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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]- abbey abbeys
- abroad
- absence absences
- accelerate accelerated accelerates accelerating
- accordingly
- accountant accountants
- accuse accusing
- ache aches ached aching
- adapt adapted unadapted adapting adapts adaptation adaptations
- addict addicts addicted addicting
- admire admiring admires admired admirable
- adventure adventures
- aerial aerials aeroplanes
- affection affections
- aggressive
- airline airlines
- album albums alcoholic alcoholics
- alert alerts alerted alerting
- alley alleys
- almighty
- alongside
- ambulance ambulances
- amuse amuses amused
- ancient
- anger angers angering angered
- angry angrily angrier angriest anniversaries
- anonymous apartments
- appal appalled appalling
- appliance appliances
- approximate approximated
- arrears
- arrest
- arrow arrows
- artificial
- articulate articulates articulated articulating
- ashamed
- Asia Asian Asians
- aside
- astonish astonishes astonished astonishing
- atmosphere atmospheric atmospheres
- author authored authoring
- authorise authorises authorised autumns
- avenue avenues
- awake
B
[change]- backside backsides
- badge badges
- ban banned banning bans
- banana bananas
- bare baring bares bared
- bargain bargains bargaining bargained
- bark barks barked barking
- barn barns
- barrel barrels
- barrier barriers
- basement basements
- bash bashes bashed bashing
- basket baskets
- bat batted batting bats batter batters beaches
- beam beams beamed beaming
- beforehand
- behave behaves behaved behaving
- belief beliefs
- bench benches
- bible bibles bicycling bicycles bicycled
- bingo
- bishop bishops
- bitter
- blade blades blanketed blanketing blankets
- blimey bogged bogging bogs
- bold
- bolt bolted bolting
- bond bonded bonding bonds
- boo booed booing boos
- boom boomed booming booms
- boost boosts boosted boosting borders bordering bordered
- borough boroughs
- bounce bounces bounced bouncing
- bow bows bowing bowed
- boxed boxing boxer boxers
- boyfriend boyfriends
- brake braked braking brakes
- brass
- brave braving braves
- breast breasts breasted breasting
- breath breaths
- buck bucked bucking bucks
- bucket buckets
- bug bugged bugging bugs
- bulk
- bull bulls
- bully bullied bullies bullying
- burden burdened burdening burdens
- burst bursts bursting
- butcher butchers butchered butchering
C
[change]- calendar calendars
- camel camels
- Canada
- candle
- cans canned canning
- cap caps cappings capping capped
- captain captains captained captaining
- capture captured capturing captures
- cardboard
- cart carts carted carting
- cathedral cathedrals ceilings
- cement cemented cementing cements
- chapel chapels
- chart charted charting charts
- cheat cheats cheated cheating
- cheek cheeks chemists
- chew chews chewed chewing
- chimney chimneys civilised
- classic classical classics clicks clicked clicking
- cloth cloths
- cock cocks cocked cocking
- coin coins coined coining
- coincide coincided coincides coinciding
- collapse collapsed collapses
- collar collars
- column columns
- compact compactly
- compile compilation compilations compiled compiles compiling
- compliment complimented complimenting compliments
- comprehensive
- conceive
- confess confessing confesses confessed
- confidential
- continent continents
- contrast contrasted contrasting
- convenience conveniences convenient
- convention
- convert converted
- cop cops
- cord cords
- core cores coring cored
- correspond corresponded
- corridor corridors
- cotton
- cousin cousins
- cracker crackers
- crash crashing crashes crashed
- crawl crawled crawling crawls
- crazy crazier craziest
- creep crept creeps creeping
- cricket
- crop crops cropping cropped
- crown crowns crowned crowning
- crucial
- cruel
- crush crushing crushes crushed
- cube cubes
- cure curing cures cured
- cushion cushioned cushioning cushions
- custom customs
- cylinder cylinders
D
[change]- deaf deafer deafest deafness
- deliberate
- delicate
- Denmark
- desert deserted deserting deserts
