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
41
must; have to

ต้อง

207
42
car; vehicle

รถ

201
43
woman

ผู้หญิง

177
44
to speak

พูด

175
45
to require; to want

ต้องการ

171
46
that; those

นั้น

162
47
to work

ทำงาน

159
48
also; well...

ก็

158
49
three

สาม

157
50
where

ที่ไหน

156
51
from

จาก

151
52
good; well

ดี

151
53
to eat

กิน

149
54
word added to the end of a verb in the event that there are two or more people

กัน

147
55
year

ปี

146
56
to buy

ซื้อ

146
57
word added to the end of a sentence to soften it

นะ

144
58
language

ภาษา

141
59
to think

คิด

135
60
me

ผม

131
61
classifier for animals, digits, bodies, clothes and items of furniture

ตัว

130
62
your

ของคุณ

123
63
to ask for; may

ขอ

123
64
food

อาหาร

123
65
this

นี่

120
66
water; liquid

น้ำ

118
67
man; boy

ผู้ชาย

118
68
Thai

ไทย

118
69
yet

ยัง

117
70
before

ก่อน

114
71
for; towards

ให้

114
72
today

วันนี้

113
73
time

เวลา

113
74
friend

เพื่อน

112
75
to study

เรียน

109
76
they; them

พวกเขา

106
77
to know

รู้

105
78
book

หนังสือ

105
79
indicates a question, when the expected answer is known

หรือ

105
80
placed before a verb or noun to create a noun indicating a general activity

การ

101