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
81
placed before a verb or noun to create a noun indicating a general activity

การ

102
82
day

วัน

102
83
coming

มา

102
84
direction; way

ทาง

101
85
to exit; to depart

ออก

100
86
to look; to watch

ดู

99
87
to play

เล่น

99
88
but

แต่

98
89
there is; there are

มี

97
90
to make

ทำ

97
91
to see

เห็น

97
92
my

ผม

96
93
to be equal to

คือ

95
94
how many?

กี่

94
95
don’t

อย่า

91
96
room

ห้อง

91
97
to use

ใช้

91
98
month

เดือน

91
99
who

ใคร

90
100
polite particle for use in question or ending sentence by female speaker

คะ

89
101
to help

ช่วย

87
102
to find

หา

87
103
that is; namely

คือ

87
104
him; his; her

เขา

86
105
when

เมื่อ

86
106
to sit

นั่ง

85
107
me

ฉัน

85
108
why?

ทำไม

85
109
to drink

ดื่ม

85
110
when

เมื่อไหร่

85
111
how much? how many?

เท่าไหร่

83
112
something; anything

อะไร

83
113
that

นั่น

82
114
a bit; somewhat

หน่อย

82
115
dog

สุนัข

81
116
too; also

ด้วย

81
117
another; additional

อีก

80
118
five

ห้า

80
119
really; completely

เลย

79
120
to eat

ทาน

79