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
wedding rings alliances 2
1242
leg jambe 2
1243
Carmen (girl’s name) Carmen 2
1244
donkey âne 2
1245
produces; is producing produit 2
1246
have supper; am having supper dine 2
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1248
play jouez 2
1249
see; are seeing voyons 2
1250
dogs chiens 2
1251
was raining pleuvait 2
1252
drawn dessinées 2
1253
Didier Didier 2
1254
exactly exactement 2
1255
juggler jongleur 2
1256
Laura (girl’s name) Laura 2
1257
silver; money argent 2
1258
castle château 2
1259
Candlemas; Presentation of Jesus at the Temple Chandeleur 2
1260
to tick; to check cocher 2
1261
pretty; nice (masculine plural) jolis 2
1262
lime citron vert 2
1263
come; are coming (2nd person singular) viens 2
1264
right-angled triangle triangle rectangle 2
1265
monitors; is monitoring surveille 2
1266
to drink boire 2
1267
to solve résoudre 2
1268
sporty (feminine plural) sportives 2
1269
numerous (masculine) nombreux 2
1270
frames montures 2
1271
aperitifs apéritifs 2
1272
desserts (plural) desserts 2
1273
stuck coincé 2
1274
cooking cuisine 2
1275
grandparents grands-parents 2
1276
Sterling Sterling 2
1277
drink (1st person singular) bois 2
1278
to lose weight mincir 2
1279
frightening (feminine) effrayante 2
1280
create crée 2