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Most Common Animal Words

Name the words for animals that appear in the top 5000 most common words in the English language.
According to the Corpus of Contemporary American English
Not including words for humans
Not including words specific to young, male, or female animals
Quiz by Quizmaster
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Last updated: July 5, 2022
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First submittedNovember 14, 2017
Times taken30,725
Average score56.7%
Rating4.14
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rank
animal
753
dog
962
fish
1140
bird
1272
horse
1548
chicken
1758
cat
2723
bear
2822
deer
rank
animal
3135
cow
3224
fly
3276
mouse
3436
salmon
3446
insect
3518
snake
3569
duck
3577
pig
rank
animal
3607
rat
3727
bat
4125
wolf
4169
shrimp
4200
bug
4274
bee
4287
sheep
rank
animal
4359
shark
4387
rabbit
4396
lion
4415
elephant
4596
monkey
4735
goat
4968
butterfly
Wolfonator
+3
Level 80
Nov 14, 2017
nice idea!
APHill
+17
Level 75
Nov 14, 2017
Nice quiz - much tougher than I anticipated!
ander217
+1
Level 75
Apr 9, 2018
+1
xtremesecretary
+7
Level 81
Nov 15, 2017
Yeah, I really liked this one. I would love more quizzes about common groups of words like this!
DonTheLamplighter
+4
Level 84
Nov 17, 2017
Thanks to New England Patriots fans, "goat" would not have made the list if not for Tom Brady.
redhead24
+8
Level 62
Apr 9, 2018
And thanks to Kevin Durant for the inclusion of snake.
anonymousxcxc
+2
Level 54
Apr 9, 2018
oooooooooof
zack22
+1
Level 67
Jan 27, 2021
Still true in 2021
peira002
+1
Level 72
Jul 5, 2022
And 2022
CRey
+11
Level 81
Dec 16, 2017
I was surprised 'spider' was not in this list.. Especially looking at half a dozen of the ones which actually make it.
Tomtrific
+4
Level 82
Feb 20, 2020
No spider, but salmon?
Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
Jul 4, 2022
People don't usually eat spiders.
AlmostAGenius
+2
Level 80
Jul 5, 2022
We should start a movement to eat more spiders and bugs. It will really cut down on any supply chain issues.
Tomtrific
+3
Level 82
Jul 6, 2022
I don't usually eat mice and rats, either, but they're on the list.
fuanacdc
+3
Level 84
Dec 18, 2017
Would the word 'animal' itself show up on the list?
samiamco
+2
Level 69
Dec 20, 2017
Probably not included on purpose, I'd presume…
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Apr 9, 2018
Really fun quiz, thanks!
ruudsje
+3
Level 69
Apr 9, 2018
so, i try hog and i don't try pig. what's wrong with me?
zack22
+2
Level 67
Jan 27, 2021
I tried ewe but not sheep for some reason.
ingriddurden
+2
Level 60
Apr 9, 2018
where are the mosquitoes ?
Zefyrinus
+4
Level 71
Apr 9, 2018
But cow is a specific female animal.
RobNobody
+8
Level 76
Apr 9, 2018
It's a confusing thing, but "cow" is used both to refer to a female individual (adult who has borne a calf), but also to generic individuals as well. Think about it, what would you call a single individual of that species if you didn't know its sex?
ddddan
+6
Level 81
Apr 11, 2018
Cattle beast?
blinky
+15
Level 58
Apr 15, 2018
Evelyn
POOCH
+3
Level 73
Jul 26, 2018
Since it is one of the easiest animals in the world to determine which sex is which, one glance would solve that problem immediately. If it has four little "thingys" hanging down in the back - it's a cow. One in the middle - it's a bull. As I've said many times in the past cow is female, bull is male, and cattle is the collective herd. I'm a very old country boy and this is one of the very few areas where my mind can't be changed so save your breath, logic, and reason. Believe whatever you want, but I'm a stubborn old cuss and that's the way it is - he said in his best Grandpa McCoy impersonation.
RobNobody
+6
Level 76
Sep 17, 2018
Sure, it would be a herd of cattle, but the question still is what would you call a generic individual of that herd? Hypothetically, say for whatever reason you couldn't tell or it didn't matter the sex of the individual. Your viewing angle isn't right to see the thingies hanging down, or it's too far away, or an individual ran away but you don't know whether it was male or female. What would you call it?
Sifhraven
+3
Level 67
Jan 14, 2020
Or kim or robin or sasha
Sifhraven
+5
Level 67
Jan 14, 2020
That is like saying a female is a hen a male is a rooster and collectively they are poultry. Sure they are poultry, but they should have a name that refers to an individual specimen of the species aswell.
AlmostAGenius
+4
Level 80
Jul 5, 2022
Pretty sure it’s called a chicken…
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 71
Feb 16, 2023
@RobNobody: Cattle.
calamitykate
+6
Level 44
Apr 9, 2018
do you think some of the words like bug or fish or fly appear in the list because they are commonly used as verbs as well? or is the list specific to most commonly used nouns?
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Apr 10, 2018
The source lists part of speech, so the word fly would be listed twice, once as a verb and once as a noun. We only counted the nouns.
AidanMCW
+3
Level 27
Apr 9, 2018
Got salmon and shrimp... but not duck? :/
POOCH
+2
Level 73
Jul 26, 2018
or tuna?
rama2008
+2
Level 67
Apr 9, 2018
Not sure of the source - but bat should be on here.
rama2008
+2
Level 67
Apr 11, 2018
OK - I checked your source and bat (n) appears as the 3727th most common word and should therefore be on this quiz. :)
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Apr 12, 2018
Thanks. Will include this the next time the quiz is updated.
Coyuznik
+5
Level 83
Apr 12, 2018
I tried "food". It didn't work, for some reason.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Jul 5, 2022
Neither did protein.
GeoDude
+1
Level 48
Mar 15, 2019
I was robbed! Where's bat
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Jan 14, 2020
Weird how spider is not on here but shrimp and salmon is. (Also kind of surprised about the absence of tiger, since lion is on here, would have thought they would ve gotten similar scores, but I see now lion is already quite close to the cutoff point)
Iluvbread123
+5
Level 75
Apr 15, 2020
Was I the only one who tried dinosaur
charlie07
+1
Level 65
Jul 17, 2022
Nope
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Jul 19, 2022
Was I the only one to try kiwi?
themango
+1
Level 58
May 25, 2020
"Skate" should be on the list according to COCA
penguinbear
+1
Level 31
Jun 4, 2020
hamster maybe
penguinbear
+4
Level 31
Jun 4, 2020
i nearly forgot bear but then remembered my username
NMI
+2
Level 88
Jul 5, 2022
That was an excellent choice of photograph for this quiz, @Quizmaster (says the current owner of her fourth member of the breed). Funnily enough, “Vizsla” didn’t make the list.
DonTheLamplighter
+3
Level 84
Jul 6, 2022
Clearly the Promotion of Pangolin Popularity organization has their work cut out for them.
AlexThirkell
+3
Level 75
Jul 6, 2022
Next time I should really read the instructions before pressing start. Still it was just a "name a load of animals" quiz really.
Gllombfek
+1
Level 53
Jul 17, 2022
Bird and Fish are not animals! They are types of animals!
charlie07
+2
Level 65
Jul 17, 2022
Technically every single one of these does not refer to a specific animal but rather types of animals

