ship • shirt • shock • shoulder • shout • shower • sight • signal • significant • silly • sin • sink • skill • skin • sky • slide • slip • smart • smash • smell • smile • snow • sock • sod • soft • solicitor • solid • solution • solve • song • source • southern • Spain • spare • speech • spirit • split • sponsor • sport • spot • spread • spring • stable • stall • stamp • star • states • status • steel • stock • stone • store • strange • strength • stress • stretch • strip • struggle • style • sub • substantial • sue • suffer • sufficient • sugar • sum • super • surface • survey • survive • suspect • swear • sweet • swim

T

tablet • tackle • tail • tall • tank • tap • target • taste • tear • technical • technique • technology • temperature • temporary • text • theatre • theory • thick • thin • threat • tick • ticket • tidy • tight • tile • tin • tiny • tip • tire • title • toilet • ton • tool • tooth • topic • Tory • tough • tour • tower • toy • track • tradition • transfer • treasure • tremendous • trial • trick • trip • trousers • tune • typical

U

ultimate • un • update • upset

V

valid • van • variety • vary • vast • vegetable • vehicle • verse • version • victim • violent • virtual • voice • volume • voluntary • volunteer

W

wake • Wales • ward • warn • wave • weak • weather • wed • weird • western • wet • wheel • whereas • wine • wing • winter • wipe • wire • wise • withdraw • witness • wrap

X

(none)

Y

yard • yellow • youth

Z

zero

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