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
1241 strawberry

fraise

2
1242
May

mai

2
1243
numbers

numéros

2
1244
members

membres

2
1245
lies; is lying

ment

2
1246
American (feminine)

américaine

2
1247
italian (feminine)

italienne

2
1248
was (1st person singular)

étais

2
1249
butcher’s shop

boucherie

2
1250
ghost

fantôme

2
1251
follow; are following (2nd person plural)

suivez

2
1252
guests

invités

2
1253
cakes; crusty cakes

galettes

2
1254
fresh (masculine)

frais

2
1255
to share; sharing

partager

2
1256
grandchildren

petits-enfants

2
1257
welcome

bienvenue

2
1258
insects

insectes

2
1259
Laura (girl’s name)

Laura

2
1260
beginning; start

début

2
1261
to link; to connect

relier

2
1262
crab

crabe

2
1263
anger

colère

2
1264
unlucky (feminine)

malchanceuse

1
1265
studeren

étudier

1
1266
call (3rd person plural)

appellent

1
1267
canadian (masculine)

canadien

1
1268
marvellous (masculine)

merveilleux

1
1269
happily; merrily

joyeusement

1
1270
danger

danger

1
1271
Indonesia

Indonésie

1
1272
will arrive (1st person singular)

arriverai

1
1273
jewellery shop; jewelry store

bijouterie

1
1274
wakker worden

réveiller

1
1275
leaf

feuille

1
1276
to travel; to tour

parcourir

1
1277
administrator; manager (feminine)

administratrice

1
1278
advances

avances

1
1279
to do again

refaire

1
1280
symbols

symboles

1