I'll paste in the 100 most used English words divided into 59 which are phonically straightword for reading
and the 41 which are tricky in some way.
59 decoble:
a, and, as, at, had, has, that, an, back, can,
in, is, it, if, did, him, his, with, big, little, this, will, first,
get, them, then, well, went, her
not, on, from, off, so, go, no, or, for,
but, much, must, up, just,
they,
been, here, see, came, made, make, I, like,
our, out, about,
new, over, old, their.
41 tricky:
the, he, be, we, me, she,
of, to, was, want, all, call, one, said,
you, by, my, only, come, could, do, down, into, look, now, other, right, some, there, two, when, what, where, which, who, your,
are, have, before, more, were.
In the next 200 most HF words the following 63 are tricky to a bigger or lesser extent:
another, any, many, saw, water, small, laughed,
bear, great, head, ready,
ever, never, every, eyes,
find, friends, giant, I?ll, I?m, key, live, river,
people, pulled, put, thought, through, were, work, would,
coming, everyone, gone,
most, mother, oh, once, clothes, cold, old, told,
grow, how, know, snow, town, window,
book, food, good, room, school, soon, too, took, door,
- (depending on accent) after, asked, can?t, fast, last, plants.