Free Spanish word lists

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Every list below is built from the same 10,000-word frequency corpus that powers the Lingular game — ranked by how often each word actually appears in Spanish web pages, news, fiction, and speech. No filler vocabulary, no alphabetical dictionary dumps: just the words worth learning first, each with an English translation and a real example sentence.

Pick a list by CEFR level if you want a structured path from beginner to advanced, or by word type if you are shoring up a specific weakness. Then put the words to work: everything here is playable, free, inside the Lingular battle game.

100 Most Common Spanish Words

The highest-frequency words in the language, ranked by real usage data.

Beginner Spanish Words (A1)

The official A1 starter set — the first hundred words every learner needs.

A2 Spanish Words

Elementary vocabulary for routines, plans, and everyday conversation.

B1 Spanish Words

Intermediate vocabulary for opinions, experiences, and real conversation.

B2 Spanish Words

Upper-intermediate vocabulary for arguing, analysing, and thinking in Spanish.

Advanced Spanish Words (C1–C2)

C1–C2 vocabulary from journalism, literature, and formal Spanish.

Common Spanish Verbs

The verb engine room: tener, hacer, poder, and 97 more, ranked by usage.

Common Spanish Nouns

The hundred nouns you will meet everywhere, each with its gender article.

Common Spanish Adjectives

Descriptive power: the hundred adjectives behind most everyday description.

Common Spanish Adverbs

Small words, big leverage: muy, siempre, todavía, and the rest of the top 100.

Common Spanish Phrases

Ready-made chunks of real Spanish: sin embargo, lo siento, por ejemplo…

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