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We analysed a fairly large collection of texts ourselves and these were the top ten words contained in it:

1. The
2. Of
3. And
4. To
5. A
6. In
7. That
8. I
9. It
10. He

There are also a number of other lists of common English words available. Try looking here:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22co...rds%22+english

I hope that helps.