Filipino words 801–1,500: the “Everyday” band
The Everyday band covers Filipino words ranked 801 to 1,500 by frequency — the 700 words that sit just beyond a solid beginner core and start to make real conversations feel familiar. Together with the 800 most common words beneath them, these words bring you close to the roughly 1,500 that account for about 80% of the Filipino text you encounter every day: news captions, social-media posts, simple stories, and casual spoken exchanges.
Knowing this band means you stop guessing at the backbone of a sentence and start noticing meaning in context. Words for emotions, daily routines, common verbs of motion and communication, and a wider range of connectors all live in this tier. That breadth is what turns reading from a word-by-word slog into something closer to actual comprehension.
Beeblio pins texts to the Everyday band so that every word you see is drawn from ranks 1–1,500 unless deliberately highlighted as new. Frequency ranks come from the wordfreq corpus, so the order reflects real-world Filipino usage, not a textbook editor's guess.
700 Filipino words ranked 801–1,500 by frequency — the “Everyday” band. A learner who knows them can read texts pinned to this band with about 95% of the words already familiar.
- mababang
- madali
- napansin
- narinig
- paksa
- pamamahala
- panaginip
- publiko
- tagumpay
- ugnayan
- world
- bibig
- group
- isda
- life
- maria
- masarap
- nabanggit
- naghahanap
- nagsisimula
- nakilala
- nyang
- pictures
- pinoy
- posisyon
- rehiyon
- sintomas
- tinanong
- tula
- unti
- yata
- about
- amerika
- aming
- an
- boses
- gawaing
- iisa
- kalagayan
- kalayaan
- last
- magaling
- normal
- pagkakaiba
- pagtaas
- philippines
- tunog
- x
- china
- dakilang
- house
- ideya
- nagulat
- oh
- pagsasanay
- pangangailangan
- party
- pitong
- sukat
- tanggapin
- ulan
- uli
- alang
- computer
- daigdig
- eksena
- gayunpaman
- girl
- hinggil
- kc
- kwarto
- mamatay
- nagsabi
- ngang
- pangkat
- pansin
- popular
- asya
- buto
- damdamin
- espesyal
- film
- gilid
- ginawang
- halamang
- industriya
- james
- kaniya
- komunidad
- malalaking
- maya
- nilalaman
- not
- ok
- pablo
- panganib
- pari
- pedro
- pinili
- posibleng
- propesyonal
- suot
- tandaan
- akda
- apoy
- binubuo
- boyfriend
- cream
- isyu
- kada
- kasal
- kilalang
- kinakailangan
- link
- maka
- militar
- music
- naglalaman
- numero
- order
- palabas
- papunta
- presyo
- puting
- sinasabing
- song
- u
- wakas
- yang
- your
- area
- awit
- ayos
- english
- kagandahan
- karagdagang
- kaugnayan
- l
- libre
- mahilig
- makabagong
- mawalan
- nagsasalita
- nun
- panig
- patakaran
- pinsala
- regular
- serye
- simple
- sitwasyon
- suporta
- tapat
- text
- tradisyonal
- tungo
- umaasa
- uminom
- umuwi
- utang
- v
- ya
- am
- bagaman
- daniel
- estudyante
- interes
- international
- kahoy
- kanser
- kapamilya
- lahi
- lumikha
- makipag
- mark
- matinding
- naganap
- nakatira
- naninirahan
- natagpuan
- number
- pakikipag
- palaging
- pampublikong
- populasyon
- sir
- tatlo
- timog
- bayani
- bus
- eto
- home
- ibalik
- kape
- kolehiyo
- krus
- lumitaw
- makapag
- maling
- mama
- manggagawa
- marunong
- milyon
- mommy
- press
- real
- sangkap
- senador
- sige
- sumagot
- amoy
- are
- bag
- college
- dios
- entertainment
- family
- kapanahunan
- law
- malinaw
- nakaraan
- pangalawang
- parin
- project
- pula
- red
- samahan
- story
- tila
- vice
- we
- album
- basahin
- bili
- bunga
- daang
- data
- enerhiya
- face
- free
- karne
- kitang
- larangan
- mabuting
- makuha
- nagsasabi
- nangangailangan
- ngipin
- pagod
- palagi
- palitan
- pangako
- pinakamalaking
- sakin
- sm
- sulat
- tahimik
- via
- aso
- bandang
- buo
- ginto
- hanapin
- heart
- how
- iniwan
- kim
- labi
- magsalita
- malay
- marahil
- matagumpay
- mindanao
- night
- syang
- tagal
- tumigil
- alis
- artikulo
- bumuo
- business
- desisyon
- dinala
- ebanghelyo
- estados
- iisip
- kabuuan
- kama
- kesa
- kondisyon
- kuryente
- lumalabas
- maaga
- mismong
- naisip
- naturang
- nilalang
- nilikha
- pagsulat
- pahina
- power
- reyna
- santo
- series
- silid
- social
- unidos
- very
- work
- amerikano
- bilis
- cruz
- dulot
- ikatlong
- impeksiyon
- indibidwal
- ipakita
- kasabay
- kastila
- layo
- lubos
- magbigay
- malalaman
- manalo
- manunulat
- orihinal
- palang
- panginoon
- punto
- special
- tinutukoy
- w
- ah
- alagad
- but
- hinaharap
- ibibigay
- itlog
- iwan
- kabuuang
- kagamitan
- kalaban
- kapalit
- kapayapaan
- kristo
- libro
- lumaki
- magagamit
- magawa
- mahahalagang
