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Research on language understanding shows that learning Polish efficiently depends on learning the most frequent words first, rather than memorizing long vocabulary lists. In our large-scale study measuring how understanding grows with vocabulary size, we analyzed how much real Polish learners can comprehend at each stage of learning.

According to the research, learning the top 100 Polish words gives you about 43% language understanding, the top 500 words around 63%, and the top 1000 words about 71% of real-world Polish. This page focuses on the first step: the Top 100 most frequent Polish words, which form the foundation of everyday comprehension.

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Top 100 Most Frequent Polish Words

Below is a representative list of the Top 100 most frequent Polish words, ordered by real-world usage frequency.

#	Word	#	Word	#	Word	#	Word
1	nie	26	za	51	jej	76	one
2	w	27	po	52	mam	77	ich
3	się	28	musieć	53	jego	78	ją
4	to	29	ja	54	jeśli	79	mama
5	i	30	od	55	nic	80	jeszcze
6	z	31	ty	56	wiem	81	widzieć
7	na	32	go	57	robić	82	masz
8	być	33	powiedzieć	58	taki	83	iść
9	że	34	który	59	rok	84	on
10	do	35	tylko	60	wiedzieć	85	pani
11	co	36	ci	61	wszystko	86	kto
12	jest	37	tu	62	teraz	87	nasz
13	tak	38	już	63	jeden	88	wszyscy
14	o	39	może	64	twój	89	proszę
15	ta	40	zrobić	65	dobrze	90	ludzie
16	jak	41	czy	66	by	91	też
17	mieć	42	coś	67	są	92	dzień
18	a	43	dla	68	tam	93	stać
19	ale	44	cię	69	latać	94	ciebie
20	móc	45	zostać	70	czas	95	mu
21	mnie	46	przez	71	sobie	96	nie móc
22	ten	47	swój	72	więc	97	nas
23	chcieć	48	pan	73	bardzo	98	dom
24	mój	49	mówić	74	gdzie	99	chodzić
25	mi	50	jestem	75	kiedy	100	cały

What to Do Next

The top 100 words establish the core of Polish understanding. The largest gains come as learners move to the top 300 and 500 words, where comprehension grows steadily, and then to 1000+ words, where Polish becomes comfortable to read and understand in real contexts.

WRD is built on the same research and tracks language understanding precisely as each word is learned, guiding learners from the top 100 Polish words to higher levels in the most efficient way possible.

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