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

According to the research, learning the top 100 Turkish words gives you about 43% language understanding, the top 500 words around 69%, and the top 1000 words nearly 79% of real-world Turkish. This page focuses on the very first step: the Top 100 most frequent Turkish words, which form the foundation of everyday comprehension.

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Top 100 Most Frequent Turkish Words

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

#	Word	#	Word	#	Word	#	Word
1	bir	26	gitmek	51	neden	76	çalışmak
2	bu	27	demek	52	gerekmek	77	baba
3	mi	28	vermek	53	kalmak	78	değil mi
4	olmak	29	gibi	54	ya	79	güzel
5	ve	30	hayır	55	en	80	kız
6	ne	31	kadar	56	nasıl	81	çıkmak
7	ben	32	zaman	57	bilmek	82	san
8	etmek	33	yok	58	düşünmek	83	ile
9	de	34	her	59	sadece	84	yıl
10	o	35	görmek	60	adam	85	al
11	için	36	benim	61	burada	86	bil
12	sen	37	onu	62	senin	87	oldu
13	yapmak	38	iş	63	olan	88	böyle
14	şey	39	kendi	64	şimdi	89	biraz
15	çok	40	beni	65	olarak	90	hadi
16	ama	41	bir şey	66	öyle	91	ona
17	var	42	tamam	67	hiç	92	sevmek
18	istemek	43	seni	68	el	93	başka
19	da	44	ki	69	iki	94	hayat
20	değil	45	almak	70	gün	95	bile
21	gelmek	46	sonra	71	çocuk	96	büyük
22	evet	47	biz	72	önce	97	yol
23	daha	48	bak	73	durmak	98	insan
24	iyi	49	şu	74	onlar	99	doğru
25	söylemek	50	yer	75	siz	100	anne

What to Do Next

The top 100 words establish the core of Turkish 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 Turkish 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 Turkish words to higher levels in the most efficient way possible.

Learning in the WRD app progresses from high-frequency words toward broader vocabulary coverage.

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