1000 Most Common Russian Words

1 ноября 2016

This page provides the frequency list of 1000 most common Russian words and their English translations. Learning most used words early in your Russian study will have a significant impact on your mastery of the Russian language. According to statistical analysis of contemporary Russian texts, knowing the first thousand of most frequent lemmas will enable you to recognize nearly 65% of the Russian word forms.

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Rank Russian word English translation Part of speech
1. и and, though conjunction
2. в in, at preposition
3. не not particle
4. он he pronoun
5. на on, it, at, to preposition
6. я I pronoun
7. что what, that, why сonjunction, pronoun
8. тот that adjective, pronoun
9. быть to be verb
10. с with, and, from, of preposition
11. а while, and, but conjunction
12. весь all, everything pron, noun
13. это that, this, it pronoun
14. как how, what, as, like adverb, conj
15. она she pronoun
16. по on, along, by preposition
17. но but conjunction, noun
18. они they pronoun
19. к to, for, by preposition
20. у by, with, of preposition
21. ты you, thou pronoun
22. из from, of, in preposition
23. мы we pronoun
24. за behind, over, at, after preposition
25. вы you pronoun
26. так so, thus, then adverb
27. же and, as for, but, same conj, particle
28. от from, of, for preposition
29. сказать to say, to speak verb
30. этот this pronoun
31. который which, who, that pronoun
32. мочь be able verb
33. человек man, person noun
34. о of, about, against preposition
35. один one, some, alone cardinal number, pronoun
36. ещё still, yet adverb
37. бы would particle
38. такой such, so, some pronoun
39. только only, merely, but adverb, conj
40. себя myself, himself, herself pron, particle
41. своё one's own, my, our pronoun, noun
42. какой what, which, how pronoun
43. когда when, while, as adverb, conj
44. уже already, by now adverb
45. для for, to preposition
46. вот here, there, this is, that's particle
47. кто who, that, some pronoun
48. да yes, but conj, particle
49. говорить to say, to tell, to speak verb
50. год year noun