We've collected, analyzed, and organized the top 5000 most frequently used words in the English language, and are releasing them as a free pdf file.
The 5,000+ words collected are based on spelling, not part of speech, and would be equivalent to at least 7,000 English words based on part of speech.
The words were collected from the following sources
1) Top 5000 words from the Oxford dictionary
2) Top 5,000 Most Used Words by Americans, from a site that collects and showcases the most frequently used words in the U.S.
3) Words with at least one asterisk according to Naver dictionary
4) Primary and Secondary English from the Department for Education
5) Top 5,000 words by frequency of use from BBC Learning English's 6 Minute English segment from 2012
These PDF files are posted at the bottom of the list page.
https://wordstudy.tistory.com/532