1000 Most Common Haitian Words

This is a list of the 1,000 most commonly spoken Haitian words. Learn english to haitian words and their meaning.

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1000 Most Common Haitian Words

 

Number	Haitian	in English
1	kòm	as
2	mwen	I
3	l’	his
4	ki	that
5	li	he
6	te	was
7	pou	for
8	sou	on
9	yo se	are
10	ak	with
11	yo	they
12	gen	be
13	nan	at
14	yon sèl	one
15	gen	have
16	sa a	this
17	soti nan	from
18	pa	by
19	cho	hot
20	mo	word
21	men	but
22	sa ki	what
23	kèk	some
24	se	is
25	li	it
26	ou	you
27	oswa	or
28	te gen	had
29	nan	the
30	nan	of
31	gen	to
32	ak	and
33	yon	a
34	nan	in
35	nou	we
36	kapab	can
37	soti	out
38	lòt	other
39	yo te	were
40	ki	which
41	fè	do
42	yo	their
43	tan	time
44	si	if
45	pral	will
46	ki jan	how
47	te di	said
48	yon	an
49	chak	each
50	di	tell
51	fè	does
52	seri	set
53	twa	three
54	vle	want
55	lè	air
56	byen	well
57	tou	also
58	jwe	play
59	ti	small
60	fen	end
61	mete	put
62	lakay	home
63	li	read
64	men	hand
65	pò	port
66	gwo	large
67	eple	spell
68	ajoute	add
69	menm	even
70	peyi	land
71	isit la	here
72	dwe	must
73	gwo	big
74	segondè	high
75	sa yo	such
76	swiv	follow
77	zak	act
78	poukisa	why
79	mande	ask
80	moun	men
81	chanjman	change
82	te ale	went
83	limyè	light
84	kalite	kind
85	koupe	off
86	bezwen	need
87	kay	house
88	foto	picture
89	eseye	try
90	nou	us
91	ankò	again
92	bèt	animal
93	pwen	point
94	manman	mother
95	mond	world
96	tou pre	near
97	bati	build
98	pwòp tèt ou	self
99	latè	earth
100	papa	father
101	nenpòt ki	any
102	nouvo	new
103	travay	work
104	pati	part
105	pran	take
106	jwenn	get
107	plas	place
108	te fè	made
109	ap viv	live
110	ki kote	where
111	apre	after
112	tounen	back
113	ti kras	little
114	sèlman	only
115	wonn	round
116	nonm	man
117	ane	year
118	te vin	came
119	montre	show
120	chak	every
121	bon	good
122	m ’	me
123	bay	give
124	nou an	our
125	anba	under
126	non	name
127	trè	very
128	atravè	through
129	jis	just
130	fòm	form
131	fraz	sentence
132	gwo	great
133	panse	think
134	di	say
135	ede	help
136	ki ba	low
137	liy	line
138	diferan	differ
139	vire	turn
140	kòz	cause
141	anpil	much
142	vle di	mean
143	anvan	before
144	deplase	move
145	dwa	right
146	ti gason	boy
147	fin vye granmoun	old
148	twò	too
149	menm	same
150	li	she
151	tout	all
152	gen	there
153	lè	when
154	moute	up
155	itilize	use
156	ou	your
157	fason	way
158	sou	about
159	anpil	many
160	lè sa a,	then
161	yo	them
162	ekri	write
163	ta	would
164	tankou	like
165	se konsa,	so
166	sa yo	these
167	gen	her
168	lontan	long
169	fè	make
170	bagay	thing
171	wè	see
172	l ’	him
173	de	two
174	gen	has
175	gade	look
176	plis	more
177	jou	day
178	te kapab	could
179	ale	go
180	vini	come
181	te fè	did
182	nimewo	number
183	son	sound
184	pa gen okenn	no
185	pi	most
186	moun	people
187	mwen	my
188	sou	over
189	konnen	know
190	dlo	water
191	pase	than
192	apèl	call
193	premye	first
194	ki moun ki	who
195	kapab	may
196	desann	down
197	bò	side
198	te	been
199	kounye a	now
200	jwenn	find
201	tèt	head
202	kanpe	stand
203	pwòp	own
204	paj	page
205	ta dwe	should
206	peyi	country
207	jwenn	found
208	repons	answer
209	lekòl	school
210	grandi	grow
211	etid	study
212	toujou	still
213	aprann	learn
214	plant	plant
215	kouvèti	cover
216	manje	food
217	solèy	sun
218	kat	four
