Most common Thai words
Frequency-ranked Thai words from the current ThaiFlip corpus.
[to] liberate; [to] free
Thai Buddhist temple
transmission line
a surge; a rush; a thrust; a spike
queasy; nauseated
training; coaching (general)
hazardous substance
flare-up; exacerbation; recurrence [of illness]
French (language) [loanword, nonstandard]
[to] fall ill; be taken ill
distributor; distributing agent
aromatic and rich/oily (pleasant)
storyboard
[to] extort; [to] blackmail
unlucky; unfortunate; ill‑fated
academic track; field of study
military division
insurance agent
sullen; grumpy-faced
house boundary wall; compound wall
I'm leaving now; gotta go
Siddhartha
registrant
mummy (preserved body)
inefficient
world stage; global arena
program schedule
earth and sky
universal principle; global norm
elder brother; superior (formal/literary)
telephone exchange; central office
birth rate
experimental results; test results
the euro (currency)
policyholder; person taking out insurance
market segment; market sector
[to] certify [a] result; validate results
Khon Kaen Province (Thailand)
tail of a kite
different; unusual
effectiveness; efficacy
how? (Northern Thai)
local; native; endemic
[to] stir up a trend; [to] generate hype
art gallery
sclera; white of the eye
[to] weave cloth
peephole; door viewer
Office of the Basic Education Commission (abbreviation)
soft; faint (sound/light/touch)
extremely magnificent; highly spectacular
[to] risk danger; expose oneself to harm
lightning; thunderbolt (literary)
the Christian cross (symbol/object)
Khun Gale (polite title + given name)
[to] feel bitter and resentful; [to] hold a grudge
[to] feel affection or attachment for [sb]
freezer (compartment)
[to] respectfully invite (monks; ritual)
[to] broaden one's perspective
randomly; at random
red envelope (cash gift)
quantitative
the Supreme Teacher; the Buddha
[to] devour completely; [to] eat everything
all together; noisily; abuzz
amaranth; Thai spinach
ICONSIAM (Bangkok complex)
broken bone; bone fracture
tire shop; tire service center
boredom; weariness
ringleader; instigator
membership fee; subscription fee
[to] take care of one's body
television; the small screen
[to] select [sb]; [to] cast
wind energy; wind power
outpatient
[to] install an app
melts in the mouth
cherished possession; prized possession
one; single; solitary (literary)
rare item; rarity
[to] reflect an image
scale; weighing machine
blotch; patch; smear (stain/mark)
[to] be ill (formal; of monks)
sparkling; twinkling; glinting
grime; stain; dirt residue
[to] go through a jungle; [to] traverse a thicket
[to] sell secondhand
[to] start a war
won’t; will not (Isan/NE Thai)
shoyu; Japanese soy sauce
dazzlingly bright; glaring
hipster; indie kid
slender and graceful
[to] fight on; never give up
State Audit Office (Thailand)
Qin (Chinese dynasty)