Korean word frequencies

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The following table is a list of lexical frequencies for Korean vocabulary. This is publicly available from the National Institute of Korean Language website of the Korean government.[1]

This table includes the pieces of information.

  1. Rank number (1st most frequent, 2nd, etc.)
  2. Lexical frequency [순위]
  3. Lexical class, or "part of speech" [품사]
  4. Additional explanation [풀이], such as the hanja (Chinese character) or other foreign word from which the Korean word derives, or important collocational words to distinguish homophones
  5. Difficulty ratings [등급]




1 See also

1.1 References


1.2 Other sites

These pages contain some explanations, and links for estimating one's Korean vocabulary knowledge.

  1. https://flickerofkorean.com/2018/10/27/6000-most-common-korean-words-found-the-official-list/
  2. https://flickerofkorean.com/2018/09/10/how-to-estimate-size-your-korean-vocabulary/
  3. https://howmanykoreanwordsdoyouknow.ryanbrainard.com/