219	ant	between
220	eta	state
221	kenbe	keep
222	je	eye
223	pa janm	never
224	dènye	last
225	kite	let
226	te panse	thought
227	vil la	city
228	pyebwa	tree
229	travèse	cross
230	fèm	farm
231	difisil	hard
232	kòmansman	start
233	ta ka	might
234	istwa	story
235	te wè	saw
236	byen lwen	far
237	lanmè	sea
238	trase	draw
239	kite	left
240	an reta	late
241	kouri	run
242	pa fè sa	don’t
243	pandan y ap	while
244	laprès	press
245	fèmen	close
246	lannwit	night
247	reyèl	real
248	lavi	life
249	kèk	few
250	nò	north
251	liv	book
252	pote	carry
253	pran	took
254	syans	science
255	manje	eat
256	chanm	room
257	zanmi	friend
258	te kòmanse	began
259	lide	idea
260	pwason	fish
261	mòn	mountain
262	sispann	stop
263	yon fwa	once
264	baz	base
265	tande	hear
266	chwal	horse
267	koupe	cut
268	asire w	sure
269	gade	watch
270	koulè	color
271	figi	face
272	bwa	wood
273	prensipal	main
274	louvri	open
275	sanble	seem
276	ansanm	together
277	pwochen	next
278	blan	white
279	timoun	children
280	kòmanse	begin
281	te resevwa	got
282	mache	walk
283	egzanp	example
284	fasilite	ease
285	papye	paper
286	gwoup	group
287	toujou	always
288	mizik	music
289	moun	those
290	tou de	both
291	make	mark
292	souvan	often
293	lèt	letter
294	jiskaske	until
295	mil	mile
296	gwo larivyè Lefrat	river
297	machin	car
298	pye	feet
299	swen	care
300	dezyèm	second
301	ase	enough
302	plenn	plain
303	ti fi	girl
304	nòmal	usual
305	jèn	young
306	pare	ready
307	pi wo a	above
308	tout tan tout tan	ever
309	wouj	red
310	lis	list
311	menm si	though
312	santi	feel
313	pale	talk
314	zwazo	bird
315	byento	soon
316	kò	body
317	chen	dog
318	fanmi	family
319	dirèk	direct
320	poze	pose
321	kite	leave
322	chante	song
323	mezire	measure
324	pòt	door
325	pwodwi	product
326	nwa	black
327	kout	short
328	a chif	numeral
329	klas	class
330	van	wind
331	kesyon	question
332	rive	happen
333	konplè	complete
334	bato	ship
335	zòn	area
336	mwatye	half
337	wòch	rock
338	lòd	order
339	dife	fire
340	sid	south
341	pwoblèm	problem
342	moso	piece
343	te di	told
344	te konnen	knew
345	pase	pass
346	depi	since
347	tèt	top
348	antye	whole
349	wa	king
350	lari	street
351	pous	inch
352	miltipliye	multiply
353	pa gen anyen	nothing
354	kou	course
355	rete	stay
356	wou	wheel
357	plen	full
358	fòs	force
359	ble	blue
360	objè	object
361	deside	decide
362	sifas	surface
363	gwo twou san fon	deep
364	lalin	moon
365	zile	island
366	pye	foot
367	sistèm	system
368	okipe	busy
369	tès	test
370	dosye	record
371	bato	boat
372	komen	common
373	lò	gold
374	posib	possible
375	avyon	plane
376	plas	stead
377	sèk	dry
378	mande	wonder
379	ri	laugh
380	mil	thousand
381	de sa	ago
382	kouri	ran
383	tcheke	check
384	jwèt	game
385	fòm	shape
386	egalize	equate
387	cho	hot
388	miss	miss
389	mennen l ’	brought
390	chalè	heat
391	nèj	snow
392	kawotchou	tire
393	pote	bring
394	repons lan se wi	yes
395	byen lwen	distant
396	ranpli	fill
397	bò solèy leve	east
398	penti	paint
399	lang	language
400	nan mitan	among
401	inite	unit
402	pouvwa	power
403	vil	town
404	amann	fine
405	sèten	certain
406	vole	fly
407	tonbe	fall
408	mennen	lead
409	rèl	cry
410	fè nwa	dark
411	machin	machine
412	nòt	note
413	rete tann	wait
414	plan	plan
415	figi	figure
416	etwal	star
417	bwat	box
418	non	noun
419	jaden	field
420	rès	rest
421	kòrèk	correct
