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 ascending Thai Examples count Learn
1
zoo

สวนสัตว์

5
2
zone; area

จุด

9
3
zone; area

แถบ

1
4
zip; zipper

ซิป

2
5
zero

ศูนย์

3
6
zebra crossing (British); crosswalk (American)

ทางม้าลาย

3
7
zebra

ม้าลาย

5
8
youth; young person

เยาวชน

1
9
your

คุณ

54
10
your

ของคุณ

123
11
youngest

คนเล็ก

2
12
younger sister

น้องสาว

17
13
younger sibling

น้อง

9
14
younger brother

น้องชาย

10
15
younger

เด็กกว่า

4
16
young; small

แอ

1
17
young woman

สาว

10
18
young man

หนุ่ม

2
19
young (describing a woman)

สาว

1
20
young (describing a man)

หนุ่ม

0
21
you (informal, for talking with male friends)

นาย

1
22
you (impolite form)

มึง

12
23
you (for young people)

หนู

2
24
you (for people younger than speaker)

น้อง

5
25
you (for people older than speaker)

พี่

11
26
you (for a woman older than speaker’s mother)

ป้า

4
27
you

คุณ

1452
28
you

น้า

2
29
yogurt

โยเกิร์ต

5
30
yoga

โยคะ

1
31
yo-yo

โยโย่

0
32
yet

ยัง

117
33
yesterday

เมื่อวาน

12
34
yesterday

เมื่อวานนี้

14
35
yes; that’s correct

ใช่

57
36
yes (for male speakers)

ครับ

27
37
yes (for female speakers)

ค่ะ

5
38
yellow

เหลือง

4
39
year

ปี

147
40
yeah

เออ

2