Top 500 Russian Nouns

Increase your Russian vocabulary the smart way by learning 500 most used Russian nouns. This page features a frequency list for Russian nouns along with their English translations and genders. Learning most common nouns early in your Russian study will help you to understand significantly more situations as compared to learning your nouns from random sources. For more information about nouns, please read lessons dedicated to gender, declension, and cases of nouns.

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Rank	Russian noun	English translation	Gender
1.	человек	man, person	masculine
2.	год	year	masculine
3.	время	time	neuter
4.	рука	hand, arm	feminine
5.	дело	business, affair, matter	neuter
6.	раз	time, once, since	masculine
7.	глаз	eye; sight	masculine
8.	жизнь	life	feminine
9.	день	day	masculine
10.	голова	head, mind, brains	feminine
11.	друг	friend	masculine
12.	дом	house, home	masculine
13.	слово	word	neuter
14.	место	place; seat	neuter
15.	лицо	face; person	neuter
16.	сторона	side, party	feminine
17.	нога	foot, leg	feminine
18.	дверь	door	feminine
19.	работа	work, job	feminine
20.	земля	earth, land, soil	feminine
21.	конец	end, distance	masculine
22.	час	hour, time	masculine
23.	голос	voice	masculine
24.	город	town, city	masculine
25.	вода	water	feminine
26.	стол	table, desk; board	masculine
27.	ребёнок	child, kid, infant	masculine
28.	сила	strength, force	feminine
29.	отец	father	masculine
30.	женщина	woman	feminine
31.	машина	car, machine, engine	feminine
32.	случай	case, occasion, incident	masculine
33.	ночь	night	feminine
34.	мир	world, peace	masculine
35.	вид	appearance, look, view	masculine
36.	ряд	row, line	masculine
37.	начало	beginning, origin, source	neuter
38.	вопрос	question, matter, problem	masculine
39.	война	war	feminine
40.	деньги	money	plural, all genders
41.	минута	minute, moment	feminine
42.	жена	wife	feminine
43.	правда	truth	feminine
44.	страна	country	feminine
45.	свет	light; world	masculine
46.	мать	mother	feminine
47.	товарищ	comrade, friend	masculine
48.	дорога	road, way, journey	feminine
49.	окно	window, windowsill	neuter
50.	комната	a room	feminine

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Note: The frequency list is adapted from the frequency dictionary for Russian by Serge Sharoff.

Index of common Russian nouns

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