- devil devils
- devote devoted
- dialect dialects
- dictate dictated dictates dictating dictation dictator dictators
- dimension
- dinosaur dinosaurs
- discipline disciplined
- ditch ditches ditched ditching
- dive diving dives dived dove
- divorce divorced divorces divorcing
- donate donated donates donating donation donations
- drain drained draining drains
- drum drums drumming drummed
- dull
- dummy dummies
E
[change]- ease
- eastern
- echo echoed echoes echoing
- Egypt
- elbow
- eldest
- electronic
- embassy
- empire empires
- enemy enemies
- enthusiasm
- enthusiastic
- equivalent equivalents
- era
- error errors
- escort escorted
- essay
- eve
- evil
- exaggerate exaggerates exaggerated exaggerating
- exhaust exits exited exiting
- explode explodes exploded exploding
- export exports exporting exported exporter exporters
- expose
- external
- extract extracted extracting
F
[change]- failure failures
- fare fares
- fatal
- fax faxed faxes faxing
- feather feathers
- feedback
- fertile
- fiction
- fiddle fiddles fiddled
- fined fines fining
- flag flags
- flame flames flaming flamed
- flap flapping flapped flaps
- flash flashing flashes flashed
- flavour flavours flavouring flavoured flavor flavors flavoring flavored
- flight flights
- flood floods flooding flooded
- flu flus
- fold folds folding folded
- ford fords forked forking forks
- format formatted formatting formats
- foundation foundations
- founded founding
- framework frameworks
- frequent frequents frequently frequenting frequented frequency frequencies
- frost frosts frosted frosting
- fry fries fried frying
- funeral funerals
- fur furs furry furrier furriest
G
[change]- gang gangs
- geography
- ghost ghosts
- giant giants
- global
- glove gloves
- grain grains
- grammar grammars
- Greece Greek Greeks
- greet greetings greets greeting greeted
- grief
- grip gripped gripping grips
- guest guests
H
[change]- habit habits
- ham hams
- hammer hammers hammering hammered
- harvest harvests harvesting
- hay hays
- heal heals healed healing
- hedge hedges
- heel heels
- height heights
- hen hens
- hero heroes heroic
- hip hips
- honey honeys
- horror horrors
- host hosts hosting hosted
- humour
- hut huts
I
[change]- identical
- idiot idiots idiotic
- idle
- illustrate illustrated
- immense
- incentive incentives inclination inclinations
- incorporate incorporated
- index indexed indexes indexing indices
- inspire inspired inspires inspiring inspiration inspirations
- install
- instant instants
- instrument instruments
- insult insults insulted insulting
- interrupt interrupts interrupting interrupted
- interval intervals
- invent invents invented inventing
- ironed irons ironing
- irony ironies
- isle isles
J
[change]K
[change]L
[change]lakes lamps
- landscape landscaped landscapes landscaping
- lawn lawns
- layer layered layering layers
- lazy lazier laziest
- leaf
- lean leans leaning leanings leaned leant unlike
- lip
- liquid liquids lonely
- lunchtime lunchtimes
- lung lungs
- luxury luxuries
M
[change]- magic magical
- manner manners manoeuvred manoeuvring manoeuvres
- manual
- mature
- meantime
- meanwhile
- mechanic mechanics
- medium
- merry merrier merriest
- mild
- military
- mock mocking mocked mocks
- monopoly monopolies
- monster monsters
- mood moods
- mortal mortals
- motive motivate motivated motivates motivating motivation motorbikes
- mount mice
- movie movies
- mud
- museum museums
- mystery mysteries mysterious
N
[change]- naked
- neat neatness
- needle needling needles needled
- neglect neglects neglecting neglected
- nest nests nesting nested
- neutral
- niece nieces
- nightmare nightmares
- nod nodding nodded nods
- nonsense nonsensical
- norm norms
- nuclear
- nut nuts
O
[change]- occupation occupational occupations
- onwards onward orchestras
- organ organs
- origin origins
- outcome outcomes
- oven ovens
- overhead
P
[change]- pace pacing paced paces
- pan pans
- panic panicked panicking panics
- paperwork
- parcel parcels parcelled
- passenger passengers
- peak peaks peaked peaking
- penalty penalties
- pet pets
