Top 20 Words Starting with A

Which words that start with A occur most frequently in English?
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rank
length
word
2
1
a
8
5
about
14
3
act
20
6
action
11
5
after
17
5
again
16
7
against
19
3
age
7
3
all
9
4
also
6
2
an
1
3
and
15
7
another
10
3
any
5
3
are
12
4
area
3
2
as
13
3
ask
4
2
at
18
9
authority
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Level 90
Jan 6, 2015
Authority but not am? Yikes.
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Level 66
Jan 6, 2015
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Level 59
Apr 30, 2018
I thought the same exactly.
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Level 66
Jan 6, 2015
"Authority" more common than "always"? Hmmm.
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Level 76
Jan 6, 2015
Authority 18th, Always 21st, Am 44th. If I am surprised at that result, the latter has just climbed, but if I have it on the highest authority that the answers are always correct then I guess they are ranked where they're supposed to be.
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Level 81
Oct 24, 2023
I'm really surprised that "around" isn't anywhere in here.

I'm curious what the source is?

(Not disputing anything, to be sure! Just curious...)

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Level 67
Oct 24, 2023
Is Around around?
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Level 60
Oct 29, 2023
This can't be right. Some of these words look like the survey was taken only of legal or government documents.