1000 Most Common Esperanto Words
The 1,000 most common Esperanto words, ranked by frequency. Covers around 80% of spoken Esperanto per Nation (2006); the workhorse vocabulary every learner needs.
Source: Nation (2006) on top-1k coverage of spoken English.
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1000 words
| # | Freq | Word |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | lathe |
| 2 | 2 | kajand |
| 3 | 3 | miI |
| 4 | 4 | deof; from |
| 5 | 5 | estito be |
| 6 | 6 | lihe |
| 7 | 7 | alto |
| 8 | 8 | enin |
| 9 | 9 | nenot; no |
| 10 | 10 | viyou |
| 11 | 11 | kethat (conjunction) |
| 12 | 12 | kiuwho; which |
| 13 | 13 | porfor |
| 14 | 14 | tiuthat one |
| 15 | 15 | sedbut |
| 16 | 16 | ĝiit |
| 17 | 17 | miamy |
| 18 | 18 | ilithey |
| 19 | 19 | kunwith |
| 20 | 20 | niwe |
| 21 | 21 | ŝishe |
| 22 | 22 | tiothat (thing) |
| 23 | 23 | siaone's own |
| 24 | 24 | povito be able; can |
| 25 | 25 | dirito say |
| 26 | 26 | kielhow; as |
| 27 | 27 | suron |
| 28 | 28 | priabout; concerning |
| 29 | 29 | ĉithis (proximity marker) |
| 30 | 30 | perby means of |
| 31 | 31 | elout of |
| 32 | 32 | unuone |
| 33 | 33 | plimore |
| 34 | 34 | liahis |
| 35 | 35 | ĉiuevery; each |
| 36 | 36 | ĉuwhether (yes/no question marker) |
| 37 | 37 | onione; people (impersonal) |
| 38 | 38 | kiamwhen |
| 39 | 39 | nunnow |
| 40 | 40 | sioneself (reflexive) |
| 41 | 41 | nuronly |
| 42 | 42 | tutawhole; entire |
| 43 | 43 | postafter; behind |
| 44 | 44 | viayour |
| 45 | 45 | tielso; thus |
| 46 | 46 | kiowhat |
| 47 | 47 | seif |
| 48 | 48 | havito have |
| 49 | 49 | farito do; to make |
| 50 | 50 | daof (after a quantity) |