Learn Vietnamese, starting with the words that matter
4.555 Vietnamese words ranked by how often they actually appear — taught in that order, with spaced repetition so they stick.
4.555words
A1–C2CEFR levels
The first Vietnamese words you should know
Ranked by real usage frequency — number one is the single most common word in the language.
| # | Word | Bedeutung | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tôi
//toj˧˧// |
I | pronoun |
| 2 | không
//xəwŋ͡m˧˧// |
not | particle |
| 3 | là
/laː˨˩/ |
to be | verb |
| 4 | anh
//ʔan˧˧// |
elder brother | noun |
| 5 | có
//kɔ˧˥// |
have | verb |
| 6 | ta
/taː˧˧/ |
I | pronoun |
| 7 | của
/kuə˧˩˧/ |
of | preposition |
| 8 | đi
//ʔɗi˧˧// |
go | verb |
| 9 | đã
//ɗaː˧˩˧// |
already | particle |
| 10 | đó
/ɗɔ˧˥/ |
that | pronoun |
| 11 | sẽ
//sɛ˧˩˧// |
will | particle |
| 12 | chúng
/t͡ɕuŋ˦˥/ |
plural marker | particle |
How you'll actually learn Vietnamese
Frequency-first flashcards
Spaced repetition schedules each word for the moment you're about to forget it — so review time goes to what's actually slipping.
Read and watch real material
Graded readers, imported books, and YouTube with tap-to-translate. Every unknown word becomes a card.
An AI tutor that answers back
Chat, role-play a scene, or ask why a sentence works the way it does — at your level, any hour.