Most common words
The 1,000 most common Spanish words
The words you’ll meet most, ranked by how often Spanish speakers use them, in five stages of 200. Learning them in this order gives you the words that come up most in everyday Spanish first.
The five stages
- Stage 1 · words 1–200 Essentials de, que, no, ser, a, y…
- Stage 2 · words 201–400 Everyday la razón, serio, la idea, vivir, así que, cada…
- Stage 3 · words 401–600 Conversation el lunes, el martes, el miércoles, el jueves, el viernes, el sábado…
- Stage 4 · words 601–800 Expressive olvidar, el hambre, completamente, preocupado, permitir, servir…
- Stage 5 · words 801–1,000 Well-rounded gritar, lograr, interesar, girar, descubrir, la sed…
The top 100
The first half of Stage 1: the words you’ll meet most often.
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de preposition
of, from
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2
que conjunction
that, than, which
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3
no adverb
no, not
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4
ser verb
to be
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5
a preposition
to, at
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6
y conjunction
and
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7
en preposition
in, on, at
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8
estar verb
to be
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9
por preposition
for, by, through
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10
qué pronoun
what, which
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11
me pronoun
me, myself
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12
tener verb
to have
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13
ir verb
to go
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14
se pronoun
himself, herself, oneself, themselves
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15
te pronoun
you, yourself
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16
con preposition
with
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para preposition
for, in order to
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18
mi adjective
my
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19
su adjective
his, her, its, your, their
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20
todo adjective
all, every
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21
lo pronoun
him, it
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22
poder verb
to be able to, can
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23
pero conjunction
but
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24
si conjunction
if, whether
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25
hola interjection
hello, hi
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26
gracias interjection
thank you, thanks
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27
por favor interjection
please
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28
saber verb
to know
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29
eso pronoun
that
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30
yo pronoun
I
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31
tu adjective
your
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este adjective
this
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33
querer verb
to want, to love
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34
hacer verb
to do, to make
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35
como adverb
like, as
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aquí adverb
here
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37
bueno adjective
good
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38
más adverb
more, most
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39
ese adjective
that
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40
le pronoun
to him, to her, to you
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esto pronoun
this
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42
ver verb
to see
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43
ya adverb
already, by now
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44
creer verb
to believe, to think
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45
ahora adverb
now
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46
muy adverb
very
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47
decir verb
to say, to tell
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48
así adverb
so, like this, thus
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49
algo pronoun
something, anything
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50
bien adverb
well, fine
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51
la vez f noun
time, occasion · plural las veces
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52
él pronoun
he, him
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cuando adverb
when
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54
tú pronoun
you (informal)
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nos pronoun
us, ourselves
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56
nada pronoun
nothing, anything
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57
cómo adverb
how
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o conjunction
or
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otro adjective
other, another
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60
de nada interjection
you're welcome
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61
por qué adverb
why
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62
perdón interjection
sorry, excuse me
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63
ella pronoun
she, her
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64
lo siento interjection
I'm sorry
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65
la pronoun
her, it
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66
solo adjective
alone, only
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67
la cosa f noun
thing · plural las cosas
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68
porque conjunction
because
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69
sentir verb
to feel, to be sorry
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70
buenos días interjection
good morning, hello
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71
nuestro adjective
our
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72
deber verb
must, to owe
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73
el día m noun
day · plural los días
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74
usted pronoun
you
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75
el hombre m noun
man · plural los hombres
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76
entonces adverb
then, so
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77
la casa f noun
house, home · plural las casas
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78
uno numeral
one
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79
la verdad f noun
truth · plural las verdades
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80
el tiempo m noun
time, weather · plural los tiempos
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81
necesitar verb
to need
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82
tan adverb
so
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83
quién pronoun
who, whom
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84
dos numeral
two
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85
mucho adjective
much, many, a lot of
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86
nunca adverb
never
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87
hablar verb
to speak, to talk
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88
dónde adverb
where
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89
el año m noun
year · plural los años
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90
tener que verb
to have to
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91
el señor m noun
Mr., sir, gentleman · plural los señores
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92
el favor m noun
favor · plural los favores
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93
pasar verb
to pass, to spend, to happen
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94
mí pronoun
me
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95
adiós interjection
goodbye
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96
la noche f noun
night · plural las noches
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97
mismo adjective
same
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98
el dios m noun
god · plural los dioses
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99
la vida f noun
life · plural las vidas
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100
hasta luego interjection
see you later
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