Most common Thai words
Frequency-ranked Thai words from the current ThaiFlip corpus.
so that; in order that
Thai person; Thai people; Thai national
pitiful; deserving sympathy (predicative use)
[to] come first; arrive earlier; precede
[to] arrive at; get to; reach (a place)
sandalwood (wood/tree)
[to] agree (with [sb]/[sth])
general; common
these days; lately; currently
disease; illness
[to] break; snap
example
one's own
[to] show; display; put on (a show)
mana; magical energy
[to] possess; hold; keep
not in time; too late
[to] overlap; lie on top of
branch (office/location)
[to] drive away; expel
[to] bud; sprout; bloom
younger one; dear (form of address; Isan/Northern)
scene (drama/film/story)
peat swamp; bog; fen
[to] come (and) use [sth]
[to] hear
to add; supplement; enhance
energy; strength
[to] call; name [sb/sth]; refer to as
ring; hoop; loop
[to] arrive (somewhere)
[to] announce; declare
[to] transform; convert; modify; adapt
credit (financial trust)
[to] yawn
how much; to what extent
chakra; discus (emblematic, weapon)
aimlessly; without purpose
group; set; category
wealthy man; tycoon; rich patron
deceptive; misleading
provincial; upcountry (attrib., often before nouns)
framework; structure; skeleton
[to] be flooded; be water-covered; overflow
this year
[to] succeed
ecstatic; thrilled; blissed-out (slang)
measure; standard; rule
tear; tears
[to] spread; extend (undesirable)
prospective; designate; would-be
for a long time (up to now)
therefore; thus; so
bored; fed up
income; earnings
[to] proceed; carry out; continue
[to] take a photo; photograph [sb/sth]
employee; staff member; worker
prefix meaning “super-; chief-; over-; extra-; very”
Lin (given name/nickname)
to produce; manufacture
rank; order; level
website; site
[to] shoot; fire
free from; without
lower; bottom; below
facial appearance; looks
short (length)
oil; petroleum
account (bank; user profile)
English (of England); British (colloq.)
[to] show [sb] [sth]
nest; hive; den (animal)
[to] come off; come loose
point; issue
duckweed; tiny floating water plant
[to] be careful; take care
[to] carry out; conduct; perform; execute
[to] pluck/strum (string instrument)
[to] park (vehicle)
confident; sure
[to] pass; exceed; elapse
branch of knowledge; discipline; science
[to] boil; simmer
lime (fruit) (regional/colloquial)
Village Health Volunteer (abbrev.); VHV
like this; this way (informal)
[to] go along [sth]; [to] follow [sth]
dizzy; woozy
to take the trouble; to go to the effort (colloquial)
tomorrow (poetic/formal)
appropriate; fitting; proper
but still; yet
squad; team; group (slang)
supernormal cognition
love; affection
ten thousand (10,000)
to cover (archaic/literary)
[to] hire; employ
a lot; in large amounts (colloquial, emphatic)