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
day วัน 114
82
to exit; to depart ออก 112
83
there is; there are มี 110
84
book หนังสือ 109
85
direction; way ทาง 109
86
him; his; her เขา 108
87
to play เล่น 107
88
who ใคร 106
89
to make ทำ 106
90
me ฉัน 105
91
indicates a question, when the expected answer is known หรือ 105
92
to look; to watch ดู 104
93
to see เห็น 104
94
how many? กี่ 103
95
placed before a verb or noun to create a noun indicating a general activity การ 103
96
but แต่ 101
97
room ห้อง 101
98
people คน 98
99
how much? how many? เท่าไหร่ 98
100
to use ใช้ 98
101
month เดือน 98
102
that is; namely คือ 96
103
my ผม 96
104
to be equal to คือ 95
105
to help ช่วย 94
106
don’t อย่า 94
107
to find; to see หา 93
108
when เมื่อ 92
109
polite particle for use in question or ending sentence by female speaker คะ 92
110
when เมื่อไหร่ 92
111
his ของเขา 91
112
to drink ดื่ม 91
113
to sit นั่ง 87
114
something; anything อะไร 87
115
why? ทำไม 87
116
dog สุนัข 87
117
that นั่น 87
118
is about; relates to เรื่อง 86
119
a bit; somewhat หน่อย 85
120
really; completely เลย 85