1000 Most Common Italian Words

The 1,000 most common Italian words, ranked by frequency: the workhorse vocabulary every learner needs. 994 here, with swear words held back for their own chapter.

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994 words
# Freq Word
11eand
22nonnot
33chethat, which, who; what
44diof, from; than
55lathe (feminine singular); her, it (object pronoun); you (formal La)
66ilthe (masculine singular)
77una, an (masculine)
88ato, at; in (a town)
99perfor; in order to; through
1010essereto be
1111inin, into; by (transport)
1212unaa, an (feminine); one (feminine)
1313mime, to me; myself
1414avereto have
1515sihimself, herself, themselves; one, people
1616mabut
1717lothe (masculine singular, before s + consonant, z, gn, ps); him, it
1818la cosa(feminine)thing; what
1919conwith
2020nono
2121lethe (feminine plural); them (feminine), to her; to you (formal Le)
2222tuyou (singular, informal)
2323seif; whether
2424dafrom; by; at (someone's place)
2525ithe (masculine plural)
2626comehow; as, like
2727ioI
2828noiwe, us
2929questothis, this one
3030benewell; all right
3131quihere
3232soloonly; alone
3333miomy, mine
3434tuttoall, everything; whole
3535fareto do, to make
3636sapereto know (a fact); to know how to
3737quandowhen
3838oranow
3939leishe, her; you (formal)
4040glithe (masculine plural, before vowels, s + consonant, z, gn, ps); to him
4141neof it, of them; about it; from there
4242direto say, to tell
4343okOK, all right
4444andareto go
4545perchébecause; why
4646quellothat, that one
4747mainever; ever
4848oor
4949anchealso, too; even
5050graziethank you, thanks