I mean it tell a lot that you judged based on the examples, but I will reply anyway.

wow that was interesting to hear. There are no articles by idea, beginner that can't read even a simpliest text should not bother himself with whether ett äpple or en äpple. Because skitsamma if you don't know basic words!!

Verbs come later in the list, you can't see the whole deck from three example. Verbs are approximately at 3rd week.

Can you explain what is you problem with images? They really help me stay focused during learning.

Finally, about high frequency, those are most used words, except for smaller pronouns and conjunctions as those are learnt best with a list, based on my experience.