Wiktionary:Simple English word list

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a[1][2][3]able[1][3]about[1][2][3]absoluteacceptaccount[1]achieveacross[1]act[1]active[4]actualaddaddress[4]admitadvertiseaffectaffordafter[1][3]afternoonagain[1][2][3]against[1][3]age[4]agent[4]ago[4]agreeair[1]all[1][2][3]allowalmost[1][3]along[4]already[3]alrightalso[4][3]although[3]always[4][2][3]Americaamount[1]and[1][2][3]another[4][2][3]answer[1]any[1][2][3]apartapparentappearapplyappointapproachappropriatearea[4][3]arguearm[1]aroundarrangeart[1]as[1][2][3]askassociateassumeat[1][2][3]attendauthority[1]availableawareaway[3]awful

baby[1]back[1][2][3]bad[1]bag[1]balance[1]ball[1]bank[4]bar[4]base[1]basisbe[1][2][3]bearbeat[4]beautybecause[1]become[4][3]bed[1]before[1][3]beginbehind[4]believebenefitbestbet[4]between[1][3]bigbill[4]birth[1]bit[1]black[1]blokeblood[1]blow[1]blue[1]board[1]boat[1]body[1]book[1]both[4][3]botherbottle[1]bottom[4]box[1]boy[1]break[4]briefbrilliantbringBritainbrother[1]budget[4]buildbusbusiness[1][3]busy[4]but[1][2][3]buyby[1][2][3]

cake[1]call[4]can[2][3]carcard[1]care[1]carrycase[4][3]cat[1]catchcause[1]centcentrecertain[1]chair[4]chairmanchance[1]change[1]chapcharacter[4]charge[4]cheap[1]check[4]child[4]choice[4]chooseChristChristmaschurch[1]cityclaim[4]classclean[1]clear[1]client[4]clock[1]closeclosesclotheclub[4]coffee[4]cold[1]colleaguecollectcollegecolourcome[1][2][3]commentcommitcommittee[1]common[1]communitycompany[1][3]comparecomplete[1]computeconcerncondition[1]conferconsiderconsultcontactcontinuecontractcontrol[1]conversecook[1]copy[1]corner[4]correctcost[4]could[2][3]council[3]countcountry[1][3]countycouplecoursecourt[4][3]cover[1]createcross[4]cup[1]current[1]cut[1]

daddanger[1]date[4]day[1][2][3]dead[1]dealdear[1]debatedecidedecision[1]deep[1]definitedegree[1]department[4]dependdescribedesign[1]detail[1]developdiedifference[4]difficultdinner[4]direct[4]discussdistrictdividedo[1][2][3]doctordocumentdog[1]door[1]doubledoubt[1]down[1][2][3]drawdress[1]drink[1]drivedrop[1]dry[1]dueduring[3]

each[4][3]early[1]east[1]easy[4]eateconomy[4]educateeffect[1]egg[1]eight[4][2]either[4]electelectric[1]eleven[4]elseemployencourageend[1][3]engine[1]Englishenjoyenough[1]enterenvironment[4]equal[1]especialEuropeeven[1][3]evening[4]ever[1]every[1][3]evidenceexact[4]example[1]exceptexcuseexercise[4]existexpectexpenseexperience[1]explainexpressextraeye[1]

face[1][3]fact[1][3]fair[4]fall[1]family[1][3]far[1][3]farm[1]fastfather[1]favourfeedfeelfew[3]field[1]fight[1]figure[4]filefillfilmfinalfinancefind[3]finefinishfire[1]first[1][2][3]fish[1]fitfive[4][2][3]flat[1]floor[1]fly[1]followfood[1]foot[1]for[1][2][3]force[1]forgetform[1]fortuneforward[1]four[4][2][3]Francefree[1]Fridayfriend[1]from[1][2][3]front[1]full[1]funfunctionfundfurtherfuture[1]

gamegarden[1]gas[4]general[1][3]Germanyget[1][2][3]girl[1]give[1][2][3]glass[1]go[1][2][3]god[4]good[1][2][3]goodbyegoverngrand[4]grantgreat[1][3]green[1]ground[4]group[1][3]growguess[4]guy

hair[1]half[4]hallhand[1][3]hanghappenhappy[1]hard[1]hate[1]have[1][2][3]he[1][2][3]head[1][3]healthhearheart[1]heat[1]heavy[4]hellhelp[1]here[1][2][3]high[1][3]history[1]hithold[4]holiday[4]home[4][3]honest[4]hope[1]horse[1]hospital[1]hothour[1]house[1][3]how[1][2][3]however[4][3]hullohundred[4][2]husband[4]

