The 250 most common Spanish words

250words

71%of everyday speech

2.4%the single commonest word

#	Word	English	Say it	Share	Running total
1	el	the (m)	el	2.364%	2.4%
2	yo	I	yoh	0.547%	2.9%
3	querer	to want	keh-REHR	0.268%	3.2%
4	los	the (m plural)	lohs	1.161%	4.3%
5	la	the (f)	lah	2.977%	7.3%
6	las	the (f plural)	lahs	0.728%	8.0%
7	que	that	keh	4.918%	13.0%
8	decir	to say	deh-SEER	0.943%	13.9%
9	ir	to go	eer	0.818%	14.7%
10	sí	yes	see	0.844%	15.6%
11	poder	to be able to	poh-DEHR	0.637%	16.2%
12	hacer	to do	ah-SEHR	0.681%	16.9%
13	más	more	mahs	0.575%	17.5%
14	tú	you	too	0.286%	17.7%
15	y	and	ee	0.300%	18.0%
16	deber	to must	deh-BEHR	0.099%	18.1%
17	lo	it	loh	1.348%	19.5%
18	así	like that	ah-SEE	0.260%	19.8%
19	él	he	el	0.172%	19.9%
20	ella	she	EH-yah	0.084%	20.0%
21	pues	well	pwehs	0.535%	20.5%
22	ser	to be	sehr	3.022%	23.6%
23	mucho	a lot	MOO-choh	0.572%	24.1%
24	para	for	PAH-rah	0.653%	24.8%
25	nosotros	we	noh-SOH-trohs	0.086%	24.9%
26	pero	but	PEH-roh	0.935%	25.8%
27	estar	to be	ehs-TAHR	1.433%	27.2%
28	bien	good	byehn	0.219%	27.5%
29	usted	you (formal)	oos-TEHD	0.028%	27.5%
30	aquí	here	ah-KEE	0.169%	27.7%
31	como	like	KOH-moh	0.893%	28.6%
32	creer	to believe	kreh-EHR	0.246%	28.8%
33	todo	everything	TOH-doh	0.340%	29.1%
34	ustedes	you all	oos-TEH-dehs	0.019%	29.2%
35	a	to	ah	0.591%	29.8%
36	no	no	noh	2.699%	32.4%
37	saber	to know	sah-BEHR	0.489%	32.9%
38	ya	already	yah	0.591%	33.5%
39	tener	to have	teh-NEHR	0.983%	34.5%
40	por	for	pohr	0.367%	34.9%
41	mi	my	mee	0.203%	35.1%
42	tu	your	too	0.422%	35.5%
43	su	his / her	soo	0.029%	35.5%
44	nuestro	our	NWEHS-troh	0.422%	36.0%
45	su	your (formal)	soo	0.133%	36.1%
46	esta	this (f)	EHS-tah	0.307%	36.4%
47	este	this (m)	EHS-teh	0.237%	36.6%
48	ese	that (m)	EH-seh	0.187%	36.8%
49	esa	that (f)	EH-sah	0.091%	36.9%
50	ellos	they (m)	EH-yohs	0.607%	37.5%
51	qué	what	keh	0.008%	37.5%
52	cuándo	when	KWAHN-doh	0.000%	37.5%
53	porqué	why	pohr-KEH	0.097%	37.6%
54	quién	who	kee-EHN	0.008%	37.6%
55	ellas	they (f)	EH-yahs	0.592%	38.2%
56	del	from the	dehl	0.245%	38.5%
57	cómo	how	KOH-moh	0.022%	38.5%
58	cuál	which	KWAHL	0.022%	38.5%
59	cuánto	how much	KWAHN-toh	0.022%	38.5%
60	dondé	where	DOHN-deh	4.822%	43.4%
61	de	of	deh	0.117%	43.5%
62	uno	one	OO-noh	0.530%	44.0%
63	ver	to see	behr	0.551%	44.6%
64	si	if	see	0.438%	45.0%
65	porque	because	pohr-KEH	0.885%	45.9%
66	una	a (f)	OO-nah	1.139%	47.0%
67	un	a (m)	oon	1.501%	48.5%
68	haber	to have	ah-BEHR	1.443%	50.0%
69	dar	to give	dahr	0.248%	50.2%
