The most spoken English word is "the".
This is according to a study by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, who analyzed a massive dataset of English text. They found that "the" appeared more than 7% of the time, far outpacing other common words like "a" and "of."
This finding makes sense when you consider that "the" is a definite article, used to specify a particular noun. It's a word we use constantly in everyday speech, making it the most frequently spoken word in the English language.