Abaixo segue a lista das 250 palavras mais comuns, o percentual com que ocorrem e um resumo das estatísticas que mencionei acima.

Número de livros	1032
Tamanho do arquivo combinado	440MB
Data	29/09/97
Número total de palavras	6.615.271
Número total de palavras diferentes	103.590
Número de palavras que ocorrem menos de dez vezes	78.332
Número de ocorrências das 250 palavras mais comuns	3.781.615 (57%)
Número de ocorrências das 1000 palavras mais comuns	6.565.736 (99.25%)

Palavra	Porc. Total	Número de Ocorrências
the	7.846512	519068
of	4.460135	295050
and	3.653471	241687
to	2.556630	169128
in	1.815451	120097
was	1.161903	76863
that	1.112607	73602
his	1.079124	71387
he	1.033669	68380
it	0.872406	57712
with	0.772803	51123
as	0.737385	48780
by	0.707575	46808
for	0.666821	44112
is	0.663329	43881
had	0.622454	41177
but	0.576575	38142
which	0.538663	35634
on	0.520341	34422
be	0.506994	33539
at	0.504938	33403
not	0.499753	33060
they	0.499345	33033
from	0.494795	32732
were	0.474372	31381
their	0.472573	31262
this	0.449097	29709
or	0.400679	26506
have	0.384247	25419
you	0.380876	25196
her	0.376991	24939
who	0.363099	24020
all	0.361406	23908
him	0.359970	23813
an	0.338807	22413
so	0.326850	21622
are	0.297705	19694
one	0.293624	19424
she	0.263753	17448
my	0.257782	17053
them	0.254396	16829
we	0.251494	16637
been	0.250602	16578
no	0.242152	16019
me	0.236710	15659
if	0.235637	15588
said	0.234185	15492
there	0.229787	15201
when	0.223619	14793
would	0.221261	14637
more	0.212901	14084
will	0.181625	12015
some	0.174747	11560
what	0.173795	11497
into	0.172102	11385
has	0.167340	11070
could	0.158754	10502
than	0.158255	10469
out	0.156547	10356
then	0.153720	10169
up	0.153418	10149
its	0.150697	9969
man	0.147553	9761
time	0.145315	9613
now	0.140281	9280
two	0.139133	9204
upon	0.139057	9199
these	0.137984	9128
after	0.136533	9032
footnote	0.135414	8958
may	0.135006	8931
only	0.134855	8921
other	0.133676	8843
see	0.128007	8468
such	0.123321	8158
do	0.123245	8153
great	0.120932	8000
very	0.120086	7944
any	0.120010	7939
your	0.118302	7826
about	0.114689	7587
made	0.113495	7508
our	0.112800	7462
well	0.112724	7457
first	0.112346	7432
most	0.110351	7300
like	0.110154	7287
before	0.109187	7223
little	0.108401	7171
himself	0.105287	6965
over	0.103760	6864
without	0.102868	6805
own	0.102808	6801
those	0.101644	6724
good	0.101266	6699
might	0.101175	6693
men	0.099361	6573
can	0.099331	6571
should	0.098817	6537
did	0.098741	6532
where	0.095824	6339
come	0.095763	6335
people	0.095627	6326
must	0.093450	6182
us	0.093057	6156
day	0.088991	5887
long	0.088825	5876
much	0.088810	5875
down	0.088311	5842
same	0.087676	5800
mr	0.083927	5552
never	0.083579	5529
even	0.083398	5517
old	0.082204	5438
under	0.081327	5380
through	0.080828	5347
still	0.080828	5347
while	0.080314	5313
many	0.080239	5308
know	0.079876	5284
every	0.079196	5239
life	0.078591	5199
three	0.077790	5146
how	0.077759	5144
way	0.077291	5113
years	0.076384	5053
came	0.076354	5051
king	0.074963	4959
go	0.073436	4858
being	0.072318	4784
again	0.070549	4667
here	0.069067	4569
make	0.068629	4540
back	0.068115	4506
new	0.067510	4466
against	0.066437	4395
found	0.065198	4313
yet	0.065031	4302
say	0.064230	4249
too	0.064170	4245
last	0.063157	4178
though	0.063051	4171
head	0.062613	4142
away	0.061948	4098
right	0.061131	4044
hand	0.060693	4015
place	0.060375	3994
god	0.060209	3983
another	0.059136	3912
shall	0.059121	3911
country	0.058894	3896
part	0.058788	3889
far	0.058667	3881
left	0.057624	3812
eyes	0.057534	3806
soon	0.056838	3760
went	0.055961	3702
take	0.055856	3695
each	0.055840	3694
just	0.055311	3659
power	0.055221	3653
name	0.054858	3629
am	0.054344	3595
death	0.054147	3582
world	0.053361	3530
nor	0.053104	3513
mind	0.053104	3513
once	0.052923	3501
off	0.052243	3456
among	0.051699	3420
thought	0.051275	3392
whom	0.050731	3356
house	0.050656	3351
get	0.050625	3349
nothing	0.050595	3347
between	0.050459	3338
hundred	0.050278	3326
think	0.050096	3314
both	0.048978	3240
young	0.048887	3234
because	0.048509	3209
saw	0.048267	3193
ever	0.048055	3179
let	0.047980	3174
themselves	0.047557	3146
emperor	0.047345	3132
case	0.046680	3088
work	0.046241	3059
whose	0.046121	3051
war	0.046075	3048
took	0.045939	3039
general	0.045622	3018
city	0.045607	3017
state	0.045259	2994
side	0.044821	2965
things	0.044684	2956
always	0.044533	2946
days	0.043838	2900
thus	0.043808	2898
face	0.043233	2860
night	0.042946	2841
less	0.042931	2840
give	0.042871	2836
asked	0.042825	2833
body	0.042538	2814
also	0.042311	2799
seemed	0.041843	2768
four	0.041646	2755
non	0.041631	2754
son	0.041586	2751
whole	0.041525	2747
called	0.041193	2725
don't	0.040875	2704
however	0.040437	2675
love	0.040316	2667
put	0.040210	2660
thousand	0.039893	2639
hands	0.039877	2638
seen	0.039817	2634
tell	0.039530	2615
almost	0.039227	2595
look	0.039182	2592
father	0.039122	2588
heart	0.038850	2570
few	0.038850	2570
got	0.038653	2557
five	0.038502	2547
nature	0.038366	2538
find	0.038184	2526
public	0.038094	2520
going	0.038063	2518
roman	0.037912	2508
perhaps	0.037716	2495
woman	0.037610	2488
since	0.037126	2456
having	0.036748	2431
arms	0.036718	2429
heard	0.036703	2428
looked	0.036582	2420
age	0.036552	2418
gave	0.036008	2382
why	0.035992	2381
words	0.035781	2367
light	0.035524	2350
better	0.035312	2336
end	0.034934	2311
water	0.034919	2310
twenty	0.034435	2278
until	0.034360	2273
others	0.034330	2271