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Spanish common nouns

50 words with English translations. 50 of them appear in the 5,000 most common Spanish words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

50words
50in the top 5,000
Spanishlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
la casahouse#97 0.082% of speech
el perrodog#396 0.009% of speech
el gatocat#3554 0.006% of speech
el librobook#501 0.016% of speech
la mesatable#487 0.011% of speech
la sillachair#1158 0.004% of speech
el cochecar#903 0.001% of speech
la puertadoor#249 0.095% of speech
la ventanawindow#802 0.035% of speech
el amigofriend#208 0.028% of speech
la escuelaschool#354 0.023% of speech
el profesorteacher#1636 0.001% of speech
el estudiantestudent#2330 0.001% of speech
el trabajowork#179 0.035% of speech
el dineromoney#180 0.026% of speech
la comidafood#343 0.020% of speech
la aguawater#280 0.021% of speech
la ciudadcity#230 0.038% of speech
el paíscountry#241 0.089% of speech
la montañamountain#879 0.005% of speech
la playabeach#689 0.025% of speech
el solsun#597 0.009% of speech
la lunamoon#941 0.001% of speech
la estrellastar#751 0.003% of speech
el árboltree#912 0.004% of speech
la florflower#3669 0.003% of speech
el ríoriver#3831 0.008% of speech
el marsea#497 0.014% of speech
el caminoroad or path#366 0.024% of speech
el tiempotime or weather#104 0.113% of speech
el díaday#94 0.147% of speech
la nochenight#240 0.026% of speech
el niñoboy#248 0.051% of speech
la niñagirl#247 0.005% of speech
la madremother#158 0.074% of speech
el padrefather#157 0.079% of speech
el hermanobrother#203 0.011% of speech
la hermanasister#202 0.056% of speech
la familiafamily#250 0.006% of speech
la bebidadrink#1605 0.004% of speech
la músicamusic#88 0.069% of speech
la películamovie#437 0.008% of speech
la historiastory or history#224 0.068% of speech
la callestreet#326 0.004% of speech
el jardíngarden#1782 0.001% of speech
la tiendastore#548 0.012% of speech
el supermercadosupermarket#2045 0.004% of speech
el hospitalhospital#4007 0.018% of speech
el parquepark#861 0.004% of speech
la bibliotecalibrary#4703 0.001% of speech

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