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
1281
banknote; bill

billet

1
1282
lays; is laying

pond

1
1283
impressive (feminine plural)

impressionnantes

1
1284
to explore

explorer

1
1285 hedgehog

hérisson

1
1286
mushrooms

champignons

1
1287 valve

vanne

1
1288
careless (masculine)

négligent

1
1289
unlucky (feminine)

malchanceuse

1
1290
studeren

étudier

1
1291
call (3rd person plural)

appellent

1
1292
canadian (masculine)

canadien

1
1293
foundation

fondation

1
1294
thank; am thanking

remercie

1
1295
common; frequent (masculine)

fréquent

1
1296
frequently

fréquemment

1
1297
send; are sending; transmit; are transmitting (2nd person plural)

transmettez

1
1298
completely

tout à fait

1
1299
elephant

éléphant

1
1300
djembe

djembé

1
1301
to marry

épouser

1
1302
to switch off; to turn off

éteindre

1
1303
competitors

concurrents

1
1304
double quote; speech mark (“ or ”)

guillemet (« ou »)

1
1305
strongly

fortement

1
1306
toothpaste

dentifrice

1
1307
memory

mémoire

1
1308
attentive (feminine singular)

attentive

1
1309
to wipe; to dry

essuyer

1
1310
numerous (feminine plural)

nombreuses

1
1311 tracksuit (2)

jogging

1
1312 coconut

noix de coco

1
1313
appetite

appétit

1
1314
call (2nd person singular)

appelles

1
1315
big; fat (feminine)

grosse

1
1316
Eduardo (boy’s name)

Eduardo

1
1317
Japan (short form)

Japon

1
1318
Enzo (boy’s name)

Enzo

1
1319
vocal (masculine plural)

vocaux

1
1320
become (2nd person singular)

deviens

1