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The most common Arabic words.

2,157 words, ranked by how often they turn up in Arabic film and TV subtitles. Start at the top and you're learning the words people actually say. Every one has its own page: the vocalized spelling, the Arabizi, the meaning, audio, and the keys that type it.

2,157words1,895in the top 2,000848nouns662verbs372adjectives
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The first hundred.

The words that carry most conversations. Function words first, then the verbs and nouns you can’t get far without.

100 words
RankArabicArabiziMeaningTypeListen
#1أَنَّannathatParticle
#2مِنminof, from, than, toPreposition
#3لاladoes not, not, do not, neither, noWord
#4هٰذاhadhathisMasculine
#5فيfion, about, of, into, at, in, duringPreposition
#6عَلى3alaon, about, on top ofWord
#7كانَkanato be, wasVerb
#8ماmawhatAdverb
#9ذٰلِكdhalikthatDeterminer
#10قَدْqadalready, may, perhapsParticle
#11هُناhunahereWord
#12هَلhaldo, doesWord
#13إِلىilatoWord
#16ماذاmadhawhatWord
#19ياyaO, heyParticle
#20حَسَناً7asananokay, fineParticle
#21لَيْسَlaysais not, not to beParticle
#22أَيّayany, whichMasculine
#23شَيْءshay'thing, anything, a thing, SomethingMasculine noun
#24مَعَma3ato, withWord
#25أَرادَaradato wantVerb
#26عَن3anabout, fromWord
#27كُلّkullthe whole, all, every, eachMasculine
#28قالَqalato say, to tellVerb
#29عَرَفَ3arafato know, to be familiar withVerb
#30هُوَّhuis, heMasculine pronoun
#31أَمْكَنَamkanato be possible, canVerb
#34فَعَلَfa3alato doVerb
#35لَدىladaat, with (to have)Particle
#36ذَهَبَdhahabato goVerb
#37عَلِمَ3alimato knowVerb
#38أَمْرamrmatter, order, commandNoun
#39أَجَلajalyes, indeedParticle
#40رَأىra'ato see, to thinkVerb
#41لَمْlamnotParticle
#42لِمَlimawhyParticle
#44قَطُّqattuever, neverParticle
#45سَيِّدsayyidmister, sir, masterNoun
#46عادَ3adato return, to go backVerb
#47أَوaworConjunction
#48نَحْنُna7nuwePronoun
#49قامَqamato stand up, to doVerb
#50أَجابَajabato answer, to replyVerb
#51آخَرakharother, anotherMasculine adjective
#52اِعْتَقَدَi3taqadato believe, to thinkVerb
#53لَنْlanwill notWord
#54وَجَدَwajadato findVerb
#56اِسْتَطاعَistata3ato be able to, canVerb
#57بَداbadato seem, to appearVerb
#58كَيْفkayfhowAdverb
#59وَقْتwaqttimeMasculine
#60أَناanaI (am)Pronoun
#61جَيِّدjayyidgoodMasculine adjective
#62سَوْفَsawfawillParticle
#63إِذاًidhanthen, thereforeParticle
#65أَخْبَرَakhbarato tell, to informVerb
#66حَدَثَ7adathato happen, to take placeVerb
#67بَعْدَba3daafterParticle
#68بَعْضba3dsome, partNoun
#70عِنْدَما3indamawhenParticle
#71شَخْصshakhspersonNoun
#72حَتّى7attauntil, evenParticle
#74جِدّاًjiddanveryAdverb
#75حَصَلَ7asalato get, to happenVerb
#76أَحَبَّa7abbato love, to likeVerb
#77شُكْراًshukranthank youAdverb
#78أَيْنaynwhereAdverb
#79رُبَّماrubbamaperhaps, maybeParticle
#80نَفْسnafssameMasculine noun
#81عَمِلَ3amilato work, to doVerb
#82مَكانmakanplace, a placeWord
#83قَتَلَqatalato killVerb
#84نَظَرَnazarato lookVerb
#85مِثالmithalexampleNoun
#86مَرْحَباًmar7abanhelloAdverb
#87هَيّاhayacome on, let's goParticle
#88لَوْlawifParticle
#89كَثيرkathira lot, a lot ofMasculine adjective
#90أَخَذَakhadhato takeVerb
#91حَقّاً7aqqanreally, trulyParticle
#94أَيْضاًaydanalsoAdverb
#95خَرَجَkharajato go out, to leaveVerb
#96شَعَرَsha3arato feel, to senseVerb
#97جَميعjami3all, wholeAdjective
#98لِأَنَّliannabecauseConjunction
#99ماتَmatato dieVerb
#100سَمِعَsami3ato hearVerb
#102صَحيحsa7i7correctMasculine adjective
#103حَياة7ayaa lifeFeminine noun
#104غَيَّرَghayyarato change, to alterVerb
#105أَمْamorParticle
#106وَضَعَwada3ato put, to placeVerb
#107ساعَدَsa3adato help, to assistVerb
#108حاوَلَ7awalato tryVerb
#109عَمَل3amaljob, work, the work ofMasculine noun
#110ظَنَّzannato think, to supposeVerb
#111تَحَدَّثَta7addathato speak, to talkVerb
#112أَتىatato comeVerb
#113اِنْتَظَرَintazarato waitVerb
#114اِحْتاجَi7tajato needVerb
How the ranking works

Counted, not guessed.

The rank next to each word is its position in a count of Arabic film and TV subtitles: tens of millions of lines of dialogue, which is as close to everyday speech as a written corpus gets. A word ranked #40 shows up in almost every conversation. A word ranked #1,900 you will still meet within a week of reading.

Each subtitle word was matched to a dictionary headword through its inflection table, so كَتَبَ collects its past, present and command forms into one entry. Where one spelling can be two words, the count goes to the reading a learner is far more likely to meet. Treat the numbers as a good ordering rather than a precise measure.

A few words sit past the top 2,000 or carry no rank at all. Those are the site’s own additions: days of the week, the words a beginner course cannot do without, and a handful of everyday terms subtitles rarely need.

Definitions come from Wiktionary and the counts from the OpenSubtitles corpus, both under open licences. The acknowledgements page has the details. For words grouped by theme instead, see all categories.