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Research on language understanding shows that learning Swedish 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 Swedish learners can comprehend at each stage of learning.

According to the research, learning the top 100 Swedish words gives you about 53% language understanding, the top 500 words around 71%, and the top 1000 words about 78% of real-world Swedish. This page focuses on the first step: the Top 100 most frequent Swedish words, which form the foundation of everyday comprehension.

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Top 100 Most Frequent Swedish Words

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

#	Word	#	Word	#	Word	#	Word
1	vara	26	här	51	bara	76	vid
2	det	27	ett	52	nej	77	bra
3	jag	28	kan	53	min	78	får
4	i	29	dig	54	hur	79	över
5	och	30	det är	55	sig	80	alla
6	du	31	men	56	familj	81	efter
7	en	32	hon	57	honom	82	oss
8	att	33	vilja	58	när	83	stor
9	ha	34	göra	59	måste	84	okej
10	inte	35	veta	60	skulle	85	få
11	som	36	finna	61	inga	86	dem
12	på	37	gå	62	för att	87	in
13	den	38	ska	63	kom	88	upp
14	av	39	bli	64	eller	89	gjord
15	med	40	ta	65	jag har	90	er
16	för	41	ni	66	din	91	ge
17	vi	42	säga	67	släkte	92	allt
18	han	43	nu	68	tro	93	någon
19	var	44	komma	69	ut	94	under
20	till	45	ja	70	beskriva	95	henne
21	om	46	där	71	lista	96	hans
22	de	47	se	72	jag är	97	varför
23	så	48	då	73	underart	98	del
24	mig	49	från	74	det här	99	ingen
25	vad	50	man	75	år	100	mycket

What to Do Next

The top 100 words establish the core of Swedish understanding. The largest gains come as learners move to the top 300 and 500 words, where comprehension grows rapidly, and then to 1000+ words, where Swedish 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 Swedish words to higher levels in the most efficient way possible.

The WRD app is designed to support long-term vocabulary growth through clearly defined learning stages.

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