Understand spoken French

Words by frequency

The following shows a list of all the words on the site ordered by the number of times they appear in the sample sentences. So, for example, if a word happens to turn up in 50 of our example sentences, then it will appear higher up than a word which only appears in 10 of our example sentences. The number of example sentences in which a particular word appears is also shown. By clicking on a word you can see a list of all the example sentences in which that word appears. Note that this Lingopolo frequency table is not likely to give the same results as a scientific study based on millions and millions of sentences: the Lingopolo frequency is only based on the sentences on Lingopolo. For practical purposes though, the Lingopolo approximation is good enough to ensure that words are learnt in approximately the most useful order.
Rank Recording English French Examples count Learn
41
minus moins 69
42
from d’ 68
43
four quatre 66
44
equals égale 64
45
with avec 60
46
my ma 59
47
it il 56
48
me me 56
49
on sur 56
50
more plus 56
51
of the du 56
52
six six 55
53
eight huit 53
54
your votre 53
55
in en 52
56
that que 52
57
to do faire 52
58
one un 47
59
well bien 45
60
this cette 44
61
nine neuf 43
62
ten dix 43
63
go vais 43
64
does fait 40
65
seven sept 40
66
day jour 38
67
hour heure 37
68
all tout 37
69
his; her sa 37
70
children enfants 33
71
train train 32
72
French français 32
73
would like voudrais 32
74
by par 32
75
me moi 32
76
itself se 32
77
son fils 31
78
o’clock heures 31
79
if si 31
80
a lot beaucoup 31