Most Common Words: 1901-2000
In our student guides, we provide a list of the most common Irish words to give learners the most useful words for speaking the language today (modified for this purpose from "Irish Word Frequency - Liosta Minicíochta Focal Gaeilge" by Michal Boleslav Měchura, 2015). This list helps learners know which words are used most often in everyday Irish conversations.
Print out the list and grab a pen! Start by writing in the definitions for any words you already know. Then, look up the ones you don’t and add their meanings. Keep working with your list—reviewing, practicing, and using the words in sentences—until you know them all by heart. These are the building blocks of spoken Irish, so mastering them will give your language skills a huge boost!
1901 cuil
1902 treoraigh
1903 bronntanas
1904 ga
1905 tubaiste
1906 ara
1907 roth
1908 sona
1909 seachtó
1910 tarraingt
1911 gearrscéal
1912 bratach
1913 réigh
1914 easnamh
1915 léacht
1916 sásamh
1917 dealbh
1918 bóithrín
1919 soir
1920 maighdean
1921 faraor
1922 cogar
1923 tanaí
1924 mill
1925 cruthaitheach
1926 plaisteach
1927 hata
1928 seisear
1929 oibrí
1930 suite
1931 cinniúint
1932 poblachtach
1933 muise
1934 campa
1935 clochán
1936 triomaigh
1937 cumhachtach
1938 bothán
1939 tairiscint
1940 bradán
1941 ósta
1942 áirithigh
1943 foghlaimeoir
1944 srón
1945 oscailt
1946 óir
1947 caipín
1948 cúng
1949 béic
1950 dáilcheantar
1951 rúnda
1952 togha
1953 déagóir
1954 scríob
1955 véarsa
1956 pas
1957 bos
1958 soitheach
1959 comhordaigh
1960 feamainn
1961 fál
1962 Oilimpeach
1963 iontaobhas
1964 dearfach
1965 dúnta
1966 eochair
1967 ábhartha
1968 rothar
1969 seanad
1970 turasóir
1971 laghdú
1972 diosca
1973 teicniúil
1974 daonlathas
1975 cothabháil
1976 lios
1977 fís
1978 tabhairt
1979 cléir
1980 uillinn
1981 glasra
1982 gnéas
1983 soicind
1984 gas
1985 nead
1986 comhairleach
1987 órga
1988 gasta
1989 táirg
1990 lann
1991 bréagach
1992 téip
1993 faobhar
1994 breithnigh
1995 rann
1996 ise
1997 bríste
1998 stoirm
1999 ógánach
2000 sáirsint
