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
1041
aspirin

aspirine

2
1042
offices

bureaux

2
1043
bald

chauve

2
1044
new (masculine singular, before a word starting with a vowel)

nouvel

2
1045
a long time

longtemps

2
1046
diving

plongée

2
1047
tortoise

tortue

2
1048
breaks; is breaking

casse

2
1049
banana

banane

2
1050
to drink

boire

2
1051
leave; am leaving (1st person singular)

pars

2
1052
see; are seeing (2nd person singular)

vois

2
1053
park

parc

2
1054
America (short form)

Amérique

2
1055
to travel

voyager

2
1056
are able to; can (1st person plural)

pouvons

2
1057
ears

oreilles

2
1058
Janine (first name)

Janine

2
1059
Michael; Michel (boy’s name)

Michel

2
1060
stress

stress

2
1061
campers

campeurs

2
1062
organises; is organising

organise

2
1063
happy; pleased (masculine singular)

content

2
1064
soft (masculine plural)

doux

2
1065
A

A

2
1066
butterfly

papillon

2
1067
English (feminine)

anglaise

2
1068
to continue

continuer

2
1069
want; wish

envie

2
1070
crabs

crabes

2
1071
pink (singular)

rose

2
1072
stripes

rayures

2
1073
Binche (town)

Binche

2
1074
these (feminine plural)

celles

2
1075
scarecrow

épouvantail

2
1076
Candlemas; Presentation of Jesus at the Temple

Chandeleur

2
1077 was raining

pleuvait

2
1078
dolfijn

dauphin

2
1079
spider

araignée

2
1080
slim

mince

2