What are the most commonly used words in the English language? This huge list — with an elegantly interactive sliding scale — ranks ‘em: from ‘the’ (No. 1) to ‘conquistador’ (No. 86,800).
Sep 30
2008
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They even have swear words! SWEAR WORDS!! God, I’m immature.
Awesome site! I’m obviously going to have to use conquistador more often
Isn’t ‘conquistador’ Spanish?
I think all comments from here on out should be in code from that site:
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Oh my gosh, I’m going to waste my life reading all 86,000 words.
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