The 213 most common Turkish nouns

These are the 213 nouns 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
28	yer	Nouns	place, location
32	şey	Nouns	thing
33	zaman	Nouns	time
35	gün	Nouns	day
37	insan	Nouns	human
38	yıl	Nouns	year
42	iş	Nouns	work, task, deed
45	el	Nouns	country, homeland, province
48	son	Nouns	end, ending
55	ev	Nouns	A building for a family to reside in; house, home, abode
56	çocuk	Nouns	child
60	hayat	Nouns	life
63	dünya	Nouns	world
64	yol	Nouns	path, road, way
70	kadın	Nouns	woman
74	baş	Nouns	head
75	alan	Nouns	area, square as for place
79	kişi	Nouns	person, human being
80	kız	Nouns	girl
86	ülke	Nouns	country (country, nation)
93	tarih	Nouns	date
94	konu	Nouns	topic, subject, issue
95	ara	Nouns	space or time between two things
99	şekil	Nouns	shape
104	orta	Nouns	middle
106	devam	Nouns	continuation
107	teşekkür	Nouns	a thanking
109	ad	Nouns	name, first name, last name
111	durum	Nouns	situation; status, condition
112	saat	Nouns	time
117	göz	Nouns	eye
118	ada	Nouns	island, isle
121	arkadaş	Nouns	friend
123	sahip	Nouns	owner, possessor; someone who owns a property
126	devlet	Nouns	state (any sovereign polity)
128	oyun	Nouns	game, amusement, entertainment
134	söz	Nouns	word, statement, speech
140	su	Nouns	water; H₂O
143	para	Nouns	money
147	anne	Nouns	mother
150	başkan	Nouns	president
153	bölüm	Nouns	part
155	dönem	Nouns	period, era
156	maç	Nouns	match
160	çalışma	Nouns	exercise
161	film	Nouns	a medium used to capture images in a camera
162	yan	Nouns	side
163	haber	Nouns	news
165	hak	Nouns	justice, fairness
166	sonuç	Nouns	consequence
167	iç	Nouns	inside, interior part of something
168	sistem	Nouns	system
172	bölge	Nouns	region
173	kitap	Nouns	book
174	okul	Nouns	school
177	soru	Nouns	question
180	baba	Nouns	father
182	adam	Nouns	human
183	aile	Nouns	family
187	bilgi	Nouns	information
189	eğitim	Nouns	education
190	ay	Nouns	moon
192	üniversite	Nouns	university
194	alt	Nouns	bottom
198	takım	Nouns	set
199	halk	Nouns	people
200	görev	Nouns	task
203	kabul	Nouns	acceptation
204	şehir	Nouns	city (large settlement)
208	karar	Nouns	decision
210	resim	Nouns	picture
215	olay	Nouns	event, happening, incident, phenomenon
216	grup	Nouns	group
217	parti	Nouns	party (social gathering)
218	hafta	Nouns	week
220	ses	Nouns	voice, sound
227	ön	Nouns	front
228	sayı	Nouns	number (abstract entity)
231	kez	Nouns	time, occasion (an instance or occurrence)
236	merkez	Nouns	center (point on a line midway between the ends)
237	isim	Nouns	name
238	savaş	Nouns	war
240	dil	Nouns	language
241	site	Nouns	gated community
248	hava	Nouns	weather
250	hareket	Nouns	action
253	yapı	Nouns	building
254	kardeş	Nouns	sibling (brother or sister)
255	sıra	Nouns	row
258	telefon	Nouns	telephone
262	şarkı	Nouns	song
263	an	Nouns	moment
265	süre	Nouns	duration
266	seçim	Nouns	choice
268	dikkat	Nouns	attention
272	hal	Nouns	covered market
274	hayır	Nouns	good; prosperity
277	üye	Nouns	member
278	anlam	Nouns	meaning
279	destek	Nouns	support
281	hizmet	Nouns	employment
282	program	Nouns	computer program
283	dakika	Nouns	minute (unit of time)
285	belediye	Nouns	municipality
288	polis	Nouns	police (an organisation that enforces the law)
289	il	Nouns	province
291	üst	Nouns	something's face or side looking upwards or towards the
292	şirket	Nouns	company
