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 Sort descending Thai Examples count Learn
4321
word added to the end of a verb in the event that there are two or more people

กัน

149
4322
word used at the end of a statement among friends but not politely

วะ

2
4323
word used to end an expression but impolite

ว่ะ

1
4324
work

การทำงาน

7
4325
work; accomplishment

ผลงาน

2
4326
work; job

งาน

75
4327
workaholic

คนบ้างาน

0
4328
worker; labourer

คนงาน

7
4329
worldwide

ทั่วโลก

1
4330
worm

หนอน

3
4331
worried

กังวล

9
4332
worried; distressed

ทุกข์

1
4333
worse

แย่กว่า

2
4334
worst; so bad

ร้ายๆ

1
4335
worth; value

คุณค่า

1
4336
wound

แผล

10
4337
wrist

ข้อมือ

3
4338
writer

นักเขียน

0
4339
writing

การเขียน

1
4340
wrong; error

ความผิดพลาด

2
4341
xylophone

ระนาด

1
4342
yeah

เออ

2
4343
year

ปี

149
4344
yellow

เหลือง

4
4345
yes (for female speakers)

ค่ะ

5
4346
yes (for male speakers)

ครับ

27
4347
yes; that’s correct

ใช่

59
4348
yesterday

เมื่อวาน

14
4349
yesterday

เมื่อวานนี้

14
4350
yet

ยัง

117
4351
yo-yo

โยโย่

0
4352
yoga

โยคะ

1
4353
yogurt

โยเกิร์ต

5
4354
you

คุณ

1468
4355
you

น้า

2
4356
you (for a woman older than speaker’s mother)

ป้า

4
4357
you (for people older than speaker)

พี่

11
4358
you (for people younger than speaker)

น้อง

5
4359
you (for young people)

หนู

2
4360
you (impolite form)

มึง

12