Words ranked by frequency from Vietnamese Wikipedia, grouped into proficiency levels. See also: browse all words by rank.
Words every beginner needs. High-frequency function words and basic vocabulary.
Everyday conversation vocabulary. Common nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
Reading comprehension vocabulary. Needed for news articles and general texts.
Academic and nuanced vocabulary. Specialized topics and formal registers.
Domain-specific and rare words. Technical, literary, and regional terms.
| # | word | frequency | definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 | an toàn | 2,023 | safety, security; safe, secure |
| 1002 | đưa vào | 2,023 | (1) to insert, introduce, enter; (2) to release, put out |
| 1003 | kiểm tra | 2,020 | to control, inspect, examine, check |
| 1004 | tiếp cận | 2,010 | to approach, reach, access; adjacent |
| 1005 | điều hành | 2,009 | to manage, function, handle, run, operate |
| 1006 | trải qua | 2,008 | to experience, undergo, go through, pass through |
| 1007 | kinh | 2,005 | (1) frightened, terrified; (2) capital city; (3) Chinese classics; (4) pass t... |
| 1008 | cấm | 2,004 | to forbid, prohibit, ban; no ~, do not ~ (on signs, etc.) |
| 1009 | điều trị | 2,004 | to treat, cure (patient); treatment |
| 1010 | đẹp | 2,004 | beautiful, attractive, good-looking |
| 1011 | cơ hội | 2,003 | chance, occasion, opportunity; opportunistic |
| 1012 | thu hút | 2,001 | to attract, draw, collect |
| 1013 | trai | 1,998 | (1) [=giai] male; (2) to fast; (3) oyster; (4) study room |
| 1014 | tranh | 1,994 | (1) picture, painting; (2) to compete, contend, dispute |
| 1015 | kiến trúc | 1,993 | knowledge, learning |
| 1016 | phường | 1,993 | block, ward |
| 1017 | tương lai | 1,989 | future |
| 1018 | vượt qua | 1,989 | to overcome |
| 1019 | thống kê | 1,986 | statistics |
| 1020 | kỳ | 1,982 | (1) term, period, session; issue, number (of a periodical); (2) strange, odd,... |
| 1021 | chẳng hạn | 1,981 | for instance, for example, namely |
| 1022 | đôi | 1,980 | pair, couple, two |
| 1023 | sư | 1,974 | (1) division (military); (2) monk, priest |
| 1024 | y tế | 1,973 | health service, public health, medicine, sanitation |
| 1025 | thứ nhất | 1,971 | first |
| 1026 | tại đây | 1,971 | here, in this place |
| 1027 | nghe | 1,970 | to hear, listen, feel, obey |
| 1028 | quân đoàn | 1,968 | army corps |
| 1029 | tiểu thuyết | 1,966 | novel, fiction |
| 1030 | ổn định | 1,960 | fixed, steady, stable, settled; stability |
| 1031 | nhà vua | 1,955 | king |
| 1032 | câu | 1,951 | (1) phrase, expression, sentence; (2) to fish, go fishing |
| 1033 | quy mô | 1,949 | model, pattern, example, standard, scale |
| 1034 | cô ấy | 1,948 | she (said of a young woman) |
| 1035 | bị thương | 1,946 | to be wounded, be injured |
| 1036 | có lẽ | 1,946 | maybe, possibly, perhaps |
| 1037 | ngôi | 1,946 | (1) throne; (2) [CL for for temples, graves] |
| 1038 | khách hàng | 1,945 | customer, consumer, client, patron |
| 1039 | khóa | 1,945 | (1) school year, academic year, term; (2) to lock, fasten; lock |
| 1040 | xương | 1,944 | bone |
| 1041 | hè | 1,943 | (1) summer; (2) pathway, walk, sidewalk |
| 1042 | vậy | 1,939 | so, thus, that |
| 1043 | đặc trưng | 1,933 | specialty, specific trait; specific |
| 1044 | ha | 1,932 | exclamation of joy |
| 1045 | văn học | 1,931 | literature |
| 1046 | nguyên nhân | 1,930 | cause, factor, reason |
