What is the second most commonly used word in the English language?

Answer 1

'of' is the second most commonly used word in the English language, according World-English.org's list of the most commonly used words in the English language. The list was compiled from the results of surveys of current usage in American, Australian and British English.

Here are the first seven words, in rank order:

1. the
2. of
3. to
4. and
5. a
6. in
7. is

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Answer 2

The second most commonly used word in the English language is "the".