422	kapab	able
423	liv	pound
424	fè a	done
425	bote	beauty
426	kondwi	drive
427	te kanpe	stood
428	gen ladan	contain
429	devan	front
430	anseye	teach
431	semèn	week
432	final	final
433	te bay	gave
434	vèt	green
435	oh	oh
436	rapid	quick
437	devlope	develop
438	oseyan	ocean
439	cho	warm
440	gratis	free
441	minit	minute
442	fò	strong
443	espesyal	special
444	lide	mind
445	dèyè	behind
446	klè	clear
447	ke	tail
448	pwodwi	produce
449	reyalite	fact
450	espas	space
451	tande	heard
452	pi bon	best
453	èdtan	hour
454	pi bon	better
455	vre	true
456	pandan	during
457	santèn	hundred
458	senk	five
459	sonje	remember
460	etap	step
461	byen bonè	early
462	kenbe	hold
463	lwès	west
464	tè	ground
465	enterè	interest
466	rive jwenn	reach
467	vit	fast
468	vèb	verb
469	chante	sing
470	koute	listen
471	sis	six
472	tab	table
473	vwayaj	travel
474	mwens	less
475	maten	morning
476	dis	ten
477	senp	simple
478	plizyè	several
479	vwayèl	vowel
480	nan direksyon	toward
481	lagè	war
482	kouche	lay
483	kont	against
484	modèl	pattern
485	dousman	slow
486	SANT	center
487	renmen	love
488	moun	person
489	lajan	money
490	sèvi	serve
491	parèt	appear
492	wout	road
493	kat jeyografik	map
494	lapli	rain
495	règ	rule
496	gouvène	govern
497	rale	pull
498	frèt	cold
499	avi	notice
500	vwa	voice
501	enèji	energy
502	lachas	hunt
503	pwobab	probable
504	kabann	bed
505	frè	brother
506	ze	egg
507	woulib	ride
508	selil	cell
509	kwè	believe
510	petèt	perhaps
511	chwazi	pick
512	toudenkou	sudden
513	konte	count
514	kare	square
515	rezon	reason
516	longè	length
517	reprezante	represent
518	atizay	art
519	sijè	subject
520	rejyon	region
521	gwosè	size
522	varye	vary
523	rezoud	settle
524	pale	speak
525	pwa	weight
526	jeneral	general
527	glas	ice
528	pwoblèm	matter
529	sèk	circle
530	pè	pair
531	gen ladan yo	include
532	divize	divide
533	silab	syllable
534	te santi	felt
535	Grand	grand
536	boul	ball
537	ankò	yet
538	vag	wave
539	gout	drop
540	kè	heart
541	menm	am
542	prezan	present
543	lou	heavy
544	dans	dance
545	motè	engine
546	pozisyon	position
547	bra	arm
548	lajè	wide
549	vwal	sail
550	materyèl	material
551	fraksyon	fraction
552	forè	forest
553	chita	sit
554	ras	race
555	fenèt	window
556	magazen	store
557	ete	summer
558	tren	train
559	dòmi	sleep
560	pwouve	prove
561	Lone	lone
562	janm	leg
563	fè egzèsis	exercise
564	miray	wall
565	trape	catch
566	mòn	mount
567	swete	wish
568	syèl	sky
569	tablo	board
570	kè kontan	joy
571	sezon fredi	winter
572	sat	sat
573	ekri	written
574	sovaj	wild
575	enstriman	instrument
576	kenbe	kept
577	vè	glass
578	zèb	grass
579	bèf	cow
580	travay	job
581	kwen	edge
582	siy	sign
583	vizit	visit
584	sot pase	past
585	mou	soft
586	plezi	fun
587	klere	bright
588	gaz	gas
589	move tan	weather
590	mwa	month
591	milyon dola	million
592	pote	bear
593	fini	finish
594	kontan	happy
595	espere	hope
596	flè	flower
597	abiye	clothe
598	etranj	strange
599	ale	gone
600	komès	trade
601	melodi	melody
602	vwayaj	trip
603	biwo	office
604	resevwa	receive
605	ranje	row
606	bouch	mouth
607	egzak	exact
608	senbòl	symbol
609	mouri	die
610	omwen	least
611	pwoblèm	trouble
612	sèl rèl byen	shout
613	eksepte	except
614	ekri	wrote
615	pitit pitit	seed
616	ton	tone
617	rantre nan	join
618	sijere	suggest
619	pwòp	clean
620	repo	break
621	dam	lady
