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
201.	посмотреть	to take a look, watch, inspect	verb
202.	правда	truth	noun
203.	главный	main, chief	adjective
204.	страна	country	noun
205.	свет	light;world	noun
206.	ждать	to wait	verb
207.	мать	mother	noun
208.	будто	as if, as though	conjunction
209.	никогда	never	adverb
210.	товарищ	comrade, friend	noun
211.	дорога	road, way, journey	noun
212.	однако	however, though	conj, misc
213.	лежать	to lie, be situated	verb
214.	именно	namely, just	misc
215.	окно	window, windowsill	noun
216.	никакой	no, none	pronoun
217.	найти	to find, discover, consider	verb
218.	писать	to write	verb
219.	комната	a room	noun
220.	Москва	Moscow	noun
221.	часть	part, share, department	noun
222.	вообще	in general, altogether, on the whole	adverb
223.	книга	a book	noun
224.	маленький	small, little	adjective
225.	улица	street; masterrussian, dot com	noun
226.	решить	to decide, solve	verb
227.	далекий	distant, remote	adjective
228.	душа	soul, spirit	noun
229.	чуть	hardly, slightly	adverb
230.	вернуться	to return	verb
231.	утро	morning	noun
232.	некоторый	some	pronoun
233.	считать	to count, consider	verb
234.	сколько	how much, how many	cardinal
235.	помнить	to remember	verb
236.	вечер	evening	noun
237.	пол	floor; sex	noun
238.	таки	after all	particle
239.	получить	to receive, get, obtain	verb
240.	народ	people, nation	noun
241.	плечо	shoulder, upper arm	noun
242.	хоть	even, if you want, though	conjunction
243.	сегодня	today	adverb
244.	бог	god	noun
245.	вместе	together	adverb
246.	взгляд	look, glance; view	noun
247.	ходить	to go, walk	verb
248.	зачем	what for, why	adverb
249.	советский	Soviet	adjective
250.	русский	Russian	adjective
251.	бывать	be, visit, happen	verb
252.	полный	full, complete	adj
253.	прийти	to come, arrive (see #464)	verb
254.	палец	finger, toe	noun
255.	Россия	Russia	noun
256.	любой	any, every	pronoun
257.	история	history, story, event	noun
258.	наконец	at last, finally	adverb
259.	мысль	thought, idea	noun
260.	узнать	to know, learn, recognize	verb
261.	назад	back, backwards	adverb
262.	общий	general, common	adjective
263.	заметить	to notice, observe	verb
264.	словно	as if, like	conjunction
265.	прошлый	past	adjective
266.	уйти	to leave, go away	verb
267.	известный	well-known, famous	adjective
268.	давно	long ago	adverb
269.	слышать	to hear	verb
270.	слушать	to listen, hear	verb
271.	бояться	to be afraid, fear	verb
272.	сын	son	noun
273.	нельзя	it is impossible, can't	predicate
274.	прямо	straight, frankly	adverb
275.	долго	for a long time	adverb
276.	быстро	fast, quickly	adverb
277.	лес	forest	noun
278.	похожий	similar, alike	adjective
279.	пора	time; pore (see #1000)	noun
280.	пять	five	cardinal number
281.	глядеть	to look, gaze	verb
282.	оно	it	pronoun
283.	сесть	to sit	verb
284.	имя	name	noun
285.	ж	and, as for, but (see #27)	misc
286.	разговор	talk, conversation	noun
287.	тело	body	noun
288.	молодой	young (see #679); bridegroom (as a noun)	adjective
289.	стена	wall	noun
290.	красный	red	adjective
291.	читать	to read	verb
292.	право	right	noun
293.	старик	old man	noun
294.	ранний	early	adjective
295.	хотеться	want, like	misc (impersonal)
296.	мама	mummy, mum	noun
297.	оставаться	to remain, stay (see #173)	verb
298.	высокий	tall, high	adjective
299.	путь	way, track, path	noun
300.	поэтому	therefore	adverb

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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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