1000 Most Common Russian Words

This page continues the frequency list for 1000 most common Russian words and their English translations.

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Rank	Russian word	English translation	Part of speech
901.	американский	American	adjective
902.	дым	smoke	noun
903.	гореть	to burn	verb
904.	плакать	to cry	verb
905.	весьма	very, highly, greatly	adverb
906.	факт	fact	noun
907.	двигаться	to move	verb
908.	рыба	fish	noun
909.	добавить	to add	verb
910.	удивиться	to wonder, be surprised	verb
911.	бабушка	grandmother(See #773)	noun
912.	вино	wine	noun
913.	ибо	for	conjunction
914.	учитель	teacher, instructor	noun
915.	действовать	to act	verb
916.	осторожно	carefully, cautiously	adverb
917.	круг	circle; masterrussian, dot com	noun
918.	папа	dad, daddy(See #165)	noun
919.	правильно	correctly, properly	adverb
920.	недавно	recently, lately	adverb
921.	держаться	to hold on, behave	verb
922.	причём	moreover, and what's more	adverb
923.	лететь	to fly	verb
924.	носить	to wear	verb
925.	повод	occasion, reason; bridle	noun
926.	лагерь	camp	noun
927.	птица	bird	noun
928.	корабль	ship	noun
929.	мнение	opinion	noun
930.	ночной	night	adjective
931.	здоровый	healthy	adjective
932.	зима	winter	noun
933.	сухой	dry	adjective
934.	километр	kilometre, kilometer	noun
935.	кровать	bed	noun
936.	привыкнуть	to get used to, to grow accustomed to	verb
937.	прочее	et cetera, other	pronoun
938.	свободный	free	adjective
939.	лестница	staircase	noun
940.	неужели	really, surely	particle
941.	обязательно	without fail, be sure	adverb
942.	вверх	up, upwards	adverb
943.	детство	childhood	noun
944.	остров	island	noun
945.	статья	article	noun
946.	позвонить	to call, to telephone	verb
947.	столь	so	adverb
948.	мешать	to interfere, prevent; mix	verb
949.	водка	vodka	noun
950.	темнота	darkness	noun
951.	возникнуть	to arise, spring up(See #892)	verb
952.	способный	capable (of)	adjective
953.	станция	station	noun
954.	желать	to wish	verb
955.	попробовать	to try, test	verb
956.	получаться	to come out	verb
957.	гражданин	citizen	noun
958.	странно	strangely	adverb
959.	вскоре	soon, shortly	adverb
960.	интересный	interesting	adjective
961.	команда	team; command	noun
962.	заболевание	disease, illness	noun
963.	живот	stomach, belly	noun
964.	ставить	to put, place, set	verb
965.	ради	for the sake of	preposition
966.	тишина	silence, stillness	noun
967.	понятно	clearly, plainly	adverb
968.	фронт	front	noun
969.	щека	cheek	noun
970.	страшно	terribly, awfully	adverb
971.	район	area, region	noun
972.	наверно	probably(See #461)	adverb
973.	проводить	to lead, escort; accompany(See #713)	verb
974.	выражение	expression	noun
975.	слегка	slightly	adverb
976.	мешок	bag, sack	noun
977.	обещать	to promise	verb
978.	дорогой	on the way	adjective
979.	судить	to judge, try	verb
980.	большинство	majority	noun
981.	собраться	to gather, collect(See #479)	verb
982.	управление	operation, control	noun
983.	колоть	to prick	verb
984.	мокрый	wet	adjective
985.	приказ	order	noun
986.	прямой	straight	adjective
987.	закричать	to shout, cry out	verb
988.	кончиться	to end	verb
989.	куст	bush	noun
990.	стрелять	to shoot	verb
991.	художник	painter, artist	noun
992.	знак	sign	noun
993.	завод	factory	noun
994.	кулак	fist	noun
995.	использовать	to use, utilize, make use of	verb
996.	стакан	glass	noun
997.	пахнуть	to smell	verb
998.	отсюда	from here	adverb
999.	рот	mouth	noun
1000.	пора	it's time;at times, now and then(See #279)	misc

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

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