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
921
notitieboek

cahier

2
922
marvellous (feminine singular)

merveilleuse

2
923
should (3nd person singular)

devrait

2
924
historical (plural)

historiques

2
925
monkey

singe

2
926
to build

construire

2
927 Something wrong with file. Please reupload. blue (feminine plural)

bleues

2
928
united

uni

2
929
to go out; to exit

sortir

2
930
dolphins

dauphins

2
931
bath; bathtub

baignoire

2
932
low; down

bas

2
933
polar

polaire

2
934
bananen

bananes

2
935
decision

décision

2
936
international (masculine plural)

internationaux

2
937
spell; curse

sort

2
938
wash (1st person singular)

lave

2
939
Indian (masculine)

indien

2
940
limp; weak (masculine singular)

mou

2
941
smells; is smelling

sent

2
942
beaver

castor

2
943
goudvis

poisson rouge

2
944
japanese (masculine)

japonais

2
945
research

recherche

2
946
dogs

chiens

2
947
stings; bites

piqûres

2
948
next (masculine)

prochain

2
949
generally

généralement

2
950
Pascale (girl’s name)

Pascale

2
951
New Year’s Eve

Saint-Sylvestre

2
952
budgerigar; budgie

perruche

2
953
worried (masculine singular)

inquiet

2
954
believes; is believing

croit

2
955
minigolf

minigolf

2
956
steak

steak

2
957
knee

genou

2
958
dinosaur

dinosaure

2
959
snail

escargot

2
960
married (masculine plural)

mariés

2