The Thousand
The words behind 75% of everyday Spanish.
You don't need every word to understand Spanish. You need the right ones first.
- The 1,000 most common Spanish words
- Learned in order of how often you'll hear them
- Practised a little every day with your pet
covered by just 1,000 words
The basics
What is the Thousand?
It's the 1,000 most common words in Spanish. Together they make up 75% of what people say every day.
- 1,000of the most common words in Spanish
- 75%of what people say every day
- Day 1from ordering a coffee to chatting with friends
Why start here
Learn what you'll actually hear
Most apps teach words you'll rarely hear. Frequent words first means everything you practise shows up in real conversations straight away.
Most apps
- Themed word lists, picked by topic
- Words like el ornitorrinco in week one
- Lots of practice you rarely get to use
The Thousand
- Words picked by how often people say them
- Words like el alimento (#216) first
- Practice that pays off in your next conversation
Test yourself
Words even confident learners miss
Plenty of people who've studied Spanish for years still trip over these. They're all common, and every one breaks the el and la rule you learned first.
- Top 100el díaday. Ends in -a, but it's el
- Top 250el problemaproblem. Ends in -a, but it's el
- Top 250la manohand. Ends in -o, but it's la
- Top 250el aguawater. Feminine, but it takes el
- Top 500la fotophoto. Ends in -o, but it's la
How Ensenya helps
You learn them by caring for your pet
Recall a word
Your pet asks. You remember.
Feed your pet
Every word you get right fills the bowl.
Come back tomorrow
Short daily visits keep the words fresh.
Care is practice.
Word bands come from open frequency data: FrequencyWords (OpenSubtitles 2018), doozan/spanish_data and wordfreq, shared under CC BY-SA. The 75% figure comes from Mark Davies' frequency research on Spanish.
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