Most Common Irregular Verbs

Rank
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Base Form
say make go take come see know get give find think tell become show leave feel put bring begin keep hold write stand hear let

Past Tense Form

said made went took came saw knew got gave found thought told became showed left felt put brought began kept held wrote stood heard let

Past Participle
said made gone taken come seen known got/gotten (US) given found thought told become shown left felt put brought begun kept held written stood heard let

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mean set meet run pay sit speak lie lead read grow lose fall send build understand draw break spend cut rise drive buy wear choose

meant set met ran paid sat spoke lay led read grew lost fell sent built understood drew broke spent cut rose drove bought wore chose

meant set met run paid sat spoken lain led read grown lost fallen sent built understood drawn broken spent cut risen driven bought worn chosen

These are listed in order of how often they appear in real English as shown by the famous Lancaster-Bergen corpus. These 50 in this order represent an incredible 87% of irregular verb occurrence in English. The other 80 irregular verbs in English make up the other 13%.