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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1701 | thông | 1,138 | (1) message; (2) pine tree |
| 1702 | nhạt | 1,137 | light, faded (color), not salty enough, tasteless |
| 1703 | hầu | 1,136 | (1) almost, nearly, virtually; (2) to wait upon, serve; (3) in order to; (4) ... |
| 1704 | thạch | 1,136 | agar, Chinese gelatin (isinglass, Japanese gelatin) isinglass |
| 1705 | thời đại | 1,135 | age, era, time, period |
| 1706 | vào khoảng | 1,135 | about, approximately |
| 1707 | đại biểu | 1,135 | representative, delegate |
| 1708 | nhận thức | 1,134 | to carry out, realize, execute; to know, recognize, conceive |
| 1709 | pháp luật | 1,133 | law |
| 1710 | ngài | 1,131 | gentleman, lord, sir, (term of respect) |
| 1711 | vi | 1,131 | (1) to surround; (2) to act as; (3) small, subtle, delicate, tiny, micro; (4)... |
| 1712 | tây nam | 1,130 | southwest |
| 1713 | chậm | 1,129 | to delay, do something slowly; slow |
| 1714 | thuộc địa | 1,129 | colony |
| 1715 | trao đổi | 1,129 | to exchange, talk, converse |
| 1716 | đầu hàng | 1,129 | to surrender, submit, capitulate |
| 1717 | lòng | 1,128 | heart, spirit, feeling(s), innards, bowels, intestines |
| 1718 | gia | 1,127 | domicile, habitation, abode; to increase, add |
| 1719 | ngay cả | 1,127 | even |
| 1720 | yếu | 1,127 | weak, feeble |
| 1721 | hồi | 1,125 | time (when something happened), when |
| 1722 | phân tử | 1,125 | (math) numerator, molecule |
| 1723 | gấp | 1,124 | (1) to be X times more than; (2) to fold, close; (3) urgent, pressing, in a h... |
| 1724 | sắp xếp | 1,124 | to plan, arrange (in some way) |
| 1725 | cơ chế | 1,123 | mechanism, structure |
| 1726 | giây | 1,122 | (1) second (unit of time); (2) to sift; sieve; (3) stained, spotted |
| 1727 | phim truyền hình | 1,121 | television film or movie |
| 1728 | trình | 1,120 | to report, present, show, produce, say, tell; routine |
| 1729 | hiệu | 1,119 | store, shop; sign, signal, mark, brand, trademark |
| 1730 | tờ | 1,118 | (work)sheet, piece of, sheet of |
| 1731 | tương tác | 1,116 | interaction; to interact, interoperate, interconnect |
| 1732 | nhiễm | 1,114 | to be infected, catch, contract (an illness) |
| 1733 | tối cao | 1,113 | supreme, ultimate, highest |
| 1734 | kỷ lục | 1,111 | record (as in a world record) |
| 1735 | nâu | 1,111 | brown |
| 1736 | hành khách | 1,109 | passenger |
| 1737 | sạch | 1,109 | (1) clean; (2) completely, entirely, everything |
| 1738 | từ bỏ | 1,109 | to abandon, renounce, forsake, leave, give up, desert, get off of; renunciation |
| 1739 | sự khác biệt | 1,108 | difference |
| 1740 | ủy | 1,107 | (1) to appoint, designate, entrust; (2) to comfort, reassure, console |
| 1741 | nét | 1,106 | stroke, line (of pen), line, feature |
| 1742 | cam | 1,105 | (1) to resign oneself to; (2) orange; (3) sweet, pleasant |
| 1743 | nhà hát | 1,104 | theater, playhouse |
| 1744 | tan | 1,104 | to dissolve, disperse, evaporate, break up, rout, dissipate, melt, thaw, be o... |
| 1745 | diễn xuất | 1,103 | perform, act |
| 1746 | tức là | 1,102 | therefore, that is |