| 1047 | sự phát triển | 1,930 | development, expansion, evolution |
| 1048 | đứng đầu | 1,930 | to be the leader, be in charge of, be at the head of; chief, head |
| 1049 | thủ tướng | 1,928 | premier, prime minister |
| 1050 | hiệp hội | 1,922 | association |
| 1051 | tác động | 1,918 | to put into operation, act on, influence, (have an) effect; activity, action,... |
| 1052 | chuyện | 1,916 | story, conversation, situation, issue, matter; to talk, converse, communicate |
| 1053 | nghĩ | 1,915 | to think |
| 1054 | đề nghị | 1,915 | to propose, suggest, offer; proposal, suggestion |
| 1055 | cắt | 1,914 | to cut, reduce, chop |
| 1056 | hành vi | 1,911 | act, action, deed, behavior, gesture; to behave, act |
| 1057 | đạn | 1,911 | ball, cartridge, bullet, marble |
| 1058 | nhận ra | 1,909 | to recognize, find out, identify, realize |
| 1059 | xác nhận | 1,905 | to affirm, confirm, confess (to), determine |
| 1060 | bình thường | 1,903 | normal, ordinary, customary; normally, ordinarily |
| 1061 | bỏ | 1,898 | (1) to leave, quit, abandon (a policy), drop, divorce; (2) to insert, put, in... |
| 1062 | nhiệt đới | 1,898 | tropic (torrid) zone |
| 1063 | chim | 1,897 | bird |
| 1064 | đảm bảo | 1,897 | to ensure, guarantee, vouch for |
| 1065 | bí mật | 1,896 | secret, classified, confidential, unknown; secretly, stealthily |
| 1066 | căn cứ | 1,896 | according to; need, require; basis, base, based; to depend, be based |
| 1067 | phân biệt | 1,895 | to discriminate, discern, distinguish |
| 1068 | thí sinh | 1,893 | applicant, candidate (academic) |
| 1069 | chế tạo | 1,892 | to make, manufacture |
| 1070 | cái chết | 1,891 | death |
| 1071 | điện tử | 1,891 | computer; electronic, electronics; electron |
| 1072 | sân vận động | 1,890 | stadium |
| 1073 | xứ | 1,888 | area, region, country, climate; era, reign, government, administration, district |
| 1074 | màu sắc | 1,885 | color |
| 1075 | lưng | 1,884 | (1) back; (2) capital, funds |
| 1076 | mặc | 1,883 | to leave alone, not care for, ignore; to wear, put on |
| 1077 | tám | 1,881 | eight |
| 1078 | đỉnh | 1,880 | (1) incense burner; (2) peak, top, summit, tip, crown |
| 1079 | cách mạng | 1,879 | revolution; revolutionary |
| 1080 | rơi | 1,879 | to fall, drop, come down, slide down |
| 1081 | bóng | 1,874 | (1) balloon, ball; (2) shadow, shade, light, photograph; (3) shiny |
| 1082 | tài sản | 1,874 | property, asset |
| 1083 | ngân hàng | 1,872 | bank |
| 1084 | đáng | 1,871 | to deserve, to merit; worthy, worth |
| 1085 | bò | 1,870 | (1) cow, bull, ox; (2) to crawl, creep |
| 1086 | mông | 1,868 | butt, hip, buttock, rump |
| 1087 | linh mục | 1,867 | (Catholic) priest |
| 1088 | hành tinh | 1,866 | planet |
| 1089 | giải quyết | 1,861 | to solve, resolve, overcome, settle; solution (to a problem) |
| 1090 | phân loại | 1,860 | to classify, distribute; classification |
| 1091 | bảy | 1,858 | (1) see bẩy; (2) seven |
| 1092 | em | 1,858 | younger brother or sister; you (to child), I (of children) |
| 1093 | hỏa | 1,857 | fire |
| 1094 | phân tích | 1,857 | to analyze; analysis |
| 1095 | bệnh viện | 1,855 | hospital, infirmary, clinic |
| 1096 | bên cạnh | 1,850 | near, next door, alongside, neighboring, adjacent, next to, beside |
| 1097 | yêu | 1,850 | to love, be in love with |
| 1098 | chúa | 1,849 | (1) God; lord, master; (2) very, extremely |
| 1099 | sở | 1,849 | office, place (of work) |
| 1100 | thay vì | 1,848 | instead of, in lieu of |