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
1401
expensive cher 2
1402
to lose weight mincir 2
1403
frightening (feminine) effrayante 2
1404
student (female) étudiante 2
1405
hairs (body) poils 2
1406
wear shoes chausse 2
1407
ticket (bus, metro, tram) ticket 2
1408
colours couleurs 2
1409
clinics cliniques 2
1410
photos photos 2
1411
decision décision 2
1412
international (masculine plural) internationaux 2
1413
flower fleur 2
1414
what quoi 2
1415
volleyball (short form) volley 2
1416
United Kingdom Royaume-Uni 2
1417
trainer; sports shoe basket 2
1418
you; yourself (before a vowel sound) t’ 2
1419
to install installer 2
1420
A A 2
1421
butterfly papillon 2
1422
anger colère 2
1423
formats; is formatting formate 2
1424
old (feminine) vieille 2
1425
advises; is advising conseille 2
1426
say; am saying dis 2
1427
portuguese (feminine) portugaise 2
1428
weight training musculation 2
1429
new (feminine plural) nouvelles 2
1430
meet (1st person singular) rencontre 2
1431
violent violent 2
1432
dolphins dauphins 2
1433
bath; bathtub baignoire 2
1434
Courtois (family name) Courtois 2
1435
friend (feminine) amie 2
1436
arrive; are arriving arrivent 2
1437
dairy (from the word for cream) crèmerie 2
1438
sad triste 2
1439
casual jacket blouson 2
1440
to renew renouveler 2