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 Learn
81
coming

มา

99
82
to look; to watch

ดู

98
83
day

วัน

98
84
direction; way

ทาง

98
85
to exit; to depart

ออก

97
86
but

แต่

97
87
my

ผม

96
88
to be equal to

คือ

95
89
to play

เล่น

95
90
how many?

กี่

93
91
to make

ทำ

93
92
to see

เห็น

92
93
my; mine

ของฉัน

89
94
month

เดือน

89
95
to use

ใช้

88
96
there is; there are

มี

88
97
don’t

อย่า

87
98
who?

ใคร

86
99
to help

ช่วย

86
100
room

ห้อง

86
101
when

เมื่อ

85
102
to find

หา

85
103
why?

ทำไม

84
104
polite particle for use in question or ending sentence by female speaker

คะ

84
105
something; anything

อะไร

83
106
to sit

นั่ง

82
107
to drink

ดื่ม

82
108
when

เมื่อไหร่

82
109
too; also

ด้วย

81
110
a bit; somewhat

หน่อย

80
111
how much? how many?

เท่าไหร่

80
112
another; additional

อีก

80
113
five

ห้า

80
114
that is; namely

คือ

80
115
him; his; her

เขา

79
116
really; completely

เลย

79
117
that

นั่น

78
118
to eat

ทาน

78
119
polite particle for female speakers

ค่ะ

78
120
child

ลูก

76