1000 Most Common Latin Words

The 1,000 most common Latin words, ranked by frequency: the workhorse vocabulary every learner needs.

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# Freq Word
11etand
22inin; into; on
33adto; towards
44dedown from; about
55sumto be
66nonnot
77utso that; as
88quiwho; which
99cumwith; when
1010sedbut
1111exout of; from
1212perthrough; by
1313autemhowever; moreover
1414siif
1515necand not; nor
1616suihimself; herself; itself (reflexive)
1717quamthan; how
1818velor
1919abfrom; by
2020verotruly; but in fact
2121hicthis; this one
2222enimfor; indeed
2323atqueand; and also
2424etiamalso; even
2525egoI
2626autor
2727iamalready; now, by now
2828tamennevertheless
2929quidemindeed; certainly
3030sicthus; so
3131tuyou (singular)
3232profor; on behalf of
3333nelest; not
3434ishe; she; it; that one
3535tumthen; at that time
3636itathus; in this way
3737ipsehimself; the very
3838ubiwhere; when
3939quiswho?; what?
4040interbetween; among
4141nuncnow
4242namfor; because
4343quiabecause
4444postafter; behind
4545noswe; us
4646illethat; that one
4747dicoto say; to speak
4848res(feminine)thing; matter; affair
4949nisiunless; if not
5050omnisall; every