Top 20 Words Starting with KN

Which words starting with kn occur most frequently in English?
Excludes plurals and suffixes -ed, -ing and -ly of words already on this list.
Other, irregular, suffixes DO need to be guessed separately
Frequency = occurrences per million words
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Last updated: May 11, 2021
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freq
word
4
knack
3
knead
66
knee
13
kneel
2
knell
5
knelt
261
knew
62
knife
32
knight
3
knighthood
33
knit
7
knob
74
knock
3
knockout
21
knot
3116
know
292
knowledge
3
knowledgeable
258
known
6
knuckle
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Level 35
Jan 6, 2016
wow this was soooooooo boring
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Level 65
Mar 26, 2017
A bit confused here: why are you including past tenses such as knelt and knew (with kneel and know) if you're excluding knocking and knighted? the only difference between those two is that the first set of past tenses are irregular. If including irregular, why not regular?
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Level 76
Mar 27, 2017
Yes, regular endings aren't included, as stated in the instructions.
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Level 76
May 11, 2021
Added a clarification, thanks.
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Level 72
May 11, 2021
Doesn’t include knave
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Level 67
May 11, 2021
I'm such a knuckle-head!