70	al	to the / upon	ahl	0.478%	50.7%
71	llamar	to call	yah-MAHR	0.089%	50.8%
72	me	to me	meh	1.006%	51.8%
73	te	to you	teh	0.693%	52.5%
74	se	to him/her	seh	1.351%	53.8%
75	nos	to us	nohs	0.248%	54.1%
76	se	to you (formal)	seh	1.351%	55.4%
77	con	with	kohn	0.992%	56.4%
78	o	or	oh	0.022%	56.4%
79	en	in	ehn	2.261%	58.7%
80	hablar	to speak	ah-BLAHR	0.022%	58.7%
81	gente	people	HEHN-teh	0.155%	58.9%
82	empezar	to start	ehm-peh-ZAHR	0.148%	59.0%
83	año	year	AH-nyoh	0.163%	59.2%
84	última	last (f)	OOL-tee-mah	0.057%	59.2%
85	último	last (m)	OOL-tee-moh	0.057%	59.3%
86	gustar	to please	goos-TAHR	0.104%	59.4%
87	pensar	to think	pehn-SAHR	0.143%	59.6%
88	música	music	MOO-see-kah	0.069%	59.6%
89	vida	life	VEE-dah	0.088%	59.7%
90	siempre	always	see-EHM-preh	0.108%	59.8%
91	venir	to come	veh-NEER	0.081%	59.9%
92	persona	person	pehr-SOH-nah	0.131%	60.0%
93	dos	two	dohs	0.128%	60.2%
94	día	day	DEE-ah	0.147%	60.3%
95	hoy	today	oy	0.073%	60.4%
96	hay	there are	eye	0.000%	60.4%
97	casa	house	KAH-sah	0.082%	60.5%
98	poco	little	POH-koh	0.097%	60.6%
99	vez	time	vehs	0.226%	60.8%
100	momento	moment	moh-MEHN-toh	0.108%	60.9%
101	sentir	to feel	sehn-TEER	0.100%	61.0%
102	ni	neither	nee	0.132%	61.1%
103	claro	clear	KLAH-roh	0.128%	61.2%
104	tiempo	time	tee-EHM-poh	0.113%	61.4%
105	otro	other	OH-troh	0.167%	61.5%
106	llegar	to arrive	yeh-GAHR	0.111%	61.6%
107	dejar	to let / to leave	deh-HAHR	0.257%	61.9%
108	cosa	thing	KOH-sah	0.249%	62.1%
109	pasar	to pass	pah-SAHR	0.126%	62.3%
110	seguir	to follow	seh-GEER	0.153%	62.4%
111	verdad	truth	vehr-DAHD	0.116%	62.5%
112	mirar	to look	mee-RAHR	0.233%	62.8%
113	tanto	so much	TAHN-toh	0.093%	62.9%
114	nunca	never	NOON-kah	0.147%	63.0%
115	salir	to go out	sah-LEER	0.010%	63.0%
116	imposible	impossible	eem-poh-SEE-bleh	0.015%	63.0%
117	hecho	fact	EH-choh	0.063%	63.1%
118	posible	possible	poh-SEE-bleh	0.125%	63.2%
119	solo	only / alone	SOH-loh	0.171%	63.4%
120	primero	first	pree-MEH-roh	0.106%	63.5%
121	ahora	now	ah-OH-rah	0.125%	63.6%
122	mismo	same	MEES-moh	0.275%	63.9%
123	poner	to put	poh-NEHR	0.125%	64.0%
124	algo	something	AHL-goh	0.319%	64.3%
125	ahí	there	ah-EE	0.188%	64.5%
126	entonces	so	ehn-TOHN-sehs	0.125%	64.7%
127	nada	nothing	NAH-dah	0.010%	64.7%
128	tambien	also	tahm-BYEHN	0.195%	64.9%
129	buena	good (f)	BWEH-nah	0.037%	64.9%
130	bueno	good (m)	BWEH-noh	0.027%	64.9%
131	gracias	thanks	GRAH-syahs	0.042%	65.0%
132	mujer	woman	MOO-hehr	0.048%	65.0%
133	hombre	man	OHM-brehr	0.054%	65.1%
