Learn Estonian

Learn Estonian the Smart Way

Estonian is one of the few non-Indo-European languages in Europe, related to Finnish rather than its Baltic neighbors — which makes it a genuinely distinctive language to learn. But most courses waste your time on vocabulary you'll rarely use, before you even get to the words that matter.

MostUsedWords takes a different approach: learn the most common words first. Our Estonian Frequency Dictionaries rank vocabulary by actual usage — the 10,000 most common Estonian words, organized by CEFR level, each with an example sentence and IPA phonetic pronunciation.

Start with the Essential Vocabulary dictionary — the 2,500 most common Estonian words — and work your way up to Master level as you progress. Learn ten words a day and you'll cover the full set in a few months, with real, usable Estonian to show for it.

Whatever stage you're at, the fastest path to fluent Estonian starts with the right words — not the most words.