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
1321
India

Inde

1
1322
Thai (feminine)

thaïlandaise

1
1323
Erik (boy’s name)

Erik

1
1324
Enzo (boy’s name)

Enzo

1
1325
vocal (masculine plural)

vocaux

1
1326
become (2nd person singular)

deviens

1
1327
Ah!

Ah !

1
1328
choose (2nd person singular, imperative mode)

choisis

1
1329
tentacle

tentacule

1
1330
to follow

suivre

1
1331
accept; are accepting (3rd person plural)

acceptent

1
1332
fifth

cinquième

1
1333
pumpkin-family vegetable; squash

potiron

1
1334
find; are finding (2nd person plural)

trouvez

1
1335
seen (masculine singular)

vu

1
1336
precisely

précisément

1
1337
Africa

Afrique

1
1338
in the shade (feminine plural)

ombragées

1
1339
lessons

leçons

1
1340
spring (season)

printemps

1
1341
presents

cadeaux

1
1342
yahoo

yahoo

1
1343
feels; is feeling

sent

1
1344
him

lui

1
1345
mini

mini

1
1346
Fido (dog’s name)

Fido

1
1347
lab

labo

1
1348 cherries

cerises

1
1349 dairy

laitiers

1
1350
put (2nd person singular)

mets

1
1351 whisky

whisky

1
1352
cereal

céréale

1
1353
careless (feminine)

négligente

1
1354
regularly

régulièrement

1
1355
canadian (feminine)

canadienne

1
1356
cereals

céréales

1
1357
adorable (plural)

adorables

1
1358
used (masculine plural)

utilisés

1
1359
certain people (masculine plural)

certains

1
1360
accept; are accepting (1st person plural)

acceptons

1