39words
25in the top 5,000
Spanishlanguage
| Word | English | How common |
|---|---|---|
| y | and | #15 0.300% of speech |
| o | or | #78 0.022% of speech |
| pero | but | #26 0.935% of speech |
| sino | but rather | #287 0.028% of speech |
| aunque | although | #278 0.035% of speech |
| porque | because | #53 0.097% of speech |
| pues | then | #21 0.535% of speech |
| ya que | since | #2536 0.015% of speech |
| debido a que | because | outside the top 5,000 |
| mientras | while | #308 0.035% of speech |
| si | if | #10 0.844% of speech |
| ni | niether | #102 0.132% of speech |
| así que | so | #2538 0.015% of speech |
| de modo que | so that | outside the top 5,000 |
| de manera que | so that | outside the top 5,000 |
| entonces | then | #126 0.125% of speech |
| por lo tanto | therefore | #2527 0.016% of speech |
| por consiguiente | therefore | outside the top 5,000 |
| sin embargo | nevertheless | #2519 0.016% of speech |
| no obstante | notwithstanding | #2516 0.017% of speech |
| incluso | even | #535 0.004% of speech |
| tampoco | neigher | #271 0.036% of speech |
| tal vez | maybe | #136 0.112% of speech |
| quizá | maybe | #733 0.023% of speech |
| como | like | #31 0.893% of speech |
| a pesar de que | even though | outside the top 5,000 |
| para que | so that | outside the top 5,000 |
| a fin de que | in order to | outside the top 5,000 |
| antes de que | before | outside the top 5,000 |
| después de que | after | outside the top 5,000 |
| hasta que | until | outside the top 5,000 |
| a menos que | unless | #2763 0.005% of speech |
| salvo que | unless | outside the top 5,000 |
| aunque | even though | #278 0.035% of speech |
| o sea | that is to say | outside the top 5,000 |
| es decir | that is to say | outside the top 5,000 |
| además | besides | #295 0.029% of speech |
| encima | on top of that | #517 0.008% of speech |
| sobre todo | over all | outside the top 5,000 |
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