The 10 most common verbs in English (number of occurrences in a million words of text)
1. be
2. have
3. do
4. say
5. make
6. go
7. take
8. come
9. see
10. get
2. have
3. do
4. say
5. make
6. go
7. take
8. come
9. see
10. get
Steven Pinker, Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