295	akıl	Nouns	mind
296	ihtiyaç	Nouns	need
297	kontrol	Nouns	control, check
300	asker	Nouns	soldier
301	yönetim	Nouns	administration, management
302	akşam	Nouns	evening
304	kafa	Nouns	head
305	tür	Nouns	kind, variety
308	değer	Nouns	value
309	yardımcı	Nouns	helper
310	parça	Nouns	component
311	cevap	Nouns	response, reply, answer
316	dış	Nouns	outside; exterior part, area or surface of something
318	ders	Nouns	lecture
322	takip	Nouns	follow-up
325	dizi	Nouns	A row
326	oda	Nouns	room, chamber
327	kapı	Nouns	door
329	kalp	Nouns	heart
331	deniz	Nouns	sea
341	video	Nouns	videotape
342	can	Nouns	soul, life, being
343	kaynak	Nouns	spring (water source)
345	doğu	Nouns	east
346	öğrenci	Nouns	student
349	ilişki	Nouns	relationship, intercourse
350	yardım	Nouns	help
351	fark	Nouns	difference
352	et	Nouns	The muscle and fat tissue in humans and animals
353	birlik	Nouns	unity
361	tane	Nouns	grain
365	kan	Nouns	blood
367	yaşam	Nouns	life
369	müzik	Nouns	music
371	arka	Nouns	back
372	ek	Nouns	annex
377	aşk	Nouns	love (romantic feelings)
378	iz	Nouns	footprint
379	nokta	Nouns	dot
382	fotoğraf	Nouns	photo
383	taraf	Nouns	side
385	sebep	Nouns	reason
392	kısım	Nouns	section, division
393	bey	Nouns	gentleman, mister
395	kültür	Nouns	culture
398	mücadele	Nouns	challenge
399	din	Nouns	System of beliefs dealing with soul
400	aday	Nouns	candidate
401	bura	Nouns	this place here
402	oyuncu	Nouns	player
403	merak	Nouns	curiosity
404	hayal	Nouns	dream, wish
406	saldırı	Nouns	attack, invasion
407	toprak	Nouns	earth, soil
408	sorun	Nouns	problem, difficulty, issue
409	bebek	Nouns	baby
410	millet	Nouns	nation
413	spor	Nouns	sport
417	sağlık	Nouns	health
418	sezon	Nouns	season (of a series/show)
419	sanat	Nouns	art
423	ifade	Nouns	expression
424	ayak	Nouns	foot
425	ilçe	Nouns	district
426	sevgili	Nouns	beloved, lover, darling
432	uygulama	Nouns	enforcement, implementation
433	mesaj	Nouns	message
434	kelime	Nouns	word
435	toplam	Nouns	sum, total
438	taş	Nouns	stone, rock (aggregate of solid mineral matter)
440	oğul	Nouns	son
441	bakan	Nouns	minister
442	kalan	Nouns	remainder, rest
443	madde	Nouns	article (section of a legal document)
445	fikir	Nouns	thought, idea
450	cumhuriyet	Nouns	republic
451	proje	Nouns	project
452	temmuz	Nouns	July
453	ışık	Nouns	light (electromagnetic wave)
456	beyaz	Nouns	white
457	gazete	Nouns	newspaper, journal
460	liste	Nouns	list
461	temel	Nouns	fundament, basics
464	dost	Nouns	friend
466	kayıt	Nouns	record, recording
469	sınıf	Nouns	class
470	dolar	Nouns	dollar
472	tabi	Nouns	follower
473	gol	Nouns	goal (act of placing the object into the goal)
474	öğretmen	Nouns	teacher
475	güneş	Nouns	sun (light and warmth received from the sun)
476	model	Nouns	model (miniature; simplified representation; prototype)
477	eylül	Nouns	September
479	hasta	Nouns	patient, sufferer
481	suç	Nouns	crime, offense
482	yıldız	Nouns	star
483	dava	Nouns	suit, action
487	araç	Nouns	tool, means, implement
489	güvenlik	Nouns	security, safety
491	seks	Nouns	sex (sexual category)
492	özellik	Nouns	specialness, exceptionality
495	doktor	Nouns	doctor, physician
496	sınır	Nouns	border
497	günlük	Nouns	a quantity sufficient for a given number of days
500	giriş	Nouns	entrance

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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.