Most common verbs starting with B

The most frequently used verbs starting with the letter B in English are listed on this page. The top 10 and top 100 B verb lists are arranged below both from most to least common and also alphabetically.

Top 10 by frequency

1. be
2. been
3. being
4. become
5. began
6. became
7. believe
8. brought
9. based
10. bring

Top 10 in alphabetical order

1. based
2. be
3. became
4. become
5. been
6. began
7. being
8. believe
9. bring
10. brought

Top 100 by frequency

1. be
2. been
3. being
4. become
5. began
6. became
7. believe
8. brought
9. based
10. bring
11. becomes
12. built
13. born
14. begin
15. believed
16. becoming
17. bear
18. build
19. beginning
20. buy
21. bound
22. break
23. broke
24. broken
25. begins
26. bringing
27. bought
28. begun
29. brings
30. belong
31. building
32. buried
33. burning
34. bearing
35. beat
36. belonging
37. bore
38. breaking
39. belongs
40. belonged
41. burned
42. burst
43. believes
44. bent
45. borne
46. benefit
47. blame
48. believing
49. buying
50. bears
51. beg
52. burn
53. bed
54. beaten
55. bowed
56. breathe
57. behold
58. begged
59. borrowed
60. breathing
61. beating
62. behave
63. bless
64. backed
65. blew
66. binding
67. blowing
68. betrayed
69. bother
70. blow
71. bet
72. breathed
73. bleeding
74. bending
75. bid
76. bestowed
77. blessed
78. bo
79. blown
80. borrow
81. blocked
82. beheld
83. bade
84. blamed
85. breaks
86. bounded
87. boiling
88. brushed
89. blocking
90. benefited
91. bend
92. bored
93. behaved
94. bit
95. balance
96. burnt
97. back
98. builds
99. block
100. baptized

Top 100 in alphabetical order

1. back
2. backed
3. bade
4. balance
5. baptized
6. based
7. be
8. bear
9. bearing
10. bears
11. beat
12. beaten
13. beating
14. became
15. become
16. becomes
17. becoming
18. bed
19. been
20. beg
21. began
22. begged
23. begin
24. beginning
25. begins
26. begun
27. behave
28. behaved
29. beheld
30. behold
31. being
32. believe
33. believed
34. believes
35. believing
36. belong
37. belonged
38. belonging
39. belongs
40. bend
41. bending
42. benefit
43. benefited
44. bent
45. bestowed
46. bet
47. betrayed
48. bid
49. binding
50. bit
51. blame
52. blamed
53. bleeding
54. bless
55. blessed
56. blew
57. block
58. blocked
59. blocking
60. blow
61. blowing
62. blown
63. bo
64. boiling
65. bore
66. bored
67. born
68. borne
69. borrow
70. borrowed
71. bother
72. bought
73. bound
74. bounded
75. bowed
76. break
77. breaking
78. breaks
79. breathe
80. breathed
81. breathing
82. bring
83. bringing
84. brings
85. broke
86. broken
87. brought
88. brushed
89. build
90. building
91. builds
92. built
93. buried
94. burn
95. burned
96. burning
97. burnt
98. burst
99. buy
100. buying