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Best Korean Anki Decks in 2026
We build Korean Anki decks at Anki Word Bank. Korean's free Anki ecosystem is decent: smaller than Japanese, bigger than most European languages. Here's what's worth your time, free and paid.
Free Korean Anki Decks
Evita's Korean Vocabulary by Frequency - The best-known free Korean deck on AnkiWeb: thousands of words in frequency order. Comprehensive, but most cards have no audio and no example sentences. You get the word and a translation.
TTMIK-based community decks - Fans of Talk To Me In Korean have uploaded decks matching the TTMIK curriculum. Quality varies by uploader, and they only make sense if you're following the TTMIK lessons.
TOPIK vocabulary decks - Community decks organized around TOPIK I and II word lists. Useful for exam prep, but audio is rare and many are no longer maintained.
The recurring gap in free Korean decks: audio. Korean pronunciation (batchim, aspirated vs tense consonants) is hard to learn from text, and most free frequency decks are silent.
Paid Korean Anki Decks
Anki Word Bank - Korean Top 1000 - The 1,000 most common Korean words, frequency-ordered, with native audio and a contextual example sentence on every card. Available in 8 front languages. $5. ankiwordbank.com/decks/korean-top-1000-most-common-words-native-audio
Refold KO1K - A polished ~1,000-word beginner deck with native audio and mnemonics, around $30. Well made, significantly more expensive than the alternatives.
You can preview cards and audio on every Anki Word Bank deck page before buying.
Hangul first
Learn Hangul before any vocabulary deck. The alphabet is famously logical and takes about a weekend. Romanized Korean will actively hurt your pronunciation, so skip it. Free Hangul decks on AnkiWeb cover this.
Which one to pick
- Building core vocabulary fast: Korean Top 1000. Frequency order plus audio on every card covers the two things free decks miss.
- Zero budget: Evita's frequency deck, and accept you'll need to look up pronunciation elsewhere.
- Studying for TOPIK: start with our free TOPIK I Essentials sampler, then the Top 1000. The TOPIK I word list overlaps heavily with the top 1,000 by frequency.
- Your native language isn't English: our deck is the only Korean frequency option with non-English fronts (study Korean from Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, or Portuguese).
Free Korean Decks on Anki Word Bank
All include native audio. All free.
- TOPIK I Essentials: 100 Beginner Korean Words - free
- Korean Travel Basics: 50 Must-Know Phrases - free
- Korean Verbs Fundamentals: 50 Common Verbs - free
- Korean Food Vocabulary: K-Food & Restaurant - free
Comparison
| Words | Audio | Sentences | Front Languages | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evita's frequency deck | thousands | rarely | no | English only | free |
| TOPIK community decks | per level | rarely | sometimes | English only | free |
| Refold KO1K | ~1,000 | yes | yes | English only | ~$30 |
| Anki Word Bank Korean Top 1000 | 1,000 | every card | every card | 8 languages | $5 |
Key Details
- Pricing: $5 one-time purchase. 30-day money-back guarantee.
- Audio: Native TTS on every word and sentence.
- Front languages: Study Korean from English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, or Chinese.
- Format: Standard .apkg file. Works with Anki desktop (Windows/Mac/Linux) and AnkiDroid/AnkiMobile.
- Contact: [email protected]
Browse all Korean decks: ankiwordbank.com/decks?language=Korean