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
101.	сейча́с	now, presently, soon	adverb
102.	мо́жно	one can	predicate
103.	по́сле	after, afterwards	preposition
104.	сло́во	word	noun
105.	здесь	here	adverb
106.	ду́мать	to think; believe	verb
107.	ме́сто	place; seat	noun
108.	спроси́ть	to ask	verb
109.	че́рез	through, across	preposition
110.	лицо́	face; person	noun
111.	что	what, which, that	pronoun
112.	тогда́	then	adverb
113.	ведь	you see, you know	conj
114.	хоро́ший	good, nice (see #152)	adjective
115.	ка́ждый	each, every	pronoun
116.	но́вый	new; modern	adjective
117.	жить	to live	verb
118.	до́лжный	due, proper	adjective
119.	смотре́ть	to look, watch	verb
120.	почему́	why	adverb
121.	потому́́	that's why	adverb
122.	сторона́	side, party	noun
123.	про́сто	simply	adverb
124.	нога́	foot, leg	noun
125.	сиде́ть	to sit	verb
126.	поня́ть	to understand; realize	verb
127.	име́ть	to have, own	verb
128.	коне́чный	final, last	adjective
129.	де́лать	to do, make	verb
130.	вдруг	suddenly	adverb
131.	над	above, over	preposition
132.	взять	to take	verb
133.	никто́	nobody	pronoun
134.	сде́лать	to do, make, finish	verb
135.	дверь	door	noun
136.	пе́ред	before, in front of	preposition
137.	ну́жный	necessary	adjective
138.	понима́ть	to understand	verb
139.	каза́ться	to seem, appear; masterrussian, dot com	verb
140.	рабо́та	work, job	noun
141.	три	three	cardinal number
142.	ваш	yours	pronoun
143.	уж	really, already	adverb, particle
144.	земля́	earth, land, soil	noun
145.	коне́ц	end, distance	noun
146.	не́сколько	several, some	adverb
147.	час	hour, time	noun
148.	го́лос	voice	noun
149.	го́род	town, city	noun
150.	после́дний	last, the latest, new	adjective

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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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