1000 Most Common Russian Words

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

In Spanish: El top 1000 de palabras rusas

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Rank	Russian word	English translation	Part of speech
51.	знать	to know, be aware	verb
52.	мой	my, mine	pronoun
53.	до	to, up to, about, before	preposition
54.	и́ли	or	conjunction
55.	е́сли	if	conjunction
56.	вре́мя	time, season	noun
57.	рука́	hand, arm	noun
58.	нет	no, not, but	negation
59.	са́мый	most, the very, the same	pronoun
60.	ни	not a, not, neither… nor	conj, particle
61.	стать	to become, begin, come	verb
62.	большо́й	big, large, important	adjective
63.	да́же	even	particle
64.	друго́й	other, another, different	pronoun
65.	наш	our, ours	pronoun
66.	свой	my, our, your	pronoun
67.	ну	now, right, well, come on	interj, particle
68.	под	under, for, towards, to	preposition
69.	где	where	adverb
70.	де́ло	business, affair, matter	noun
71.	есть	to eat, to be	verb
72.	сам	myself, yourself	pronoun
73.	раз	time, once, since	noun, adverb
74.	что́бы	that, in order that	conjunction, particle
75.	два	two	cardinal number
76.	там	there, then	adverb
77.	чем	than; instead of	conjunction, particle
78.	глаз	eye; sight	noun
79.	жизнь	life	noun
80.	пе́рвый	first, front, former	adjective, number
81.	день	day	noun
82.	тут	here, now, then	adverb
83.	во	in, at; super, exactly	preposition, particle
84.	ничто́	nothing	pronoun
85.	пото́м	afterwards, then	adverb
86.	о́чень	very	adverb
87.	со	with	preposition
88.	хоте́ть	to want, like	verb
89.	ли	whether, if	conj, particle
90.	при	attached to, in the presence of, by, about; masterrussian, dot com	preposition
91.	голова́	head, mind, brains	noun
92.	на́до	over, above, ought to	prep, verb
93.	без	without	preposition
94.	ви́деть	to see	verb
95.	идти́	to go, come	verb
96.	тепе́рь	now, nowadays	adverb
97.	то́же	also, as well, too	adverb
98.	стоя́ть	to stand, be, stand up	verb
99.	друг	friend	noun
100.	дом	house, home	noun

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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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