134	alguna	some (f)	ahl-GOO-nah	0.061%	65.1%
135	algún	some (m)	ahl-GOON	0.080%	65.2%
136	tal vez	maybe	tahl VEHS	0.112%	65.3%
137	después	after	dehs-PWEHS	0.104%	65.4%
138	llevar	to take/bring	yeh-VAHR	0.100%	65.5%
139	antes	before	AHN-tehs	0.159%	65.7%
140	desde	from/since	DEHS-deh	0.111%	65.8%
141	hasta	until	AH-stah	0.099%	65.9%
142	mundo	world	MOON-doh	0.117%	66.0%
143	quedar	to wait	keh-DAHR	0.065%	66.1%
144	sin	without	seen	0.081%	66.2%
145	entender	to understand	ehn-tehn-DEHR	0.078%	66.2%
146	alguien	someone	ahl-GYEHN	0.107%	66.3%
147	oir	to hear	oh-EER	0.043%	66.4%
148	parte	part	PAHR-teh	0.035%	66.4%
149	trabajar	to work	trah-bah-HAHR	0.091%	66.5%
150	valer	to be worth	vah-LEHR	0.048%	66.6%
151	tema	issue	TEH-mah	0.047%	66.6%
152	vivir	to live	vee-VEER	0.080%	66.7%
153	mal	bad	mahl	0.082%	66.8%
154	tres	three	trehs	0.160%	66.9%
155	menos	less	MEH-nohs	0.060%	67.0%
156	parecer	to seem	pah-reh-SEHR	0.085%	67.1%
157	padre	father	PAH-dreh	0.079%	67.2%
158	madre	mother	MAH-dreh	0.074%	67.2%
159	esperar	to hope/wait	ehs-peh-RAHR	0.056%	67.3%
160	ejemplo	example	eh-HEHM-ploh	0.124%	67.4%
161	conocer	to know / to meet	koh-noh-SEHR	0.132%	67.5%
162	luego	after	LWEH-goh	0.059%	67.6%
163	volver	to return	bohl-VEHR	0.122%	67.7%
164	hora	hour / time	OH-rah	0.036%	67.8%
165	sobre	above	SOH-breh	0.008%	67.8%
166	allá	there	ah-YAH	0.037%	67.8%
167	hija	daughter	EE-hah	0.075%	67.9%
168	hijo	son	EE-hoh	0.076%	68.0%
169	cuenta	account	KWEHN-tah	0.085%	68.0%
170	cada	each	KAH-dah	0.039%	68.1%
171	encontrar	to find	ehn-kohn-TRAHR	0.082%	68.2%
172	nueva	new (f)	NWEH-vah	0.039%	68.2%
173	nuevo	new (m)	NWEH-voh	0.050%	68.3%
174	escuchar	to listen	ehs-koo-CHAHR	0.068%	68.3%
175	realmente	really	reh-ahl-MEHN-teh	0.085%	68.4%
176	entrar	to enter	ehn-TRAHR	0.052%	68.5%
177	lado	side	LAH-doh	0.050%	68.5%
178	tocar	to touch	toh-KAHR	0.046%	68.6%
179	trabajo	work	trah-BAH-hoh	0.035%	68.6%
180	dinero	money	dee-NEH-roh	0.026%	68.6%
181	igual	equal	ee-GWAHL	0.064%	68.7%
182	canción	song	kahn-SEE-ohn	0.071%	68.7%
183	buscar	to look for	boos-KAHR	0.004%	68.8%
184	tipo	type	TEE-poh	0.070%	68.8%
185	acá	here	ah-KAH	0.043%	68.9%
186	grande	big	GRAHN-deh	0.073%	68.9%
187	tomar	to take / to drink	toh-MAHR	0.041%	69.0%
188	lugar	place	loo-GAHR	0.036%	69.0%
189	cambiar	to change	kahm-BYAH	0.047%	69.1%
190	obviamente	obviously	ohb-VYAH-mehn-teh	0.007%	69.1%
191	necesitar	to need	neh-seh-see-TAHR	0.029%	69.1%
192	falso	false.	FAHL-soh	0.077%	69.2%