- phase phased phases phasing phenomena
- piano pianos pianist pianists
- pigeon pigeons
- pilot pilots piloted piloting
- pinch pinches pinched pinching
- plot plotted plotting plots
- plough ploughs ploughed ploughing
- poison poisons poisonous poisoning poisoned
- polite
- pond ponds
- portion portions
- pose posed poses posing
- powder powders powdered
- praise praises praised praising
- precede preceded
- predict
- prescription prescriptions
- prince princes
- princess princesses
- principal
- privilege
- proof proofs
- punch punched punches punching
- punish
- purple purplish
Q
[change]- quantity quantities
- query queried querying queries
- questionnaire questionnaires queues queued queuing
R
[change]rabbits
- random
- rank ranked ranking ranks rats
- raw
- rear reared rearing rears
- receipt receipts
- recipe recipes
- regret regretting
- rehearse rehearses rehearsed rehearsing
- resign resigns resigning resigned
- resort resorts resorted resorting restaurants
- restore
- reveal revealed
- revolt revolted revolting revolts
- reward rewarded
- rhyme rhyming
- rhythm rhythms
- roses
- rot rotting rotted rots
- rotten
- rude
- ruin ruins
- rumour rumoured rumours rumor rumors rumored rumoring rumouring
S
[change]- sacrifice sacrificing sacrifices sacrificed
- scope
- scream screamed screaming screams
- script scripts
- seed seeds seeding seeded
- seldom
- shade shaded shading
- shadow shadowed shadowing shadows
- shave shaves shaved shaving
- shelf shelves
- shine shined shines shining shone shiny
- shore shores
- signature signatures
- silence silenced
- silk silks
- silver
- skeleton skeletons
- sketch sketched sketches sketching
- slave slaves
- smooth
- soil soils soldiers
- sole solely
- somewhat
- soul souls soups
- species
- spin spun spins spinning
- spoil spoils spoiling spoiled spooned spooning spoons
- stake staked stakes staking
- steal stole stolen steals stealing
- steam
- steep
- sticky stickier stickiest
- stiff
- stink
- stir stirs stirring stirred
- stitch stitches stitched stitching
- stomach stomachs
- storm stormed storming storms
- straightforward
- strain strained straining strains
- straw straws
- stream streamed streaming streams
- strict
- string strings stringing strung
- stripe stripes
- stroke strokes stroked stroking
- substance substances
- suite suites
- supermarket supermarkets supplementary
- surgeon surgeons
- suspend suspended suspending suspends
- swallow swallows swallowing swallowed
- swing swung swings swinging
- Switzerland
- symbol symbolic
T
[change]taxis teenager teenagers
- temper tempers
- tense tensed tenses tensing tension
- tent tents
- terminal
- terminate terminated terminates terminating termination terminations
- terrace
- thief thieves thieved thieving
- throat throats
- thumb thumbs thumbed thumbing
- thunder thundered thundering thunders
- thus
- tilled tilling tills
- toe toes tongues
- torch torched torching torches towels
- trace traced traces tracing
- trail trailed trails trailing transformation transformations translating translates translated transmission transmissions
- trap traps trapping trapped
- triangle triangles
- trigger triggered triggering triggers
- truck trucks trucked trucking
- tube tubes
- turkey
- twin twins
- twist twists twisting twisted
U
[change]- underground
- undo undid undone undoes undoing
- uniform uniforms
- unique
- upper
- upwards upward
- urgent urgently
- utility utilities
V
[change]- vacuum vacuums vacuumed vacuuming
- vandal vandals
- versus vs
- vest vests
- via
- vicious
- Victorian
- victory victories
- virgin virginity
- virus viruses
- visible
- vision visions
- visual
W
[change]- wallet wallets
- weapon weapons
- welfare
- wheelchair wheelchairs
- whereabouts
- whereby
- whip whipping whipped whips
- whiskey whiskeys whisky whiskies
- whistle whistles whistled whistling
- wicked wickeder wickedest
- widow widows widower
- wild wilder wildest wolves
- wool wools
- workshop workshops
- worthwhile
- wound wounds wounded
- wreck wrecks wrecked wrecking
- wrestle wrestles wrestled wrestling
- wrist wrists
X
[change]((none))