Most common Thai words
Frequency-ranked Thai words from the current ThaiFlip corpus.
the old days; former times
wave (water/sea)
[to] plug in; insert (into a slot/socket)
cartoon (animation)
entertainment; show business
uh-huh; mm-hmm (agreement)
national team
[to] sacrifice; dedicate; give up
Spanish/Portuguese title 'San' = Saint (used before names)
after (subordinating conjunction)
daytime; daylight hours
[to] watch over; guard; keep; monitor
criterion; standard; benchmark
Buddhist-/Buddha- (prefixal)
[to] dodge; avoid
shield
[to] go to the rice field
[to] spit; disgorge
sprocket; rear sprocket
fair; just
waterfall; cascade (regional)
elsewhere; somewhere else
departure; leaving; exit
daughter
warfare; strategy; battle
until; up to the time that
concert
its (possessive pronoun)
it's time [to do sth]
department; section
I; me (female speaker; polite/formal)
New Year (holiday/season)
provincial; out-of-town
[to] pressure; coerce
familiar; used (to)
simultaneously; at the same time; together (in unison)
[to] worry about [sb/sth]; be concerned for [sb/sth]
advanced; cutting-edge; outstanding
screen; display (surface/panel)
many things; various things
airplane; aeroplane; plane (fixed-wing aircraft)
private; non-governmental
[particle] I suppose; I guess; so then
degree (angle)
first day; day one
bottle
cheek
Instagram (IG)
basic; introductory; preliminary; provisional
heaven; paradise
order; sequence; rank
gently; softly; quietly; lightly; slightly; mildly
viewpoint; perspective
[to] install; set up
electric motor
[to] look for a job; seek employment
[to] care (about [sb]/[sth]); be concerned (informal, loan from 'care')
net (after deductions)
[to] send [sb/sth] to [somewhere]; [to] dispatch
value; worth (monetary)
album (music, photos)
although; even though
off; switched off
[to] pull; [to] draw (toward oneself/along)
factory; plant
[to] grab; snatch; seize
[to] bend; deflect (physics/technical)
[to] duck under; squeeze through
rough; weather-beaten (skin/surface)
[to] replace [sb/sth]; take the place of; substitute for
first; before anything else
going; the act of going
jealous; envious (of [sb]/[sth])
complete; perfect; whole
[to] grow; increase (literary)
noble lineage; pedigree
how much; to what extent
more than this
[to] coordinate; liaise
to put into; to enter (data into)
[to] save money; put money aside
goods; products (as a suffix)
shadow
next; following
chaotic; messy; troublesome
dull; dim; muted (color/light)
drum
Sunday (day of the week)
sugar
[to] go past; [to] overshoot
[to] resolve/settle
[to] attend an event
action; act; deed
football (the ball)
lazy; not wanting to make effort
[to] bake/roast [sth] with [sth]
[to] taste; sample (food or drink)
one at a time; each; per
[to] enter; go into (a place/area)
[to] twitch; shrug; jerk