Common vocabulary words in English from A-Z!
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Most Common vocabulary Words in English from A-Z
Words from A-Z
Common English Words (A)
- away
- avoid
- available
- auto
- authority
- author
- audience
- attention
- attack
- at
- assume
- ask
- as
- artist
- article
- art
- arrive
- around
- arm
- argue
- area
- architect
- approximately
- approve
- approval
- appropriate
- approach
- apply
- appear
- anything
- anyone
- any
- answer
- another
- animal
- and
- analysis
- amount
- among
- American
- always
- although
- alternative
- also
- already
- along
- alone
- almost
- allow
- all
- air
- ahead
- agreement
- agree
- ago
- agent
- agency
- age
- against
- again
- after
- affect
- adult
- admit
- administration
- address
- add
- actually
- activity
- action
- act
- across
- account
- according
- accept
- academic
- abuse
- absorb
- absolute
- absence
- abroad
- above
- about
- able
- ability
- abandon
- a
Common English Words (B)
- baby
- by
- buy
- but
- business
- building
- build
- budget
- brother
- bring
- break
- boy
- box
- both
- born
- book
- body
- board
- blue
- blood
- black
- bit
- billion
- bill
- big
- beyond
- between
- better
- best
- benefit
- believe
- behind
- behavior
- begin
- before
- bed
- become
- because
- beautiful
- beat
- be
- base
- bar
- bank
- ball
- bag
- bad
- back
Common English Words (C)
- cut
- customer
- current
- cup
- culture
- cultural
- crime
- create
- cover
- court
- course
- couple
- country
- could
- cost
- control
- continue
- container
- contain
- contact
- consumption
- consumer
- consume
- consultant
- construction
- consider
- Congress
- conference
- condition
- concern
- computer
- compare
- company
- community
- common
- commercial
- come
- color
- college
- collection
- cold
- coach
- close
- clearly
- clear
- class
- claim
- civil
- city
- citizen
- church
- choose
- choice
- child
- check
- charge
- character
- change
- chance
- challenge
- chair
- certainly
- certain
- century
- central
- center
- cell
- cause
- catch
- case
- carry
- career
- care
- card
- car
- capital
- candidate
- cancer
- can
- campaign
- camera
- call
Common English Words (D)
- during
- drug
- drop
- drive
- dream
- draw
- down
- door
- dog
- doctor
- do
- disease
- discussion
- discuss
- discover
- director
- direction
- dinner
- difficult
- different
- difference
- die
- devote
- device
- development
- develop
- determine
- detail
- despite
- design
- description
- describe
- depict
- democratic
- Democrat
- democracy
- demand
- delivery
- deliver
- delay
- degree
- definition
- definitely
- define
- deficit
- defensive
- defense
- defendant
- defend
- deep
- decision
- decide
- decade
- debate
- death
- deal
- dead
Common English words (E)
- eye
- explain
- expert
- experience
- expect
- exist
- executive
- example
- exactly
- evidence
- everything
- everyone
- everybody
- event
- evening
- even
- establish
- especially
- equal
- episode
- environmental
- environment
- entire
- enter
- enough
- enjoy
- energy
- end
- employee
- else
- election
- either
- eight
- effort
- effect
- education
- edge
- economy
- economic
- eat
- easy
- east
- early
- each
Common English Words (F)
- future
- fund
- full
- front
- from
- friend
- free
- four
- forward
- former
- form
- forget
- foreign
- force
- for
- foot
- food
- follow
- focus
- fly
- floor
- five
- fish
- first
- firm
- fire
- finish
- finger
- fine
- find
- financial
- finally
- final
- film
- fill
- figure
- fight
- field
- few
- feeling
- feel
- federal
- fear
- father
- fast
- far
- family
- fall
- fail
- factor
- fact
- face
Common English Words (G)
- guy
- gun
- guess
- growth
- grow
- group
- ground
- green
- great
- government
- good
- goal
- go
- glass
- give
- girl
- get
- generation
- general
- gas
- garden
- game
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Common English words (H)
- husband
- hundred
- human
- huge
- however
- how
- house
- hour
- hotel
- hot
- hospital
- hope
- home
- hold
- hit
- history
- his
- himself
- him
- high
- herself
- here
- her
- help
- heavy
- heat
- heart
- hear
- health
- head
