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The GSL: The 2000 Most useful words in the English language. The General Service List (GSL) (West. 1953) is a set of 2,000 words selected to be of the greatest "general service" to learners of English. They are not the most common 2,000 words, though frequency was one of the factors taken into account in making the selection. Each of the 2,000 words is a headword representing a word family that is only loosely defined in West. Frequency numbers are given, derived from Thorndike and Lorge (1944). Frequency data is also given for the various meanings of words. This list has had a wide influence for many years, serving as the basis for graded readers as well as other material. Texts based on the GSL are still on sale, but the list itself is out of print. A fuller discussion of the GSL, and word lists in general, can be found in Nation (1990, pp 21-24) and Carter and McCarthy (1988, Ch. 1) The list given here was created by John Bauman and Brent Culligan in early 1995. We wanted a version of the GSL ranked in frequency order. In order to address the above problems, we adapted two authorities. To determine which words to include as forms related to a headword, we used the standard set out in Bauer and Nation (1995). This article uses various criteria to group derived forms into word families. Related words are ranked into levels. Words related by levels 1 to 4 are grouped under a headword on this list, and the frequency numbers are added. To determine the frequency of a words, we used the frequency numbers from the Brown Corpus (Frances and Kucera, 1982). Using these criteria, the GSL ends up as 2284 words. On the "next page" is the list of 2,284 words. It is in frequency order, with one word per line. Each line contains the following: rank number-space-frequency number-space-word Note:

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Page 1: The GSL the 2000 Most Commonly Used Words in the English Language

The GSL: The 2000 Most useful words in the English language.

The General Service List (GSL) (West. 1953) is a set of 2,000 words selected to be of the greatest "general service" to learners of English. They are not the most common 2,000 words, though frequency was one of the factors taken into account in making the selection. Each of the 2,000 words is a headword representing a word family that is only loosely defined in West. Frequency numbers are given, derived from Thorndike and Lorge (1944). Frequency data is also given for the various meanings of words. This list has had a wide influence for many years, serving as the basis for graded readers as well as other material. Texts based on the GSL are still on sale, but the list itself is out of print. A fuller discussion of the GSL, and word lists in general, can be found in Nation (1990, pp 21-24) and Carter and McCarthy (1988, Ch. 1)

The list given here was created by John Bauman and Brent Culligan in early 1995. We wanted a version of the GSL ranked in frequency order. In order to address the above problems, we adapted two authorities. To determine which words to include as forms related to a headword, we used the standard set out in Bauer and Nation (1995). This article uses various criteria to group derived forms into word families. Related words are ranked into levels. Words related by levels 1 to 4 are grouped under a headword on this list, and the frequency numbers are added. To determine the frequency of a words, we used the frequency numbers from the Brown Corpus (Frances and Kucera, 1982). Using these criteria, the GSL ends up as 2284 words.

On the "next page" is the list of 2,284 words. It is in frequency order, with one word per line. Each line contains the following: rank number-space-frequency number-space-wordNote: The frequency number represents the number of occurrences of that word and its related forms in the 1,000,000 words of the Brown corpus.

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1510 43 powder1511 43 raw1512 43 mankind1513 43 glad1514 43 blame1515 43 whenever1516 43 anxiety1517 42 bus1518 42 tremble1519 42 sacred1520 42 fortunate1521 42 glory1522 42 golden1523 42 neat1524 42 weekend1525 42 treasury1526 42 overcome1527 42 cat1528 42 sacrifice1529 42 complain1530 42 elect1531 41 roar1532 41 sake1533 41 temple1534 41 self1535 41 compete1536 41 nurse1537 41 stuff1538 41 stomach1539 41 peculiar1540 41 repair1541 41 storm1542 41 ton1543 41 desert1544 41 allowance1545 41 servant1546 41 hunger1547 41 conscience1548 41 bread1549 41 crash1550 40 tip1551 40 strengthen1552 40 proof1553 40 generous1554 40 sir1555 40 tonight

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1924 19 heap1925 19 suck1926 19 ladder1927 19 gap1928 19 obey1929 19 hut1930 19 axe1931 19 translation1932 19 collar1933 19 delivery1934 19 reproduce1935 19 confession1936 19 pan1937 19 prejudice1938 19 voyage1939 19 tobacco1940 18 simplicity1941 18 paste1942 18 cake1943 18 elephant1944 18 ribbon1945 18 harvest1946 18 ashamed1947 18 cave1948 18 customary1949 18 thief1950 18 damp1951 18 sew1952 18 rust1953 18 separation1954 18 waiter1955 18 pet1956 18 straw1957 18 upset1958 18 towel1959 18 refresh1960 17 essence1961 17 fur1962 17 ambitious1963 17 defendant1964 17 daylight1965 17 dip1966 17 suspicious1967 17 imaginary1968 17 ash1969 17 carriage

1970 17 educator1971 17 saw1972 17 stove1973 17 rubber1974 17 rug1975 17 misery1976 17 awkward1977 17 rival1978 16 roast1979 16 deed1980 16 preference1981 16 explosion1982 16 theatrical1983 16 cultivate1984 16 collector1985 16 miserable1986 16 wrist1987 16 rabbit1988 16 accustom1989 16 tide1990 16 insult1991 16 thumb1992 16 lump1993 16 annoy1994 16 toy1995 16 heal1996 16 shallow1997 16 repetition1998 16 soup1999 15 whistle2000 15 scenery2001 15 apple2002 15 offense2003 15 cork2004 15 ripe2005 15 temper2006 15 sore2007 15 pinch2008 15 diamond2009 15 razor2010 15 imaginative2011 15 hook2012 15 copper2013 15 landlord2014 14 influential2015 14 rot

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2062 12 tin2063 12 penny2064 12 cage2065 12 pardon2066 12 lately2067 12 offend2068 12 coarse2069 12 spoil2070 12 horizontal2071 12 sting2072 12 ditch2073 12 librarian2074 12 meantime2075 12 cough2076 12 deaf2077 12 sword2078 12 messenger2079 12 vain2080 12 castle2081 12 elastic2082 12 comb2083 12 rod2084 11 widen2085 11 sorrow2086 11 inventor2087 11 cliff2088 11 umbrella2089 11 interruption2090 11 merry2091 11 gallon2092 11 conquest2093 11 headache2094 11 tailor2095 11 bucket2096 11 scent2097 11 signature2098 11 cart2099 11 darken2100 11 sometime2101 11 applaud2102 11 underneath2103 11 hello2104 11 pretense2105 11 descent2106 11 conquer2107 11 framework

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