- masyado
- mura
- naghihintay
- paglalarawan
- pananampalataya
- public
- pusa
- sampung
- sports
- sundalo
- well
- agosto
- baga
- burat
- cellphone
- dagdag
- date
- episode
- god
- iglesia
- ilong
- kakayahang
- kasunod
- langis
- legal
- magkano
- makati
- manok
- marinig
- mr
- nagmula
- office
- old
- pagdiriwang
- pagsubok
- panitikan
- paulit
- pilit
- pulang
- r
- room
- sanggol
- sasakyan
- sumali
- telebisyon
- tinanggap
- tumingin
- university
- utos
- abot
- baboy
- bayad
- da
- diwa
- ibaba
- japan
- kadalasan
- karanasan
- karapatang
- libong
- like
- luha
- magkasama
- masamang
- mayaman
- mayo
- nagsimulang
- non
- paggamot
- pagkamatay
- pagtanggap
- pagtuturo
- part
- parte
- pisikal
- samantala
- sandali
- sining
- umiiral
- balak
- digmaan
- direk
- disenyo
- dyan
- gawing
- hahaha
- hakbang
- hayaan
- hinahanap
- hotel
- inaasahang
- ipinakita
- korte
- magkakaroon
- maintindihan
- modernong
- muslim
- naririnig
- nawalan
- pagbabalik
- pamumuhay
- pangkalahatang
- pantay
- papasok
- santos
- saya
- siya'y
- software
- summer
- teleserye
- tuluyan
- tumutukoy
- bababa
- batayan
- biktima
- ed
- espiritu
- feeling
- games
- hehehe
- hugis
- j
- kagaya
- karaniwan
- katapusan
- konsepto
- kumakain
- naglalaro
- ospital
- pagtatayo
- paningin
- picture
- pinas
- program
- roma
- senado
- spot
- tampok
- tiwala
- un
- unibersidad
- angkop
- buti
- dance
- dibdib
- enero
- girlfriend
- hukbo
- isinulat
- isipan
- kabanata
- kamag
- maagang
- manlalaro
- masayang
- ngiti
- organisasyon
- paghahanap
- pasok
- plastic
- set
- silangan
- tugon
- aari
- actress
- agham
- anti
- bagyo
- basa
- dekada
- food
- gastos
- general
- hot
- hunyo
- ii
- inilagay
- kapuso
- karakter
- kaunting
- kilos
- line
- malamig
- matatag
- musika
- naalala
- natatanging
- next
- oktubre
- pader
- paglalakbay
- paglikha
- pagtatapos
- pantao
- pinagmulan
- pinatay
- produktong
- review
- role
- sabado
- season
- service
- siglo
- walong
- what
- young
- apostol
- bibigyan
- black
- braso
- bulaklak
- chinese
- do
- enjoy
- gayong
- gusali
- haha
- happy
- if
- importante
- inc
- inilabas
- inom
- ipinanganak
- kaganapan
- kakulangan
- kalidad
- kasapi
- lihim
- maliwanag
- mawawala
- minuto
- nabasa
- naramdaman
- nobyembre
- pagkawala
- pamahalaang
- partido
- pasko
- pribadong
- pulis
- sigurado
- sinaunang
- tea
- tema
- temperatura
- thesis
- tipan
- tito
- aalok
- baba
- back
- banda
- bida
- bigat
- board
- book
- card
- check
- duterte
- espanyol
- green
- harapan
- he
- inspirasyon
- kahirapan
- komunikasyon
- kontrata
- landas
- lng
- mabait
- mahaba
- nakasulat
- paglabas
- sadyang
- sexy
- subukan
- tanggapan
- test
- tulungan
- ugali
- alak
- bahala
- bangko
- bituin
- butas
- europa
- f
- gagawa
- grabe
- grade
- imahe
- kahalagahan
- kaluluwa
- kasangkapan
- kasulatan
- kumuha
- lumipat
- mahulog
- modelo
- nakaka
- nasabi
- pagkilala
- pagpasok
- pagpili
- panlabas
- pare
- patayin
- play
- programang
- sakaling
- sayaw
- share
- will
- aktibidad
- asawang
- awa
- ayoko
- baguio
- del
- diin
- disyembre
- hangga't
- hehe
- ibon
- ingat
- ipinahayag
- kadalasang
- king
- korea
- lalamunan
- lima
- management
- nagtatrabaho
- nalalaman
- palagay
- pamantayan
- perpekto
- ramdam
- singer
- sinimulan
- tulog
- two
- uusapan
- angel
- ata
- atake
- august
- ayusin
- babalik
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Questions
What kinds of Filipino words are in the 801–1,500 band?
This band is rich in mid-frequency everyday vocabulary: verbs for speaking, moving, and feeling; nouns for common objects and social relationships; and a wider set of adverbs and conjunctions that connect ideas. These are words you hear in natural conversation but may not have met in a beginner course.
How does Beeblio use this band when I read a text?
When you open a text pinned to the Everyday band, Beeblio color-codes each word by its frequency rank so you can instantly see which words fall within your target range and which sit beyond it. Words above rank 1,500 are flagged, letting you focus your attention on genuinely new vocabulary rather than re-studying what you already know.
Do I need to master ranks 1–800 before studying this band?
You don't need to reach perfection first, but a comfortable familiarity with the top 800 words will make the Everyday band much less overwhelming. If you find yourself looking up more than a handful of words per sentence in a band-pinned text, it's worth spending a little more time with the lower band before moving up.