| 1747 | nghi ngờ | 1,101 | to doubt, be suspicious of, suspect |
| 1748 | cao cấp | 1,100 | high ranking, high level |
| 1749 | triển khai | 1,100 | to deploy, open out, unfold |
| 1750 | đội hình | 1,100 | Formation; line-up |
| 1751 | chiến thuật | 1,098 | tactic(s) |
| 1752 | thuê | 1,098 | rent, hire |
| 1753 | tính toán | 1,098 | to calculate, count, figure, weigh the pros and cons |
| 1754 | tim | 1,097 | (1) heart; (2) to look for, search for, pursue |
| 1755 | khuyến khích | 1,096 | to encourage, stimulate |
| 1756 | ngoại trừ | 1,096 | except, apart from |
| 1757 | sữa | 1,096 | milk |
| 1758 | Phật Giáo | 1,094 | Buddhism |
| 1759 | nào đó | 1,093 | some (or other) |
| 1760 | vận động | 1,093 | activity, campaign, movement, maneuver, exercise; to move, campaign, lobby, e... |
| 1761 | tài trợ | 1,091 | to fund, finance, sponsor |
| 1762 | lửa | 1,090 | fire, flame |
| 1763 | ngăn | 1,090 | (1) to prevent, hinder; (2) to separate, divide, part; partition, compartment... |
| 1764 | anh hùng | 1,089 | hero; heroic |
| 1765 | khung | 1,089 | frame |
| 1766 | thanh niên | 1,089 | young person, young people |
| 1767 | huấn luyện viên | 1,086 | training officer, trainer, instructor, drill master |
| 1768 | ngầm | 1,080 | secret, underground, tacit |
| 1769 | phỏng vấn | 1,080 | interview; to interview |
| 1770 | tạm thời | 1,077 | temporary, provisional, interim; in the meantime |
| 1771 | biểu tình | 1,076 | to demonstrate; demonstration |
| 1772 | hàng không | 1,075 | aviation |
| 1773 | internet | 1,075 | hệ thống gồm các mạng máy tính được nối với nhau trên ph�... |
| 1774 | Internet | 1,075 | hệ thống gồm các mạng máy tính được nối với nhau trên ph�... |
| 1775 | Trung Hoa | 1,075 | China, Chinese |
| 1776 | chiêu | 1,074 | to welcome, announce, proclaim |
| 1777 | xuyên | 1,074 | to pierce, cross, go through; through, across |
| 1778 | đa | 1,074 | much, many, multiple, multi- |
| 1779 | thái tử | 1,073 | crown prince |
| 1780 | bố trí | 1,070 | arrangement; to arrange, deploy |
| 1781 | vân | 1,069 | vein |
| 1782 | thiệt mạng | 1,068 | to die (violently), lose one’s life |
| 1783 | du khách | 1,067 | tourist, traveler |
| 1784 | vật chất | 1,067 | matter, material thing; materialistic |
| 1785 | kim | 1,066 | needle, pin; metal, gold, hand (on a watch) |
| 1786 | mấy | 1,066 | how much, how many, what, how?; several, some, a few; and, with |
| 1787 | sửa | 1,066 | to fix, repair, mend, change, modify, alter |
| 1788 | bom | 1,065 | (1) bomb; (2) to extort; (3) apple |
| 1789 | xuất phát | 1,065 | to send forth, start, emit |
| 1790 | cải tiến | 1,063 | to improve |
| 1791 | góp phần | 1,062 | to contribute, take part in, participate in |
| 1792 | không hề | 1,061 | never |
| 1793 | đồi | 1,061 | hill |
| 1794 | hiếm | 1,059 | rare, scarce |
| 1795 | tâm | 1,059 | mind, center, heart |
| 1796 | ghi lại | 1,057 | to record |
| 1797 | phương | 1,057 | (1) direction, distance, (cardinal) point (of the compass); (2) method, way, ... |
| 1798 | tứ | 1,057 | (1) four; (2) idea, though (in literature) |
| 1799 | giáo viên | 1,056 | (primary school) teacher |
| 1800 | thai | 1,055 | (unborn) baby, child; fetus |