- he
- have
- hard
- happy
- happen
- hang
- hand
- half
- hair
Common English Words (I)
- itself
- its
- item
- it
- issue
- involve
- investment
- introduction
- introduce
- into
- interview
- international
- interesting
- interest
- institution
- instead
- inside
- information
- industry
- individual
- indicate
- indeed
- increase
- including
- include
- improve
- important
- impact
- imagine
- image
- if
- identify
- idea
Common English words (J, K, L)
- low
- love
- lot
- loss
- lose
- look
- long
- local
- live
- little
- listen
- list
- line
- likely
- like
- light
- life
- lie
- level
- letter
- let
- less
- legal
- leg
- left
- leave
- least
- learn
- leader
- lead
- lay
- lawyer
- law
- laugh
- later
- late
- last
- large
- language
- land
- knowledge
- know
- kitchen
- kind
- kill
- kid
- key
- keep
- just
- join
- job
Common English Words (M)
- myself
- my
- must
- music
- much
- Mrs
- Mr
- movie
- movement
- move
- mouth
- mother
- most
- morning
- more
- month
- money
- moment
- modern
- model
- mission
- miss
- minute
- mind
- million
- military
- might
- middle
- method
- message
- mention
- memory
- member
- meeting
- meet
- medical
- media
- measure
- mean
- me
- maybe
- may
- matter
- material
- marriage
- market
- many
- manager
- management
- manage
- man
- make
- majority
- major
- maintain
- main
- magazine
- machine
Common English Words (N, O)
- owner
- own
- over
- outside
- out
- our
- others
- other
- organization
- order
- or
- option
- opportunity
- operation
- open
- onto
- only
- one
- once
- on
- old
- ok
- oil
- oh
- often
- official
- officer
- office
- offer
- off
- of
- occur
- number
- now
- notice
- nothing
- note
- not
- north
- nor
- none
- no
- night
- nice
- next
- newspaper
- news
- new
- never
- network
- need
- necessary
- nearly
- near
- nature
- natural
- national
- nation
- name
Common English Words (P)
- put
- push
- purpose
- pull
- public
- provide
- prove
- protect
- property
- project
- program
- professor
- professional
- production
- product
- produce
- process
- problem
- probably
- private
- price
- prevent
- pretty
- pressure
- president
- present
- prepare
- practice
- power
- possible
- positive
- position
- population
- popular
- poor
- politics
- political
- policy
- police
- point
- PM
- player
- play
- plant
- plan
- place
- piece
- picture
- pick
- physical
- phone
- personal
- person
- period
- perhaps
- performance
- perform
- per
- people
- peace
- pay
- pattern
- patient
- past
- pass
- party
- partner
- particularly
- particular
- participant
- part
- parent
- paper
- painting
- pain
- page
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Common English Words (Q, R)
- run
- rule
- room
- role
- rock
- road
- risk
- rise
- right
- rich
- reveal
- return
- result
- rest
- responsibility
- response
- respond
- resource
- research
- require
- Republican
- represent
- report
- remove
- remember
- remain
- religious
- relationship
- relate
- region
- reflect
- reduce
- red
- record
- recognize
- recently
- recent
- receive
- reason
- really
- realize
- reality
- real
- ready
- read
- reach
- rather
- rate
- range
- raise
- radio
- race
- quite
- quickly
- question
- quality
Common English Words (S)
- system
- surface
- sure
- support
- summer
- suggest
- suffer
- suddenly
- such
- successful
- success
- subject
- style
- stuff
- study
- student
- structure
- strong
- street
- strategy
- story
- store
- stop
- stock
- still
- step
- stay
- station
- statement
- state
- start
- star
- standard
- stand
- stage
- staff
- spring
- sport
- spend
- speech
- specific
- special
- speak
- space
- southern
- south
- source
- sound
- sort
- soon
- song
- son
- sometimes
- something
- someone
- somebody
- some
- soldier
- society
- social
- so
- smile
- small
- skin
- skill
- size
- six
- situation
- site
- sit
- sister
- single
- sing
- since
- simply
- simple
- similar
- significant
- sign
- side
- show
- shoulder
- should
- shot
- short
- shoot
- she
- share
- shake
- sexual
- sex
- several
- seven
- set
- service
- serve
- serious
- series
- sense
- senior
- send
- sell
- seem
- seek
- see
- security