idea[1]identifyif[1][2][3]imagineimportant[1][3]improvein[1][2][3]includeincome[4]increase[1]indeedindividual[4]industry[1]informinside[4]insteadinsureinterest[1]into[4][2][3]introduceinvestinvolveissueit[2][3]itemJesusjobjoin[1]

judge[1]jump[1]just[2][3]

keep[1]key[1]kidkillkind[1]kingkitchen[4]knock[4]know[2][3]

labourladladyland[1]language[1]large[4][3]last[1][2][3]late[1]laugh[1]law[1]laylead[1]learnleaveleft[1][3]leg[1]less[1]let[1]letter[1]level[1]lielife[4][3]light[1]like[1][2][3]likelylimit[1]line[1]link[4]list[1]listenlittle[1][2]liveload[4]local[4][3]lock[1]Londonlong[1][3]look[1][2][3]lordloselotlove[1]low[1]luck[4]lunch[4]

machine[1]mainmajormake[1][2][3]man[1][3]managemany[4][2][3]mark[1]market[1][3]marrymatch[1]mattermay[1][3]maybemean[4][2]meaning[4]measure[1]meetmember[4]mentionmiddle[1]might[2][3]milemilk[1]million[4]mind[1]ministerminusminute[1]missmistermomentMondaymoney[1][2][3]month[1]more[1][2][3]morning[1]most[1][3]mother[1]motion[1]move[1]Mrsmuch[1][2][3]music[1]must[2][3]

name[1]nation[1]nature[4]near[1]necessary[1]need[1][2][3]never[2][3]new[1][2][3]news[1]next[4][2][3]nice[4][2]night[1][3]nine[4]no[1][2][3]nonnone[1]normal[1]north[1]not[1][2][3]note[1]noticenow[1][2][3]number[1][3]

obviousoccasionoddof[1][2][3]off[1][2][3]offer[1]office[1]often[3]okayold[1][3]on[1][2][3]once[4]one[4][2][3]only[1][2][3]open[1]operateopportunityopposeor[1][2][3]order[1]organizeoriginalother[1][2][3]otherwiseoughtout[1][2][3]over[1][3]own[4][3]

packpage[1]paint[1]pair[4]paper[1]paragraph[4]pardonparent[4]park[4]part[1][3]particularparty[4][3]passpast[1]paypencepension[4]people[4][2][3]per[3]percentperfect[4]perhaps[3]periodperson[1]photographpickpicture[1]pieceplace[1][3]plan[4]play[1]please[1]pluspoint[1][2][3]police[4]policypoliticpoor[1]position[1]positivepossible[1][3]post[4]poundpower[1][3]practisepreparepresent[1]presspressure[4]presumeprettypreviousprice[1]print[1]private[1]probable[1]problemproceedprocess[1]produce[1]product[4]programmeprojectproperproposeprotectprovidepublic[1][3]pull[1]purpose[1]push[1]put[1][2][3]

quality[1]quarter[4]question[1]quick[1]quidquiet[1]quite[1][2][3]

radio[4]rail[1]raiserange[1]rate[1]ratherreachreadready[1]real[4]realisereally[2][3]reason[1]receiverecentreckonrecognizerecommendrecord[1]red[1]reducereferregardregionrelation[1]rememberreportrepresentrequireresearchresourcerespect[1]responsible[1]rest[1]result[4]returnridright[1][2]ring[1]rise[4]road[1]roleroll[1]room[1][3]round[1]rule[1]run[1]

safe[1]sale[4]same[1][2][3]Saturdaysavesay[1][2][3]schemeschool[1][3]science[1]scoreScotlandseat[1]second[1][3]secretary[1]section[4]securesee[1][2][3]seem[1]self[1]sellsend[1]sense[1]separate[1]serious[1]serveservice[4][3]set[4][3]settleseven[4]sex[1]shallshare[4]she[2][3]sheet[4]shoe[1]shootshopshort[1]should[2][3]show[4]shut[1]sickside[1][3]sign[1]similarsimple[1]since[4][3]singsinglesir[4]sister[1]sitsitesituatesix[4][2]size[1]sleep[1]slightslow[1]small[1][3]smoke[1]so[1][2][3]social[4][3]society[1]some[1][2][3]son[1]soonsorry[4]sort[1][2]sound[1]south[1]space[1]speakspecial[1]specificspeedspellspendsquare[1]staffstage[1]stairsstandstandardstart[1]state[3]station[1]staystep[1]stick[1]still[1][2][3]stop[1]story[1]straight[1]strategystreet[1]strike[4]strong[1]structure[1]studentstudy[4]stuffstupidsubject[4]succeedsuch[1][3]sudden[1]suggestsuitsummer[1]sun[1]Sundaysupply[4]support[1]supposesuresurprise[1]switch[4]system[1][3]

