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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. | она́ | she | pronoun | |
16. | по | on, along, by | preposition | |
17. | но | but | conjunction, noun | |
18. | они́ | 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. | сказа́ть | to say, to speak | verb | |
30. | э́тот | this | pronoun | |
31. | кото́рый | which, who, that | pronoun | |
32. | мочь | be able | verb | |
33. | челове́к | man, person | noun | |
34. | о | of, about, against | preposition | |
35. | оди́н | one, some, alone | cardinal number, pronoun | |
36. | ещё | still, yet | adverb | |
37. | бы | would | particle | |
38. | тако́й | such, so, some | pronoun | |
39. | то́лько | only, merely, but | adverb, conj | |
40. | себя́ | myself, himself, herself | pron, particle | |
41. | своё | one's own, my, our | pronoun, noun | |
42. | како́й | what, which, how | pronoun | |
43. | когда́ | when, while, as | adverb, conj | |
44. | уже́ | 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. | говори́ть | to say, to tell, to speak | verb | |
50. | год | year | noun |
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