Understand spoken Thai

Words by frequency

The following shows a list of all the words on the site ordered by the number of times they appear in the sample sentences. So, for example, if a word happens to turn up in 50 of our example sentences, then it will appear higher up than a word which only appears in 10 of our example sentences. The number of example sentences in which a particular word appears is also shown. By clicking on a word you can see a list of all the example sentences in which that word appears. Note that this Lingopolo frequency table is not likely to give the same results as a scientific study based on millions and millions of sentences: the Lingopolo frequency is only based on the sentences on Lingopolo. For practical purposes though, the Lingopolo approximation is good enough to ensure that words are learnt in approximately the most useful order.
Rank Recording English Thai Examples count Sort ascending Learn
41
must; have to

ต้อง

210
42
car; vehicle

รถ

206
43
woman

ผู้หญิง

177
44
to speak

พูด

176
45
to require; to want

ต้องการ

172
46
that; those

นั้น

165
47
to work

ทำงาน

164
48
where

ที่ไหน

158
49
also; well...

ก็

158
50
three

สาม

158
51
from

จาก

153
52
good; well

ดี

152
53
to eat

กิน

150
54
word added to the end of a verb in the event that there are two or more people

กัน

149
55
year

ปี

149
56
to buy

ซื้อ

148
57
word added to the end of a sentence to soften it

นะ

145
58
language

ภาษา

141
59
to think

คิด

137
60
classifier for animals, digits, bodies, clothes and items of furniture

ตัว

133
61
me

ผม

131
62
your

ของคุณ

127
63
to ask for; may

ขอ

124
64
food

อาหาร

124
65
this

นี่

121
66
water; liquid

น้ำ

119
67
Thai

ไทย

119
68
man; boy

ผู้ชาย

118
69
yet

ยัง

117
70
before

ก่อน

114
71
time

เวลา

114
72
for; towards

ให้

114
73
friend

เพื่อน

113
74
today

วันนี้

113
75
to study

เรียน

110
76
they; them

พวกเขา

108
77
to know

รู้

106
78
book

หนังสือ

105
79
indicates a question, when the expected answer is known

หรือ

105
80
my; mine

ของฉัน

103