Most Common Irregular Verbs in English
These are the most common irregular verbs in English, listed in order of frequency.
Rank | Base Form | Past Tense Form | Past Participle |
---|---|---|---|
1 | be | was/were | been |
2 | have | had | had |
3 | say | said | said |
4 | make | made | made |
5 | go | went | gone |
6 | take | took | taken |
7 | come | came | come |
8 | see | saw | seen |
9 | know | knew | known |
10 | get | got | got/gotten (US) |
11 | give | gave | given |
12 | find | found | found |
13 | think | thought | thought |
14 | tell | told | told |
15 | become | became | become |
16 | show | showed | shown |
17 | leave | left | left |
18 | feel | felt | felt |
19 | put | put | put |
20 | bring | brought | brought |
21 | begin | began | begun |
22 | keep | kept | kept |
23 | hold | held | held |
24 | write | wrote | written |
25 | stand | stood | stood |
26 | hear | heard | heard |
27 | let | let | let |
28 | mean | meant | meant |
29 | set | set | set |
30 | meet | met | met |
31 | run | ran | run |
32 | pay | paid | paid |
33 | sit | sat | sat |
34 | speak | spoke | spoken |
35 | lie | lay | lain |
36 | lead | led | led |
37 | read | read | read |
38 | grow | grew | grown |
39 | lose | lost | lost |
40 | fall | fell | fallen |
41 | send | sent | sent |
42 | build | built | built |
43 | understand | understood | understood |
44 | draw | drew | drawn |
45 | break | broke | broken |
46 | spend | spent | spent |
47 | cut | cut | cut |
48 | rise | rose | risen |
49 | drive | drove | driven |
50 | buy | bought | bought |
51 | wear | wore | worn |
52 | choose | chose | chosen |