622	lakou	yard
623	monte	rise
624	move	bad
625	souflèt	blow
626	lwil oliv	oil
627	san	blood
628	manyen	touch
629	te grandi	grew
630	santim	cent
631	melanje	mix
632	ekip	team
633	fil	wire
634	pri	cost
635	pèdi	lost
636	mawon	brown
637	mete	wear
638	jaden	garden
639	egal	equal
640	voye	sent
641	chwazi	choose
642	tonbe	fell
643	anfòm	fit
644	koule	flow
645	ki jis	fair
646	bank	bank
647	kolekte	collect
648	sove	save
649	kontwòl	control
650	desimal	decimal
651	zòrèy	ear
652	lòt moun	else
653	byen	quite
654	kase	broke
655	ka	case
656	mitan	middle
657	touye	kill
658	pitit gason	son
659	lak	lake
660	moman sa	moment
661	echèl	scale
662	byen fò	loud
663	sezon prentan	spring
664	obsève	observe
665	pitit	child
666	tou dwat	straight
667	konsòn	consonant
668	nasyon	nation
669	diksyonè	dictionary
670	lèt	milk
671	vitès	speed
672	metòd	method
673	ògàn	organ
674	peye	pay
675	laj	age
676	seksyon	section
677	rad	dress
678	nwaj	cloud
679	sipriz	surprise
680	trankil	quiet
681	wòch	stone
682	ti	tiny
683	grenpe	climb
684	fre	cool
685	konsepsyon	design
686	pòv	poor
687	anpil	lot
688	eksperyans	experiment
689	anba	bottom
690	kle	key
691	fè	iron
692	sèl	single
693	bwa	stick
694	plat	flat
695	ven	twenty
696	po	skin
697	souri	smile
698	pli	crease
699	twou	hole
700	sote	jump
701	ti bebe	baby
702	uit	eight
703	vilaj	village
704	satisfè	meet
705	rasin	root
706	achte	buy
707	ogmante	raise
708	rezoud	solve
709	metal	metal
710	si wi ou non	whether
711	pouse	push
712	sèt	seven
713	paragraf	paragraph
714	twazyèm	third
715	va	shall
716	ki te fèt	held
717	tout cheve nan tèt	hair
718	dekri	describe
719	kwit manje	cook
720	etaj	floor
721	swa	either
722	rezilta	result
723	boule	burn
724	mòn	hill
725	ki san danje	safe
726	chat	cat
727	syèk	century
728	konsidere	consider
729	kalite	type
730	lalwa	law
731	ti jan	bit
732	kòt	coast
733	kopi	copy
734	fraz	phrase
735	an silans	silent
736	wotè	tall
737	sab	sand
738	tè	soil
739	woulo liv	roll
740	tanperati	temperature
741	dwèt	finger
742	endistri	industry
743	valè	value
744	batay	fight
745	manti	lie
746	bat	beat
747	motive	excite
748	natirèl	natural
749	View	view
750	sans	sense
751	kapital	capital
752	pa pral	won’t
753	chèz	chair
754	danje	danger
755	fwi	fruit
756	moun rich	rich
757	epè	thick
758	sòlda	soldier
759	pwosesis	process
760	opere	operate
761	pratik	practice
762	separe	separate
763	difisil	difficult
764	doktè	doctor
765	tanpri	please
766	pwoteje	protect
767	midi	noon
768	rekòt	crop
769	modèn	modern
770	eleman	element
771	frape	hit
772	elèv	student
773	kwen	corner
774	pati	party
775	ekipman pou	supply
776	ki gen	whose
777	lokalize	locate
778	bag	ring
779	karaktè	character
780	ensèk	insect
781	kenbe	caught
782	peryòd	period
783	endike	indicate
784	radyo	radio
785	te pale	spoke
786	atòm	atom
787	imen	human
788	istwa	history
789	efè	effect
790	elektrik	electric
791	espere	expect
792	zo	bone
793	tren	rail
794	imajine	imagine
795	bay	provide
796	dakò	agree
797	konsa	thus
798	dou	gentle
799	fanm	woman
800	kòmandan	captain
801	devine	guess
802	nesesè	necessary
803	byen file	sharp
804	zèl	wing
805	kreye	create
806	frè parèy	neighbor
807	lave	wash
808	baton	bat
809	olye	rather
810	foul moun	crowd
811	mayi	corn
812	konpare	compare
813	powèm	poem
814	fisèl	string
815	klòch	bell
