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The 100 most common Portuguese words

Ranked by how often they actually appear. Together these 100 words account for about 56% of everything said and written in Portuguese — which is why the order you learn vocabulary in matters more than the number of words you know.

100words
56%of everyday speech
4.8%the single commonest word
#WordEnglishSay itShareRunning total
1deof, fromjee4.790%4.8%
2athe (f.)ah3.848%8.6%
3othe (m.)oo3.812%12.4%
4serto besehr1.115%13.6%
5eandee2.690%16.3%
6doof the (m.)doo2.058%18.3%
7daof the (f.)dah1.607%19.9%
8emin, oneyng1.380%21.3%
9parafor, toPAH-rah1.170%22.5%
10uma, one (m.)oong1.169%23.6%
11nãono, notnowng1.150%24.8%
12quethat, whatkee2.750%27.5%
13irto goeer1.032%28.6%
14umaa, one (f.)OO-mah1.011%29.6%
15comwithkong0.977%30.6%
16noin the (m.)noo0.977%31.5%
17nain the (f.)nah0.911%32.4%
18seifsee0.871%33.3%
19terto havetehr0.781%34.1%
20porby, forpoor0.759%34.9%
21euIeh-oo0.676%35.5%
22estarto be (state)es-TAHR0.640%36.2%
23comohow, asKOH-moo0.603%36.8%
24maismoremice0.525%37.3%
25aoto the (m.)ow0.448%37.8%
26seuyour, his (m.)seh-oo0.422%38.2%
27masbutmahs0.398%38.6%
28suayour, her (f.)SOO-ah0.387%39.0%
29podercan, to be ablepoh-DEHR0.381%39.3%
30fazerto do, to makefah-ZEHR0.374%39.7%
31vocêyouvoh-SEH0.361%40.1%
32mememee0.355%40.4%
33muitovery, muchMOO-ee-too0.325%40.8%
34todoall, everyTOH-doo0.323%41.1%
35ouoroh0.257%41.3%
36eleheEH-lee0.245%41.6%
37anoyearAH-noo0.237%41.8%
38outroother, anotherOH-troo0.233%42.0%
39diadayDEE-ah0.233%42.3%
40peloby the (m.)PEH-loo0.233%42.5%
41saberto knowsah-BEHR0.231%42.7%
42meumy (m.)meh-oo0.229%43.0%
43dizerto sayjee-ZEHR0.219%43.2%
44issothat, itEE-soo0.219%43.4%
45jáalreadyzhah0.209%43.6%
46nosusnoos0.209%43.8%
47tambémalso, tootahm-BENG0.204%44.0%
48mesmosame, evenMEZH-moo0.202%44.2%
49seoneself (reflexive pronoun)see0.871%45.1%
50ato, at (direction)ah3.848%49.0%
51pelaby the (f.)PEH-lah0.194%49.1%
52pessoapersonpeh-SOH-ah0.194%49.3%
53sóonly, justsaw0.190%49.5%
54verto seevehr0.188%49.7%
55elasheEH-lah0.182%49.9%
56darto givedahr0.182%50.1%
57ficarto stay, to becomefee-KAHR0.174%50.3%
58minhamy (f.)MEEN-yah0.171%50.4%
59sobreabout, onSOH-bree0.170%50.6%
60haverto have, there to beah-VEHR0.170%50.8%
61bemwellbeng0.170%50.9%
62essethis, that (m.)EH-see0.165%51.1%
63atéuntil, evenah-TEH0.162%51.3%
64teyou (obj.)tee0.155%51.4%
65tudoeverythingTOO-doo0.155%51.6%
66bomgoodbong0.154%51.7%
67aindastill, yetah-EEN-dah0.151%51.9%
68aquihereah-KEE0.151%52.0%
69estethis (m.)ES-chee0.151%52.2%
70algumsomeahl-GOONG0.148%52.3%
71partirto leave, to departpahr-CHEER0.142%52.5%
72falarto speak, to talkfah-LAHR0.137%52.6%
73quemwhokeng0.135%52.7%
74semwithoutseng0.135%52.9%
75novonewNOH-voo0.134%53.0%
76virto comeveer0.133%53.1%
77doistwodoyss0.132%53.3%
78agoranowah-GOH-rah0.132%53.4%
79entrebetweenEN-tree0.129%53.5%
80primeirofirstpree-MAY-roo0.128%53.7%
81passarto pass, to go bypah-SAHR0.118%53.8%
82tempotimeTEM-poo0.116%53.9%
83acharto think, to findah-SHAHR0.115%54.0%
84assimlike this, soah-SEENG0.115%54.1%
85depoisafter, laterdeh-POYSS0.115%54.3%
86devermust, to owedeh-VEHR0.114%54.4%
87grandebig, largeGRAN-jee0.114%54.5%
88ondewhereONG-jee0.112%54.6%
89mundoworldMOON-doo0.111%54.7%
90brasilBrazilbrah-ZEEL0.110%54.8%
91casarto marrykah-ZAHR0.108%54.9%
92vidalifeVEE-dah0.105%55.0%
93deixarto leave, to letday-SHAHR0.103%55.1%
94essathis, that (f.)EH-sah0.102%55.2%
95elestheyEH-leess0.100%55.3%
96porquebecausepoor-KEH0.100%55.4%
97nadarto swimnah-DAHR0.098%55.5%
98thethe (English loan)thuh0.098%55.6%
99quandowhenKWAN-doo0.200%55.8%
100quererto wantkeh-REHR0.195%56.0%

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