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Most common words in 41 languages

Ranked frequency lists built from real usage. Pick a language, learn the words that actually come up in conversation first, and download any list to review offline.

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41 languages

🇿🇦Afrikaans10,000 words🇦🇱Albanian10,000 words · Shqip🇸🇦Arabic10,000 words · العربية🇧🇩Bengali2,350 words · বাংলা🇪🇸Catalan10,000 words · Català🇨🇳Chinese10,000 words · 中文🇨🇿Czech10,000 words · Čeština🇩🇰Danish10,000 words · Dansk🇳🇱Dutch10,000 words · Nederlands🇺🇸English10,000 words🇪🇪Estonian10,000 words · Eesti🇫🇮Finnish10,000 words · Suomi🇫🇷French10,000 words · Français🇩🇪German9,998 words · Deutsch🇬🇷Greek10,000 words · Ελληνικά🇮🇱Hebrew10,000 words · עברית🇮🇳Hindi2,968 words · हिन्दी🇭🇺Hungarian10,000 words · Magyar🇮🇩Indonesian10,000 words · Indonesia🇮🇹Italian10,000 words · Italiano🇯🇵Japanese10,000 words · 日本語🇰🇿Kazakh3,402 words · Қазақ тілі🇰🇷Korean10,000 words · 한국어🇱🇻Latvian10,000 words · Latviešu🇱🇹Lithuanian10,000 words · Lietuvių🇲🇰Macedonian10,000 words · Македонски🇳🇴Norwegian10,000 words · Norsk bokmål🇮🇷Persian (Farsi)10,000 words · فارسی🇵🇱Polish10,000 words · Polski🇵🇹Portuguese10,000 words · Português🇷🇴Romanian10,000 words · Română🇷🇺Russian10,000 words · Русский🇷🇸Serbian10,000 words · Српски🇸🇰Slovak10,000 words · Slovenčina🇸🇮Slovenian10,000 words · Slovenščina🇪🇸Spanish10,000 words · Español🇸🇪Swedish10,000 words · Svenska🇹🇭Thai10,000 words · ไทย🇹🇷Turkish10,000 words · Türkçe🇺🇦Ukrainian10,000 words · Українська🇻🇳Vietnamese10,000 words · Tiếng Việt

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Start with the top 100

The first hundred words cover a surprising share of everyday speech. Learn those before anything else.

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Download and review offline

Every list can be exported as a plain text file in chunks of 100 to 10,000 words for your flashcard app.

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Use them in conversation

A word only sticks once you say it. Put each batch to work in a real chat the same day you learn it.

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