193	cierto	true.	SYEHR-toh	0.092%	69.3%
194	entre	between	EHN-treh	0.063%	69.3%
195	manera	manner	mah-NEH-rah	0.063%	69.4%
196	nadie	nobody	NAH-dyeh	0.015%	69.4%
197	medio	half / middle	MEH-dyoh	0.062%	69.5%
198	amor	love	ah-MOHR	0.016%	69.5%
199	final	end / final	fee-NAHL	0.066%	69.6%
200	relación	relationship	reh-lah-SYOHN	0.010%	69.6%
201	punto	point	POON-toh	0.019%	69.6%
202	hermana	sister	ehr-MAH-nah	0.056%	69.6%
203	hermano	brother	ehr-MAH-noh	0.011%	69.6%
204	contar	to tell	kohn-TAHR	0.033%	69.7%
205	mentira	lie	mehn-TEE-rah	0.063%	69.7%
206	ayudar	to help	ah-yoo-DAHR	0.058%	69.8%
207	sacar	to take out	sah-KAHR	0.010%	69.8%
208	amigo	friend (m)	ah-MEE-goh	0.028%	69.8%
209	amiga	friend (f)	ah-MEE-gah	0.026%	69.9%
210	normal	normal	nohr-MAHL	0.046%	69.9%
211	veces	times	VEH-sehs	0.082%	70.0%
212	número	number	NOO-meh-roh	0.001%	70.0%
213	existir	to exist	ehg-sees-TEER	0.021%	70.0%
214	importante	important	eem-pohr-TAHN-teh	0.077%	70.1%
215	acabar	to end	ah-kah-BAHR	0.008%	70.1%
216	vieja	old (f)	VYEH-hah	0.029%	70.1%
217	viejo	old (m)	VYEH-hoh	0.032%	70.2%
218	mano	hand	MAH-noh	0.018%	70.2%
219	rico	rich	REE-koh	0.047%	70.2%
220	favor	favor	fah-VOHR	0.071%	70.3%
221	foto	photo	FOH-toh	0.049%	70.3%
222	chica	girl	CHEE-kah	0.028%	70.4%
223	chico	boy	CHEE-koh	0.033%	70.4%
224	historia	story	ees-TOH-ryah	0.068%	70.5%
225	todavía	still	toh-dah-VEE-ah	0.012%	70.5%
226	pedir	to ask	peh-DEER	0.038%	70.5%
227	mes	month	mehs	0.042%	70.6%
228	problema	problem	proh-BLEH-mah	0.025%	70.6%
229	encantar	to like	ehn-kahn-TAHR	0.038%	70.6%
230	ciudad	city	syoo-DAHD	0.038%	70.7%
231	ganar	to win	gah-NAHR	0.036%	70.7%
232	acordar	to agree	ah-kor-DAHR	0.061%	70.8%
233	difícil	difficult	dee-FEE-seel	0.001%	70.8%
234	única	only (f)	OO-nee-kah	0.006%	70.8%
235	único	only (m)	OO-nee-koh	0.031%	70.8%
236	tratar	to try	trah-TAHR	0.045%	70.8%
237	amistad	friendship	ah-mees-TAHD	0.056%	70.9%
238	mala	bad (f)	MAH-lah	0.025%	70.9%
239	malo	bad (m)	MAH-loh	0.077%	71.0%
240	noche	night	NOH-cheh	0.026%	71.0%
241	país	country	pah-EES	0.089%	71.1%
242	comer	to eat	koh-MEHR	0.034%	71.2%
243	casi	almost	KAH-see	0.013%	71.2%
244	pagar	to pay	pah-GAHR	0.049%	71.2%
245	preguntar	to ask	preh-goon-TAHR	0.076%	71.3%
246	diferente	different	dee-feh-REHN-teh	0.036%	71.3%
247	niña	girl	NEE-nyah	0.005%	71.3%
248	niño	boy	NEE-nyoh	0.051%	71.4%
249	puerta	door	PWEHR-tah	0.095%	71.5%
250	familia	family	fah-MEE-lyah	0.006%	71.5%

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