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

According to the research, learning the top 100 Ukrainian words gives you about 37% language understanding, the top 500 words around 54%, and the top 1000 words about 63% of real-world Ukrainian. This page focuses on the first step: the Top 100 most frequent Ukrainian words, which form the foundation of everyday comprehension.

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Top 100 Most Frequent Ukrainian Words

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

#	Word	#	Word	#	Word	#	Word
1	і	26	вони	51	мені	76	якщо
2	на	27	про	52	щоб	77	бо
3	в	28	свій	53	інший	78	навіть
4	не	29	один	54	все	79	через
5	у	30	такий	55	вже	80	голова
6	що	31	ти	56	є	81	там
7	з	32	для	57	де	82	лише
8	бути	33	її	58	мій	83	люди
9	до	34	мати	59	знати	84	наш
10	я	35	коли	60	великий	85	день
11	та	36	цей	61	їх	86	тоді
12	а	37	ви	62	тільки	87	себе
13	як	38	воно	63	рука	88	місто
14	він	39	із	64	ні	89	казати
15	рік	40	ще	65	йому	90	дуже
16	це	41	ми	66	тут	91	село
17	й	42	мене	67	тому	92	життя
18	за	43	сказати	68	після	93	бачити
19	який	44	весь	69	хотіти	94	два
20	вона	45	час	70	також	95	раз
21	його	46	по	71	перший	96	місце
22	той	47	то	72	або	97	сам
23	від	48	чи	73	може	98	особа
24	але	49	під	74	те	99	населення
25	так	50	могти	75	око	100	зі

What to Do Next

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

The WRD app provides a consistent structure for building vocabulary over time.

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