table[1]take[1][2][3]talk[1]tapetax[1]tea[4]teachteamtelephone[4]televisiontell[2]ten[4][2]tendterm[4]terribletest[1]than[1][2][3]thank[2]the[1][2][3]then[1][2][3]there[1][2][3]thereforethey[2][3]thing[1][2]think[2][3]thirteen[4]thirty[4]this[1][2][3]thouthough[1]thousand[4]three[4][2][3]through[1][2][3]throwThursdaytie[4]time[1][2][3]to[1][2][3]today[4]together[1][3]tomorrow[1]tonight[4]too[4][2][3]top[1]total[4]touch[1]towardtown[1]trade[1]traffic[4]train[1]transport[1]travel[4]treattree[1]trouble[1]true[1]trusttryTuesdayturn[1]twelve[4]twenty[4][2]two[4][2][3]type

under[1][3]understandunionunit[1]uniteuniversity[4]unlessuntilup[1][2][3]upon[4]use[1][3]usual

value[1]variousvery[1][2][3]videoview[1]villagevisitvote[4]

wagewaitwalk[1]wall[1]want[2][3]war[1][3]warm[1]wash[1]waste[1]watch[1]water[1][3]way[1][2][3]we[2][3]wearWednesdayweeweek[1][2]weighwelcome[4]well[1][2][3]west[1]what[4][2][3]when[1][2][3]where[1][2][3]whether[4][3]which[4][2][3]while[1][3]white[1]who[1][2][3]wholewhy[1][2][3]wide[1]wife[4]will[1][2][3]winwind[1]window[1]wishwith[1][2][3]within[4][3]without[4][3]woman[1]wonderwood[1]word[1]work[1][2][3]world[4][3]worryworseworthwould[2][3]writewrong[1]

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year[1][2][3]yes[1][2]yesterday[1]yet[3]you[1][2][3]young[1][3]

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  2. 2.000 2.001 2.002 2.003 2.004 2.005 2.006 2.007 2.008 2.009 2.010 2.011 2.012 2.013 2.014 2.015 2.016 2.017 2.018 2.019 2.020 2.021 2.022 2.023 2.024 2.025 2.026 2.027 2.028 2.029 2.030 2.031 2.032 2.033 2.034 2.035 2.036 2.037 2.038 2.039 2.040 2.041 2.042 2.043 2.044 2.045 2.046 2.047 2.048 2.049 2.050 2.051 2.052 2.053 2.054 2.055 2.056 2.057 2.058 2.059 2.060 2.061 2.062 2.063 2.064 2.065 2.066 2.067 2.068 2.069 2.070 2.071 2.072 2.073 2.074 2.075 2.076 2.077 2.078 2.079 2.080 2.081 2.082 2.083 2.084 2.085 2.086 2.087 2.088 2.089 2.090 2.091 2.092 2.093 2.094 2.095 2.096 2.097 2.098 2.099 2.100 2.101 2.102 2.103 2.104 2.105 2.106 2.107 2.108 2.109 2.110 2.111 2.112 2.113 2.114 2.115 2.116 2.117 2.118 2.119 2.120 2.121 2.122 2.123 This word is one of the most frequent 300 words in spoken English (BNC).
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  4. 4.000 4.001 4.002 4.003 4.004 4.005 4.006 4.007 4.008 4.009 4.010 4.011 4.012 4.013 4.014 4.015 4.016 4.017 4.018 4.019 4.020 4.021 4.022 4.023 4.024 4.025 4.026 4.027 4.028 4.029 4.030 4.031 4.032 4.033 4.034 4.035 4.036 4.037 4.038 4.039 4.040 4.041 4.042 4.043 4.044 4.045 4.046 4.047 4.048 4.049 4.050 4.051 4.052 4.053 4.054 4.055 4.056 4.057 4.058 4.059 4.060 4.061 4.062 4.063 4.064 4.065 4.066 4.067 4.068 4.069 4.070 4.071 4.072 4.073 4.074 4.075 4.076 4.077 4.078 4.079 4.080 4.081 4.082 4.083 4.084 4.085 4.086 4.087 4.088 4.089 4.090 4.091 4.092 4.093 4.094 4.095 4.096 4.097 4.098 4.099 4.100 4.101 4.102 4.103 4.104 4.105 4.106 4.107 4.108 4.109 4.110 4.111 4.112 4.113 4.114 4.115 4.116 4.117 4.118 4.119 4.120 4.121 4.122 4.123 4.124 4.125 4.126 4.127 4.128 4.129 4.130 4.131 4.132 4.133 4.134 4.135 4.136 4.137 4.138 4.139 4.140 4.141 4.142 4.143 4.144 4.145 4.146 4.147 4.148 4.149 4.150 4.151 4.152 4.153 4.154 4.155 4.156 4.157 4.158 4.159 4.160 This word is part of the Basic English 1500.