There are many kinds of bears, chickens, cows, etc, and even then, these are only groupings of unique individuals in the population

Raffles
+1
Level 68
Jul 17, 2022
Do dragons count as animals?
QuizApe
+1
Level 67
Jul 17, 2022
“Not including words specific to young, male, or female animals”

So why is ‘cow’ included?

partdavid
+2
Level 71
Jul 18, 2022
Because it doesn't only mean a female bovine, any more than dog only means a male canine.
dannafey
+1
Level 61
Jul 17, 2022
could you accept "bunny" for "rabbit" ?
QuizApe
+3
Level 67
Jul 17, 2022
And fluffums.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Apr 11, 2024
and cony
MalyJacus
+1
Level 55
Jul 18, 2022
Now, does goat include G.O.A.T? If so that phrase has shot up in popularity along with our "fast take" culture.
stylus
+3
Level 76
Jul 18, 2022
can anyone explain why deer is so high? maybe it's a geographical thing but i barely use the word day-to-day and can't imagine why it's scoring above so many others like fly and pig
XYU
+2
Level 62
Jul 20, 2022
Yeah, interesting one. I guess it beats the likes of cow and pig because we often talk about "pork", "beef", etc rather than the animal's name. Here in Scotland there is a lot of discussion in about controlling deer numbers because they have no predators and can destroy young trees and stuff. I suppose that kind of discussion adds to it a bit.
Savio
+1
Level 67
Jul 20, 2022
How did you differentiate between animals and other uses of the words when making this quiz because many of these words can be used as non-animal nouns (e.g.-bat), other parts of speech (e.g.-fly), and acronyms (e.g.-G.O.A.T.)?
Euronick61
+1
Level 65
Jul 21, 2023
Bit confusing you have fish and bird as answers then separate entries for shark, duck etc....
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