Commonly used words in English

Based on the combined results of British English, American English and Australian English surveys of contemporary sources in English: newspapers, magazines, books, TV, radio and real life conversations - the language as it is written and spoken today.

Below is the list of Top 10 commonly used words:
Rank Word
1 the
2 of
3 to
4 and
5 a
6 in
7 is
8 it
9 you
10 that

You can refer to the website 'http://www.world-english.org/english500.htm' for the top 500 commonly used words.