1000+ Most Common Russian Words

Extended frequency list

If the first thousand of most common Russian words was not enough, we have great news for you! This extended list includes most frequent Russian words beyond the first thousand—all with English translations, rank, and part of speech classification. We plan to add up to 5000 most common words, so stay tuned and send us an email what you think.

Top Russian words: 1001-1100

Rank	Russian word	English translation	Part of speech
1001.	переда́ть	to hand over, deliver; broadcast; reproduce	verb
1002.	лече́ние	treatment	noun
1003.	вы́сший	higher; highest; supreme	adjective
1004.	су́тки	24 hours, day, day and night	noun
1005.	встава́ть	to stand up, get up, rise	verb
1006.	опера́ция	operation	noun
1007.	простра́нство	space, gap	noun
1008.	споко́йный	calm, quiet, placid, serene	adjective
1009.	оде́жда	clothes, clothing, garments	noun
1010.	кусо́к	piece, bit	noun
1011.	те́ма	theme, subject	noun
1012.	живо́тный	animal	adjective
1013.	снима́ть	to take off; to photograph; to rent	verb
1014.	иску́сство	art, skill, craft	noun
1015.	у́мный	clever, smart, intelligent	adjective
1016.	ма́лый	small, little	adjective
1017.	курс	course, year; exchange rate	noun
1018.	звони́ть	to ring, call	verb
1019.	очередно́й	next, subsequent; regular	adjective
1020.	чу́до	miracle, wonder	noun
1021.	ощуще́ние	sensation, feeling	noun
1022.	кра́йний	outermost, extreme, utmost	adjective
1023.	напомина́ть	to remind; resemble, look alike	verb
1024.	приду́мать	to devise, invent, think of	verb
1025.	па́дать	to fall, drop	verb
1026.	зда́ние	building, structure	noun
1027.	све́жий	fresh, latest	adjective
1028.	поговори́ть	to have a talk, talk a little	verb
1029.	начина́ться	to begin, start, set in	verb
1030.	мили́ция	militia, police	noun
1031.	приказа́ть	to order, command	verb
1032.	несмотря́	in spite of, notwithstanding, although	misc
1033.	отту́да	from there	adverb
1034.	засмея́ться	to begin to laugh, burst out laughing	verb
1035.	волна́	a wave	noun
1036.	зада́ча	task, problem, goal	noun
1037.	каса́ться	to touch, concern	verb
1038.	стару́ха	old woman	noun
1039.	во́йско	army, force	noun
1040.	срок	period, gap, term	noun
1041.	у́жас	horror	noun
1042.	у́зкий	narrow, tight	adjective
1043.	материа́л	material	noun
1044.	приня́ться	to begin, start	verb
1045.	норма́льный	normal, sane	adjective
1046.	крик	cry, shout, scream	noun
1047.	зна́ние	knowledge, erudition	noun
1048.	тро́е	three	cardinal number
1049.	четвёртый	fourth	ord
1050.	шум	noise, murmur, uproar	noun
1051.	заста́вить	to compel, force; to block up	verb
1052.	автома́т	automatic machine, slot machine; submachine gun	noun
1053.	ре́зко	sharply, abruptly; bluntly	adverb
1054.	тётя	aunt	noun
1055.	впечатле́ние	impression	noun
1056.	па́уза	pause, interval; rest	noun
1057.	глубина́	depth; profoundness	noun
1058.	до́ллар	dollar	noun
1059.	со́тня	a hundred	noun
1060.	винова́тый	guilty	adjective
1061.	студе́нт	a student, undergraduate	noun
1062.	боево́й	combat, battle, militant	adjective
1063.	очко́	point; spot; hole	noun
1064.	нож	knife, blade	noun
1065.	поднима́ться	to rise, go up, ascend	verb
1066.	мирово́й	world, global; cosmic	adjective
1067.	предме́т	object, subject, topic	noun
1068.	плохо́й	bad	adjective
1069.	майо́р	major	noun
1070.	уда́рить	to strike, hit, punch	verb
1071.	разуме́ться	to be understood	verb
1072.	то́чный	exact, precise, correct	adjective
1073.	вся́кий	any, every	pronoun
1074.	де́ятельность	activity, work	noun
1075.	инжене́р	engineer	noun
1076.	програ́мма	program, programmer	noun
1077.	костю́м	suite, costume	noun
1078.	же́нский	female, woman's; feminine	adjective
1079.	кре́пкий	strong, firm; potent	adjective
1080.	теа́тр	theater	noun
1081.	встреча́ться	to meet, encounter; to see smb	verb
1082.	разли́чный	different, diverse, various	adjective
1083.	хвост	tail; queue	noun
1084.	танк	tank	noun
1085.	социа́льный	social	adjective
1086.	мёртвый	dead, lifeless	adjective
1087.	попыта́ться	to attempt, try	verb
1088.	я́вно	obviously, evidently	adverb
1089.	журна́л	magazine, periodical, log	noun
1090.	конь	horse; knight (chess)	noun
1091.	схвати́ть	to grasp;to catch	verb
1092.	вдоль	along	preposition
1093.	стихи́	poem, verses	noun
1094.	сте́пень	degree; extent; power (math)	noun
1095.	отказа́ться	to refuse, decline; to renounce	verb
1096.	вы́тащить	to take out, pull out, extract	verb
1097.	предлага́ть	to offer; to propose, suggest	verb
1098.	фигу́ра	figure; piece (chess)	noun
1099.	ключ	key; wrench; clue	noun
1100.	чёрт	devil	noun

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

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Top 1000 Russian words
Russian words: 1001-1100

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