1000 Most Common Russian Words

Rank / Russian word / English translation / Part of speech
1. / и / and, though / conjunction
2. / в / in, at / preposition
3. / не / not / particle
4. / он / he / pronoun
5. / на / on, it, at, to / preposition
6. / я / I / pronoun
7. / что / what, that, why / сonjunction, pronoun
8. / тот / that / adjective, pronoun
9. / быть / to be / verb
10. / с / with, and, from, of / preposition