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
1361
distances

distances

1
1362
names

noms

1
1363
lyrics

paroles

1
1364
magazines

magazines

1
1365
sanitary (plural)

sanitaires

1
1366
diaeresis (¨)

tréma

1
1367
sprout

germe

1
1368
to feel

sentir

1
1369
straight (masculine plural)

raides

1
1370
furious (masculine)

furieux

1
1371
romantic (plural)

romantiques

1
1372 raccoon

raton laveur

1
1373 cucumbers

concombres

1
1374 sugar

sucre

1
1375
calls

appelle

1
1376
to sing

chanter

1
1377
Maria (girl’s name)

Maria

1
1378
be (2nd person plural imperative mode)

soyez

1
1379
near; close

proche

1
1380
many; plenty of (informal)

plein de

1
1381
appear; are appearing (3rd person plural)

apparaissent

1
1382
sting; bite

piqûre

1
1383
accept; am accepting

accepte

1
1384
olifant

éléphant

1
1385
bother; trouble

peine

1
1386
silent (masculine)

silencieux

1
1387
bricks

briques

1
1388
groups

groupes

1
1389
to celebrate

célébrer

1
1390
Rousseau (last name)

Rousseau

1
1391
new; brand new (feminine singular)

neuve

1
1392
mean (feminine plural)

méchantes

1
1393
to revise

réviser

1
1394 pair of panties

culotte

1
1395 cucumber

concombre

1
1396
oven

four

1
1397
fluently

couramment

1
1398
Veronika (girl’s name)

Veronika

1
1399
Switzerland (short form)

Suisse

1
1400
translate (2nd person plural)

traduisez

1