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 Sort descending Examples count Learn
1921
to miss; to fail

พลาด

7
1922
plastic

พลาสติก

8
1923
civilian

พลเรือน

2
1924
a group; a party

พวก

17
1925
they; them

พวกเขา

108
1926
classifier for a bunch (e.g. of fruit)

พวง

2
1927
keychain; keyring

พวงกุญแจ

1
1928
moderately; fairly

พอ

1
1929
as soon as; while

พอ

12
1930
enough

พอ

19
1931
just the right time

พอดี

2
1932
to satisfy; to gratify

พอใจ

7
1933
to break; to stop

พัก

2
1934
for a while; for a time

พัก

1
1935
to halt; to rest

พัก

23
1936
to be suspended from work

พักงาน

2
1937
to stay at

พักที่

3
1938
to relax

พักผ่อน

3
1939
to rest

พักผ่อน

3
1940
to stay; to live

พักพิง

1
1941
to have a vacation; to have a holiday

พักร้อน

3
1942
to wreck; to damage

พัง

4
1943
to fan

พัด

5
1944
fan

พัด

3
1945
fan

พัดลม

3
1946
thousand

พัน

8
1947
to bind

พัน

3
1948
lineage

พันธุ์

1
1949
to fold

พับ

2
1950
parcel

พัสดุ

5
1951
to take people or animals; to bring

พา

27
1952
commerce; trade

พาณิชย์

1
1953
offering tray

พาน

1
1954
pie

พาย

1
1955
paddle; oar

พาย

1
1956
to row; to paddle

พาย

1
1957
storm

พายุ

3
1958
to row; to paddle

พายเรือ

1
1959
paracetamol

พาราเซตามอล

1
1960
part-time

พาร์ทไทม์

3