قَالَ alone appears over 1,600 times — no other verb comes close.

• قَالَ
  he said

  qāla

  verb · 1618×
• كَانَ
  he was

  kāna

  verb · 1358×
• قَوْل
  speech, saying

  qawl

  noun · 92×
• كَلِمَة
  word, utterance

  kalimah

  noun · 42×
• لِسَان
  tongue, language

  lisān

  noun · 25×
• دَعَا
  he called

  daʿā

  verb · 170×
• يَا
  O! (calling)

  ya

  particle · 361×
• أَيُّهَا
  O you! (the one)

  ayyuha

  particle · 153×