Most common Thai words
Frequency-ranked Thai words from the current ThaiFlip corpus.
beauty
inconvenience
speaker; the person who speaks
minister; counselor; adviser
bean; legume
complicated; troublesome
cigarette
pleasant; refreshing; delightful
plastic (material)
[to] fill; pack; put into
power; mastery; control
time
[to] drop/drip (small amount)
[to] eliminate; get rid of
now; at this time
bass (low pitch; bass voice)
sweat; perspiration
roof
in order to; so as to (purpose before a verb)
Rangsit
[to] go away; leave
unusable; doesn't work
[to] be unfaithful; cheat (romantic)
movable property
fan (electric)
[to] expire; lapse
[to] trade; do business; buy and sell
sugarcane
[to] drink water
dawn; daybreak; first light
necessity; need
war; warfare; battle (formal/literary; used mainly in compounds)
[to] result in; cause; lead to
swollen; puffy
real; true; genuine; actual
[to] sleep; be asleep
tilted; slanted; inclined
[to] hide; stash; keep out of sight
the problem is...
temperature
[to] trip; stumble
attempt; try
corn; maize (dialect)
[to] decorate; adorn
ale
gold (metal)
alcoholic beverages (formal/legal)
reward or compensation
real life; the real world
[to] know how to bake
group; category; set
Tuesday
[to] graft (horticulture)
goalkeeper; goalie
[to] surpass [sb/sth]; be superior to [sb/sth]; exceed [sth]
mattress; sleeping pad
Italy (country)
on the contrary; conversely
expensive; high-priced
wall (of a room/building)
[to] follow and watch; [to] keep an eye on
[to] start; [to] begin (informal)
in conclusion; to sum up
light blue; sky blue (color)
compared to [sth]; in comparison with [sth]
chair
the general public; ordinary people
title
[to] refund; [to] return money
herd; flock; swarm (group of animals or similar things)
file a complaint; lodge a complaint
place; somewhere (literary)
March
What happened?; What's going on?
comment (online remark); reply
first; initial; primary
July (7th month)
auction; bidding
amusing; a bit funny
periodically; intermittently
Korat; Nakhon Ratchasima
expert; highly skilled
from ... onward (inclusive)
[to] like; be fond of
[to] be in place; settle into position
butter (dairy product)
moss (plant)
lion; mythical lion
formless; immaterial; incorporeal
key (keyboard/piano key)
liver (organ)
increase (process)
academic; scholarly
big; large-bodied
[to] kiss
[to] finish work; get off work
world-class; global (standard)
[to] trust (in); have confidence (in)
as long as; so long as
even more; to a greater degree; increasingly