One Syllable Words
One syllable words are spoken in a single beat, like cat, run and bright. Short words like these make up most everyday English, which is why early readers learn them first.
Most common one syllable words
- the
- to
- and
- of
- a
- in
- is
- for
- that
- you
- on
- with
- this
- was
- be
- are
- have
- at
- he
- not
- by
- but
- from
- my
- we
- your
- all
- so
- they
- if
- one
- can
- will
- just
- like
- up
- out
- what
- has
- when
- more
- do
- no
- were
- had
- their
- there
- her
- which
- time
- get
- been
- would
- she
- new
- how
- some
- them
- now
- its
- than
- good
- first
- him
- know
- see
- two
- make
- think
- then
- could
- back
- these
- want
- go
- well
- said
- way
- most
- much
- where
- should
- may
- here
- need
- did
- right
- work
- year
- day
- too
- off
- why
- made
- still
- take
- got
- those
- life
- say
- world
- down
- great
- through
- last
- while
- best
- such
- love
- man
- home
- long
- look
- use
- same
- used
- both
- come
- part
- state
One syllable nouns
- game
- thing
- house
- school
- team
- lot
- night
- group
- top
- week
- case
- point
- head
- men
- job
- side
- yes
- line
- law
- war
- car
- kind
- course
- health
- book
- court
- fact
- hand
- mind
- death
- food
- guy
- room
- girl
- air
- friend
- class
- age
- heart
- child
- fun
- art
- west
- son
- street
- type
- chance
- song
- word
- month
- self
- board
- field
- road
- town
- price
- space
- term
- wife
- date
- site
- club
- film
- sense
- star
- boy
- gold
- king
- bank
- church
- role
- bill
- ground
- source
- rate
- league
- size
- page
- cup
- style
- blood
- dog
- lord
- oil
- stage
- choice
- code
- door
- hair
- staff
- bed
- loss
- voice
- earth
- goal
- sea
- truth
- ball
- box
- card
- mine
- piece
- wall
- growth
- pain
- rock
- eye
- peace
- weight
- gas
- text
- ice
- sort
- feet
- kid
- sale
- scene
- sun
- coach
- gun
- dad
- brain
- floor
- sports
- ship
- stock
- band
- beach
- cash
- luck
- skin
- fish
One syllable adjectives
One syllable verbs
- find
- help
- give
- found
- show
- feel
- keep
- please
- put
- left
- play
- let
- called
- thought
- done
- care
- start
- live
- read
- told
- mean
- tell
- seen
- stop
- based
- call
- took
- came
- try
- went
- run
- thank
- talk
- pay
- known
- lost
- win
- hit
- cause
- move
- wait
- ask
- leave
- watch
- stay
- buy
- deal
- turn
- asked
- bring
- heard
- meet
- gave
- cut
- held
- fight
- hear
- played
- killed
- miss
- died
- knew
- lead
- won
- hold
- break
- wish
- gone
- guess
- learn
- brought
- press
- sent
- tried
- worked
- save
- stand
- drive
- eat
- fall
- match
- paid
- hate
- looked
- send
- add
- born
- met
- turned
- lose
- pick
- seem
- walk
- built
- changed
- die
- mark
- pass
- build
- wrote