1000 Most Common Spanish Words
The 1,000 most common Spanish words, ranked by frequency. Covers around 80% of spoken Spanish per Nation (2006); the workhorse vocabulary every learner needs.
Source: Nation (2006) on top-1k coverage of spoken English.
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995 words
| # | Freq | Word |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | deof, from |
| 2 | 2 | quethat, which, what |
| 3 | 3 | serto be (identity, essential qualities) |
| 4 | 4 | nono, not |
| 5 | 5 | ato, at |
| 6 | 6 | lathe (feminine singular) |
| 7 | 7 | elthe (masculine singular) |
| 8 | 8 | estarto be (state, location) |
| 9 | 9 | yand |
| 10 | 10 | enin, on, at |
| 11 | 11 | loit, him; the (neuter) |
| 12 | 12 | una, an (masculine) |
| 13 | 13 | haberto have (auxiliary); there is / there are |
| 14 | 14 | tenerto have, to possess |
| 15 | 15 | porfor, by, through |
| 16 | 16 | hacerto do, to make |
| 17 | 17 | meme, myself |
| 18 | 18 | irto go |
| 19 | 19 | unaa, an (feminine) |
| 20 | 20 | poderto be able to, can |
| 21 | 21 | losthe (masculine plural) |
| 22 | 22 | sehimself, herself, themselves; oneself |
| 23 | 23 | teyou, yourself (informal) |
| 24 | 24 | decirto say, to tell |
| 25 | 25 | conwith |
| 26 | 26 | parafor, in order to |
| 27 | 27 | mimy |
| 28 | 28 | suhis, her, its, your (formal), their |
| 29 | 29 | quererto want, to love |
| 30 | 30 | todoall, everything, whole |
| 31 | 31 | perobut, however |
| 32 | 32 | síyes; if |
| 33 | 33 | bienwell, good, fine |
| 34 | 34 | esothat (general/neuter) |
| 35 | 35 | lasthe (feminine plural) |
| 36 | 36 | verto see, to watch, to look at |
| 37 | 37 | yoI |
| 38 | 38 | tuyour (informal singular) |
| 39 | 39 | buenogood, fine, okay |
| 40 | 40 | saberto know (facts), to taste |
| 41 | 41 | delof the, from the |
| 42 | 42 | comolike, as, how |
| 43 | 43 | aquíhere |
| 44 | 44 | alto the |
| 45 | 45 | másmore, most |
| 46 | 46 | esethat |
| 47 | 47 | lehim, her, you (indirect object) |
| 48 | 48 | creerto believe, to think |
| 49 | 49 | estothis (general/neuter) |
| 50 | 50 | deberto have to, to owe, must |