Most common Thai words
Frequency-ranked Thai words from the current ThaiFlip corpus.
cisgender
wicked; evil-hearted
intensive care unit; ICU (formal)
glucose; dextrose; grape sugar
distinguished guest(s); ladies and gentlemen (formal)
oral medicine; oral medication
toothpick
extravagance; excessive luxury
wheelchair
syphilis (traditional, colloquial)
job loss; unemployment
cougar; puma; mountain lion
mountain lion; cougar; puma
[to] ease off; desist; withdraw
lychee; lychee tree (Northern Thai)
sniper
easily drunk; having low alcohol tolerance
muffler; exhaust silencer
unkind; ungenerous; lacking consideration
mistrust; ill feeling
friction; strained relations
[to] stall; evade; equivocate
nobody; insignificant person (informal) (derogatory)
[to] pull strings; use personal connections (informal)
[to] be captivated by [sb/sth]; be charmed
hind leg; rear leg
[to] suspend operations; be closed
virgin; sexually inexperienced
giving an opinion; reaching a conclusion
krasue ghost (Isan)
Marian plum; plum mango (Isan)
Marian plum; plum mango (Northern Thai)
at just the right time; as luck would have it
amniotic fluid
pitch of a sound
[to] give off a smell; emit an odor
rarely; once in a long while
picture frame
plai ginger (Northern Thai)
physically or mentally sound
cassava (Southern Thai)
dispersal; going separate ways
smooth and gentle on the throat
crash helmet (informal)
recovery; salvage
electrical charging
red shared taxi (Chiang Mai)
demotion
inauspicious time
motor vehicle insurance
[to] be complacent; be unworried
takeoff
evening dress; evening gown
the king's name (royal)
[to] gulp down; down a drink (informal)
telephone number portability (telecommunications)
toil; strenuous work
all present; fully supplied
high five
individuality; distinctiveness
Year of the Pig
sang tree
[to] be grateful to [sb]
chamuang tree (regional)
[to] mean well; wish [sb] well
stained glass
out of reach; unattainable
door leaf; door panel (royal)
task force; special-purpose unit
[to] enlarge proportionally; scale up
royal intention; royal purpose
royal wish; royal desire
loss of appetite
[to] move a board-game piece
[to] have labor pains (formal)
herbaceous plant
cumin
caraway
caraway seeds
selfishness
[to] fester; fill with pus
silver articles; silver jewelry
white (literary)
annoying quality; irritating nature
outdated; outmoded; out of fashion
text box; text frame
vine; climbing or trailing plant
vegetable accompaniments (Southern Thai)
variance (statistics)
sad; gloomy; downcast
stark naked
collective chanting or recitation (formal)
academic course
familiar or long-established person or business
permanence; lasting quality
deformity; distortion of shape
wheat flour
Thai long-drum dance
spiny lobster
you (honorific); Your Honour