The 61 most common Turkish adverbs

These are the 61 adverbs among the 500 most common Turkish words, in the order a corpus of everyday writing says you will meet them.

Meanings are given in English on this page. In the app they appear in your own language, translated on your device.

#	Word	Type	Meaning
16	daha	Adverbs	forms the comparative of the following adjective
17	en	Adverbs	the most
19	olarak	Adverbs	being, as
24	demek	Adverbs	so, that is to say
34	iyi	Adverbs	well, fine, decently
39	değil	Adverbs	not (negates meaning of the verb *imek)
52	sadece	Adverbs	only, just
53	ilk	Adverbs	first, firstly
58	hiç	Adverbs	Used to emphasize the verb in negative sentences
65	nasıl	Adverbs	how (in what manner)
67	tek	Adverbs	emphasizes a wish
82	artık	Adverbs	after this
97	neden	Adverbs	why
98	diye	Adverbs	someone who is named ..., something which is called
110	gece	Adverbs	at night, in the night, by night
113	birlikte	Adverbs	together
119	fazla	Adverbs	too
130	şimdi	Adverbs	now
135	geri	Adverbs	back, backwards
141	bugün	Adverbs	today
145	öyle	Adverbs	in that way
146	gerçek	Adverbs	for real
158	hemen	Adverbs	immediately, without delay
159	yine	Adverbs	again, still, yet
164	tam	Adverbs	exactly
193	hep	Adverbs	altogether
195	biraz	Adverbs	a bit, a little
205	güç	Adverbs	with difficulty, in a hard way
206	ayrıca	Adverbs	also
221	burada	Adverbs	here
225	hâlâ	Adverbs	still, yet
233	zaten	Adverbs	already, in fact
252	lütfen	Adverbs	please
264	yakın	Adverbs	close by, nearby
271	açık	Adverbs	clearly, frankly
286	tekrar	Adverbs	again
290	aç	Adverbs	hungrily, in a hungry state
306	belki	Adverbs	maybe, possibly, probably
312	sabah	Adverbs	in the morning
319	olup	Adverbs	to be [something] and, to become [something] and
324	bence	Adverbs	I think, in my opinion
333	aslında	Adverbs	actually
334	pek	Adverbs	very
335	yeniden	Adverbs	anew
340	boyunca	Adverbs	along
348	yarın	Adverbs	tomorrow
354	gerçekten	Adverbs	really, for real
356	sonunda	Adverbs	finally
373	asla	Adverbs	never (as a matter of principle or intent; compare hiç)
389	özellikle	Adverbs	in particular
411	rağmen	Adverbs	despite
414	beraber	Adverbs	together
415	niye	Adverbs	why
416	oldukça	Adverbs	quite
427	eş	Adverbs	as, like, kind of
436	içeri	Adverbs	inside
439	canlı	Adverbs	In a lively manner
446	bazen	Adverbs	every now and then
480	tamamen	Adverbs	completely, fully
484	böylece	Adverbs	in this way, thus, thence, so, like this, in this manner
485	dün	Adverbs	yesterday

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The rest of the list

A2A2 Beginner: 500 more wordssokak · hissetmek · başarı · dilemek · ziyaret
B1B1 Intermediate: 750 more wordshuzur · kurtulmak · düğün · kamu · düzey
B2B2 Upper intermediate: 750 more wordskartal · istatistik · öğle · göç · alınma

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Where this comes from

The order is measured: it comes from how often each word appears in a large corpus, counted across all the forms of a word rather than each form separately, so a verb is ranked where you really meet it. The band edges are a convention rather than a measurement. Nothing says word 501 is harder than word 500; the levels are cut where established graded reader series cut theirs.

wordfreq 3.1 (frequency order) + en.wiktionary via kaikki.org (part of speech, gender, gloss). Corpus read on 2026-09-16.

Questions

Where does the order come from?

From how often each word appears in a large corpus of everyday writing. Frequency is counted across all the forms of a word and attributed to the dictionary form, so a verb is ranked where a reader really meets it rather than being spread thinly over a dozen endings.

Why are these lists shorter than the ones with 5,000 or 10,000 words?

Because past about 2,500 a frequency rank stops meaning much. Rank 6,000 in a web corpus is not a harder word, it is a word that happens to be common in journalism. Established graded reader series top out near 2,500 headwords for the same reason.

Is every word in the list a real dictionary word?

Yes. Every headword is checked against the language's own Wiktionary entry, which is where the part of speech, the gender and the meaning come from. That check is what removes the proper nouns, single letters and corpus noise that raw frequency lists are full of.

Do I need the app?

Not for this page. The A1 list is free here and free in the app. A2 to B2 are part of Oqou Pro, and the app is also where a word can go from a list into a review queue, which is the part a page cannot do.

Has a native speaker checked these?

Not yet. The frequency order and the part of speech are mechanical, and the meanings come from a dictionary rather than being written by hand, but nothing here has been through native review. If you spot a meaning that is technically right and practically useless, we would like to hear about it.