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
121
his

ของเขา

78
122
child

ลูก

77
123
polite particle for female speakers

ค่ะ

77
124
mother

แม่

76
125
many; several

หลาย

76
126
to return; to go back

กลับ

76
127
so; and

แล้ว

75
128
work; job

งาน

75
129
to walk

เดิน

73
130
money

เงิน

73
131
is about; relates to

เรื่อง

73
132
name

ชื่อ

72
133
my; mine (male speaker)

ของผม

70
134
to tell

บอก

70
135
four

สี่

70
136
big

ใหญ่

68
137
to get; to receive

ได้

68
138
school

โรงเรียน

67
139
much; many

มาก

66
140
too much

เกินไป

66
141
still

ยัง

66
142
capable; able

สามารถ

65
143
teacher

ครู

65
144
children

เด็กๆ

65
145
please

กรุณา

65
146
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss

คุณ

65
147
colour

สี

64
148
to sell

ขาย

64
149
shop; store

ร้าน

63
150
to take

เอา

63
151
road; street

ถนน

63
152
to meet; to find

พบ

63
153
ever; did in the past

เคย

62
154
a verb particle reflecting passive voice

ถูก

62
155
for

สำหรับ

61
156
should; ought to

ควร

60
157
to know

รู้จัก

60
158
long time

นาน

60
159
or

หรือ

59
160
yes; that’s correct

ใช่

59