816	depann	depend
817	vyann	meat
818	fwote	rub
819	tib	tube
820	pi popilè	famous
921	dola	dollar
822	kouran	stream
823	pè	fear
284	je	sight
825	mens	thin
826	triyang	triangle
827	planèt	planet
828	prese	hurry
829	chèf	chief
830	koloni	colony
831	revèy	clock
832	m ’	mine
833	menm kantite vòt	tie
834	antre nan	enter
835	pi gwo	major
836	fre	fresh
837	rechèch	search
838	voye	send
839	jòn	yellow
840	zam	gun
841	pèmèt	allow
842	ekri an lèt detache	print
843	mouri	dead
844	plas	spot
845	dezè	desert
846	kostim	suit
847	aktyèl	current
848	leve	lift
840	leve	rose
850	rive	arrive
851	mèt	master
852	tras	track
853	paran	parent
854	rivaj	shore
855	divizyon	division
856	fèy	sheet
857	sibstans	substance
858	favorize	favor
859	konekte	connect
860	pòs	post
861	depanse	spend
862	kòd	chord
863	grès	fat
864	kontan	glad
865	orijinal	original
866	pataje	share
867	estasyon	station
868	papa	dad
869	pen	bread
870	chaje	charge
871	apwopriye	proper
872	bar	bar
873	òf	offer
874	segman	segment
875	esklav	slave
876	kanna	duck
877	enstantane	instant
878	mache	market
879	degre	degree
880	peple	populate
881	Chick	chick
882	mwen renmen anpil	dear
883	lènmi	enemy
884	reponn	reply
885	bwè	drink
886	rive	occur
887	sipò	support
888	diskou	speech
889	nati	nature
890	seri	range
891	vapè	steam
892	mouvman	motion
893	chemen	path
894	likid	liquid
895	journal	log
896	vle di	meant
897	kosyan	quotient
898	dan	teeth
899	koki	shell
900	kou	neck
901	oksijèn	oxygen
902	sik	sugar
903	lanmò	death
904	bèl	pretty
905	konpetans	skill
906	fanm	women
907	sezon	season
908	solisyon	solution
909	leman	magnet
910	ajan	silver
911	mèsi	thank
912	branch	branch
913	matche ak	match
914	sIFIKS	suffix
915	espesyalman	especially
916	fig frans	fig
917	pè	afraid
918	gwo	huge
919	sè	sister
920	asye	steel
921	diskite sou	discuss
922	pou pi devan	forward
923	menm jan	similar
924	gide	guide
925	eksperyans	experience
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928	te achte	bought
929	dirije	led
930	anplasman	pitch
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933	kat	card
934	bann	band
935	kòd	rope
936	glise	slip
937	genyen	win
938	rèv	dream
939	aswè	evening
940	kondisyon	condition
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942	zouti	tool
943	manm	total
944	debaz	basic
945	pran sant	smell
946	fon	valley
947	ni	nor
948	doub	double
949	chèz	seat
950	kontinye	continue
951	blòk	block
952	tablo	chart
953	chapo	hat
954	vann	sell
955	siksè	success
956	konpayi	company
957	fè soustraksyon	subtract
958	evènman	event
959	patikilye	particular
960	kontra	deal
961	naje	swim
962	tèm	term
963	opoze	opposite
964	madanm	wife
965	soulye	shoe
966	zepòl	shoulder
967	gaye	spread
968	fè aranjman pou	arrange
969	kan	camp
970	envante	invent
971	koton	cotton
972	Li te fèt	born
973	detèmine	determine
974	lit edmi	quart
975	nèf	nine
976	kamyon	truck
977	bri	noise
978	nivo	level
979	chans	chance
980	ranmase	gather
981	boutik	shop
982	detire	stretch
983	voye jete	throw
984	klere	shine
985	pwopriyete	property
986	kolòn	column
987	molekil	molecule
988	chwazi	select
989	mal	wrong
990	gri	gray
991	repete	repeat
992	mande pou	require
993	laj	broad
994	prepare	prepare
995	sèl	salt
996	nen	nose
997	pliryèl	plural
998	kòlè	anger
999	reklamasyon	claim
1000	kontinan	continent