100 Most Common Italian Words
The 100 most common Italian words, ranked by frequency. Function words and the handful of verbs and nouns you will use in every conversation.
The words you will meet in almost every Italian sentence, so the first ones worth knowing cold. Drill all of them free, no account needed.
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100 words
| # | Freq | Word |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | eand |
| 2 | 2 | nonnot |
| 3 | 3 | chethat, which, who; what |
| 4 | 4 | diof, from; than |
| 5 | 5 | lathe (feminine singular); her, it (object pronoun); you (formal La) |
| 6 | 6 | ilthe (masculine singular) |
| 7 | 7 | una, an (masculine) |
| 8 | 8 | ato, at; in (a town) |
| 9 | 9 | perfor; in order to; through |
| 10 | 10 | essereto be |
| 11 | 11 | inin, into; by (transport) |
| 12 | 12 | unaa, an (feminine); one (feminine) |
| 13 | 13 | mime, to me; myself |
| 14 | 14 | avereto have |
| 15 | 15 | sihimself, herself, themselves; one, people |
| 16 | 16 | mabut |
| 17 | 17 | lothe (masculine singular, before s + consonant, z, gn, ps); him, it |
| 18 | 18 | la cosa(feminine)thing; what |
| 19 | 19 | conwith |
| 20 | 20 | nono |
| 21 | 21 | lethe (feminine plural); them (feminine), to her; to you (formal Le) |
| 22 | 22 | tuyou (singular, informal) |
| 23 | 23 | seif; whether |
| 24 | 24 | dafrom; by; at (someone's place) |
| 25 | 25 | ithe (masculine plural) |
| 26 | 26 | comehow; as, like |
| 27 | 27 | ioI |
| 28 | 28 | noiwe, us |
| 29 | 29 | questothis, this one |
| 30 | 30 | benewell; all right |
| 31 | 31 | quihere |
| 32 | 32 | soloonly; alone |
| 33 | 33 | miomy, mine |
| 34 | 34 | tuttoall, everything; whole |
| 35 | 35 | fareto do, to make |
| 36 | 36 | sapereto know (a fact); to know how to |
| 37 | 37 | quandowhen |
| 38 | 38 | oranow |
| 39 | 39 | leishe, her; you (formal) |
| 40 | 40 | glithe (masculine plural, before vowels, s + consonant, z, gn, ps); to him |
| 41 | 41 | neof it, of them; about it; from there |
| 42 | 42 | direto say, to tell |
| 43 | 43 | okOK, all right |
| 44 | 44 | andareto go |
| 45 | 45 | perchébecause; why |
| 46 | 46 | quellothat, that one |
| 47 | 47 | mainever; ever |
| 48 | 48 | oor |
| 49 | 49 | anchealso, too; even |
| 50 | 50 | graziethank you, thanks |