- section
- second
- seat
- season
- sea
- score
- scientist
- science
- school
- scene
- say
- save
- same
- safe
Common English Words (T)
- typical
- type
- type
- two
- twin
- twice
- twenty
- TV
- turn
- try
- truth
- truck
- trouble
- trip
- trial
- tree
- treatment
- treat
- travel
- training
- traditional
- trade
- town
- toward
- tough
- total
- top
- too
- tonight
- together
- today
- to
- time
- thus
- throw
- throughout
- through
- three
- threat
- thousand
- thought
- though
- those
- this
- third
- think
- thing
- they
- these
- there
- theory
- then
- themselves
- them
- their
- the
- that
- thank
- than
- test
- term
- tend
- ten
- tell
- television
- technology
- team
- teacher
- teach
- tax
- task
- talk
- take
- table
Common English Words (U, V, W, Y, Z)
- zone
- yourself
- your
- young
- you
- yet
- yes
- year
- yeah
- yard
- wrong
- writer
- write
- would
- worry
- world
- worker
- work
- word
- wonder
- woman
- without
- within
- with
- wish
- window
- wind
- win
- will
- wife
- wide
- why
- whose
- whom
- whole
- who
- white
- while
- which
- whether
- where
- when
- whatever
- what
- wet
- western
- west
- well
- welcome
- weight
- week
- wear
- weapon
- wealth
- we
- way
- water
- watch
- war
- want
- wall
- walk
- wait
- vote
- voice
- visit
- violence
- village
- view
- victim
- very
- various
- variety
- value
- valuable
- valley
- usually
- use
- upon
- up
- unusual
- until
- unlikely
- unless
- unknown
- university
- universe
- universal
- United
- unit
- understand
- under
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Business Vocabulary Words
- Bill
- Unsocial hours
- Part-time
- Product
- Maternity leave
- Penalty
- Mogul
- Worker
- Hire
- Payment
- Dismiss
- Order
- Offer
- Resign
- Fire
- Output
- Borrow
- Market
- Authorization
- Commodity
- Invoice
- Lend
- Application
- Feedback
- Brand
- Public holidays
- Co-worker
- Inventory
- Currency
- Interest
- Industry
- Loan
- Goal
- Trainee
- Cashier
- Increase
- Banknote
- Improvement
- Guarantee
- Weekly
- Growth
- Monthly
- Facilities
- Retire
- Experience
- Hourly
- Advantage
- Wholesaler
- Launch
- Support
- Customer
- Pay
- Employee
- Scarcity
- Debt
- Remuneration
- Budget
- Inflation
- Commission
- Strike
- Trademark
- Delivery
- Earning
- Consumer
- Advertisement
- Overtime
- Biannual
- Disadvantage
- Billboard
- Distribution
- Petty cash
- Profit
- Agenda
- Lucrative
- Promotion
- Report
- Annual
- Employer
- Result
- Rise
- Risk
- Decrease
- Make redundant
- Confirmation
- Recruit
- Interview
- Deficit
- Wage
- Full-time
- Salary
- Stock
- Estimate
- Sick leave
- Costs
- Merger
- Equipment
- Quarterly
- Supply
Kitchen Vocabulary Words
- Taste
- Flip
- Store
- Weigh
- Microwave
- Roast
- Layer
- Barbecue
- Melt
- Carve
- Chop
- Saute
- Whisk
- Pour
- Mix
- Baste
- Stir
- Simmer
- Scramble
- Serve
- Boil
- Fry
- Cut
- Grill
- Level
- Sprinkle
- Knead
- Dice
- Dip
- Squeeze
- Bread
- Stir
- Roll out
- Crush
- Spread
- Slice
- Strain
- Peel
- Prepare
- Grate
- Whip
- Pinch
- Add
- Broil
- Blend
- Measure
- Bake
- Chop
Bedroom Vocabulary Words
- Fan
- Lamp
- Stool
- Ceiling
- Single Bed
- Pajamas
- Curtains
- Blanket
- Door
- Drawer
- Mirror
- Slippers
- Dressing Table
- Duvet
- Wall Clock
- Cupboard
- Table Clock
- Basket
- Bulb Ceiling
- Light
- Chair
- Mosquito killer
- Dressing Gown
- Window
- Jeweler
- Rocking Chair
- Dresser Vase
- Tea Table
- Air Conditioner
- Twin Bed
- Cot
- Table
- Cushion
- Wall
- Floor
- Bunk Beds
- Desk Lamp
- Hanger
- Quilt
- Switch
- Writing Desk
- Bedspread
- Carpet
- Clothes Valet
- Rug
- Nightstand
- Socket
- Desk
- Plug
- Hi-Fi
- Bed
- Picture
- Closet
- Night Lamp
- Shutters
- Sofa Bed
- Bed sheet
- Wardrobe
- Hat Stand
- Shelf
- Chest Of Drawers
- Duvet Cover
- Ironing Board
- Pillow
- Radio Alarm
- Sheet
- Armchair
- Lampshade
- Bunk Bed
- Utility Drawers
- Alarm Clock
- Picture Frame
- Double Bed
- Television
- Blinds
- Bookshelf
- Shelve
- Mattress
- Bedside Table
- Wallpaper
Bathroom Vocabulary
- Mirror
- Liquid soap
- Tissue
- Toilet
- Comb
- Bathtub
- Toothpaste
- Razor
- Brush
- Shower
- Shaving machine
- Faucet
- Towel
