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1000 Most Common Russian Words
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 | Audio | 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 | сonj, adverb | |
| 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 |
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Note: The frequency list is adapted from the frequency dictionary for Russian by Serge Sharoff.
Audio recordings: Copyright© 2006 Streit Goulnara, Streit Eric, Vion Nicolas. Copyright© 2007 S. Sakhno, N. Vion. Distributed under CC-BY.
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