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Spanish school vocabulary

30 words with English translations. 29 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.

30words
29in the top 5,000
Spanishlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
la escuelaschool#354 0.023% of speech
el colegiocollege#589 0.004% of speech
la universidaduniversity#803 0.005% of speech
el estudiantestudent#2330 0.001% of speech
el maestroteacher#1027 0.002% of speech
el profesorteacher#1636 0.001% of speech
la claseclass#507 0.006% of speech
la aulaclassroom#4702 0.001% of speech
la pizarrablackboard#4694 0.001% of speech
el escritoriodesk#3022 0.003% of speech
el lápizpencil#3164 0.002% of speech
el bolígrafopen#4719 0.001% of speech
el cuadernonotebook#3165 0.002% of speech
el librobook#501 0.016% of speech
la mochilabackpack#1879 0.002% of speech
la tareahomework#1358 0.003% of speech
el examentest#1391 0.008% of speech
la lecciónlesson#1262 0.003% of speech
la materiasubject#2076 0.001% of speech
el horarioschedule#1631 0.031% of speech
la bibliotecalibrary#4703 0.001% of speech
el laboratoriolab#2335 0.002% of speech
el recreorecess#4693 0.001% of speech
el gradograde#1517 0.001% of speech
el diplomadiploma#4687 0.001% of speech
la calificaciónqualification#2482 0.001% of speech
la reglarule#2683 0.008% of speech
el borradoreraser#4696 0.001% of speech
el marcadormarkeroutside the top 5,000
la mapamap#1243 0.003% of speech

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