A Frequency Dictionary of American English

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powerful j

noun force, man, tool, woman, state, group, nation, interest, influence, computer, drug, effect misc most, more, very, become, enough, rich, less, politically

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bird n

adj small, migratory, wild, dead, early, rare, blue, exotic, wading, native noun species, .flu, .nest, animal, wing, tree, .prey, dog, lady., .feeder verb .fly, ·sing, watch, kill, feed, shoot, migrate, catch, chirp, attract. 31966 | 0.92

10. Professions

General

president 235969, director 76735, official n 76466, worker 67399, manager 44945, expert 43032, employee 41559,

(agent) ₃₆₉₅₅, researcher ₃₃₄₄₈, (chief) n ₂₉₂₄₉, investigator ₁₄₇₅₃, boss n ₁₃₉₄₉, administrator ₁₃₆₈₈, specialist ₁₂₇₀₈, operator ₉₀₇₅, (clerk) n ₇₀₃₂, coordinator ₆₂₀₂

Government

senator ₄₃₄₅₈, governor ₃₃₃₀₅, representative n ₂₄₅₉₉, vice president ₂₂₅₁₉, politician ₁₉₇₇₃, prime minister ₁₂₇₀₅, congressman ₁₀₉₂₃, ambassador ₁₀₁₂₃

Military

soldier ₃₈₅₃₉, (general) n ₂₆₂₁₈, (captain) n ₁₇₇₉₉, commander ₁₄₁₁₄, colonel ₇₂₂₁ Specific (top 100)

teacher _То654, doctor 67219, author n _5Ы68, artist _525Ri, professor 48014, lawyer 4_6S16, editor 41284, coach n ^ writer 37999, attorney 3™, scientist 36445, secretary 36041, judge n 34099, reporter 29464, actor 23819, athlete 23137, farmer ₂₂₇₆₁, pilot ₁₉₅₉₇, engineer ₁₉₄₇₈, producer ₁₉₁₂₉, nurse n ₁₈₉₀₁, journalist ₁₆₂₄₅, priest ₁₄₅₂₇, designer ₁₃₅₇₉, historian ₁₃₁₅₁, singer ₁₃₀₄₆, counselor ₁₂₃₇₅, baker ₁₂₂₅₈, detective ₁₀₇₅₇, poet ₁₀₅₁₃, musician ₁₀₂₂₂, economist ₁₀₁₀₃, publisher ₉₇₉₁, chef ₉₅₈₉, photographer ₉₃₆₃, actress ₉₀₁₉, painter ₈₈₂₃, architect ₈₆₈₆, police officer ₈₆₄₀, surgeon ₈₂₈₀, contractor ₇₄₁₄, dancer ₇₃₉₉, social worker ₇₂₀₇, therapist ₇₀₉₉, businessman ₇₀₂₅, pastor ₆₈₈₉, performer ₆₆₄₈, cook n ₆₅₇₁, fisherman ₆₁₅₄, mechanic ₅₈₉₀, banker ₅₆₁₆, vendor ₅₃₆₁, technician ₅₂₂₅, sailor ₅₀₇₇, diplomat ₅₀₁₉, butler ₄₉₀₉, seller ₄₈₉₆, monk ₄₈₅₅, philosopher ₄₈₁₂, psychiatrist ₄₆₃₇, interpreter ₄₆₁₄, firefighter ₄₄₆₇, waiter ₄₂₄₄, astronaut ₄₀₈₅, miner ₃₉₈₀, nun ₃₉₃₉, gardener ₃₉₃₈, salesman ₃₉₁₁, carpenter ₃₇₆₅, prostitute ₃₅₉₇, accountant ₃₅₉₁, maid ₃₄₉₅, waitress ₃₃₂₇, dentist ₃₁₈₁, barber ₃₀₆₁, translator ₂₈₄₃, laborer ₂₇₃₅, security guard ₂₄₁₆, referee n ₂₁₇₈, sculptor ₂₁₂₀, pianist ₂₀₆₈, fireman ₁₇₈₆, nanny ₁₇₇₇, receptionist ₁₄₅₀, coroner ₁₃₈₆, pharmacist ₁₃₇₄, magistrate ₁₂₈₃, cashier ₁₁₇₉, business owner ₁₁₆₀, horseman ₁₀₆₃, illustrator ₁₀₃₄, cartoonist ₉₇₈, dermatologist ₉₆₁, plumber ₉₄₂, cameraman ₉₂₅, valet n ₈₃₉, electrician ₈₃₃, chauffeur ₈₁₀, blacksmith ₈₁₀, personal trainer₇₂₉

touch v

noun hand, ·arm, ·shoulder, face, finger, fair, ·ground, foot, ·cheek, ·heart, lip, story^ fase, knee, nose misc her, him, reach, never, almost, lightly, barely^ gently

down plane_v tornado^ helicopter, wheeL, ·near, tornadoes^ Jet, twister, flight, chopper off _swave, crisis, ·storm, ·series up makeup, ·paint, _·root

32084 | 0.92 F

variety n

adj wide, great, available, wider, rich, infinite, endless, broad, resistant noun ·way, ·reason, ·source, ·activity, ·food, ·factor, ·show, ·style, ·material, ·form verb use_v offer, include, provide^ produce, develop, ·range, perform^ represent 31904 | 0.92 A

deep j

noun breath, water, voice, inch, space, sleep, pocket, trouble, end, throat, snow, root misc take, blue, draw, wide, dark, red, brown, purple

30888 | 0.95 F

text n

adj preceding, accompanying, literary, original, written, biblical, full, religious, cultural noun note_s, ·message, image, reader, reading, book, page, meaning, history, graphics verb ·check, represent, read, convert, produce, accompany, interpret, translate, print, mention 34853 | 0.84 A

wide j

noun range, variety, receiver, eye, world, foot, array, mouth, area, smile, door, arm misc long, across, spread, open, enough, awake, tall, deep

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credit n

adj extra, full, academic, partial, preceding, cheap, stolen, closing, proper, online noun _scard, tax_v line, bank, company, ·union, number, ·report, debt, reservation verb give_s, get, take_v use, deserve^ ·accept, pay, receive^ claimu, include 31112 | 0.94

nine m

·year, ·month, eight, ·day, after, out, about, ·ago, ·old, ·ten, four, seven, five, ·o'clock

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sleep v

noun night, bed, hour, day, baby, morning, bedroom, wife, dog, husband, tent, dream, trouble^ foot, ·cot misc back, eat, ^together, ·soundly, better, drift

in ·room, ·bedroom, ·until, ^weekend, ^Sundays

32186 | 0.91 F

investigation n

adj criminal, federal, ongoing, internal, independent, congressional, present, thorough noun police, department, result, murder, government, research, subJect, Justice, office, crime verb conduct, begin, continue, lead, launch, ·reveal, complete, ·determine, cooperate^ focus 31405 | 0.93 S

hope n

adj high, only, best, greatest, faint, renewed, dashed, vain noun future, people, fear, glimmer, sense^ ·peace, faith, message^ reason, sign verb give_v offer, hold_v lose^ raise, bring, express^ pin

30012 | 0.97