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
1441
honest

honnête

1
1442
prefer (2nd person plural)

préférez

1
1443 navel; belly button

nombril

1
1444 spinach

épinards

1
1445 coca-cola

coca-cola

1
1446 smile (1st and 2nd person singular)

souris

1
1447
come; am coming

viens

1
1448
glad (masculine)

ravi

1
1449
goat cheese

chèvre

1
1450
mandarin

mandarin

1
1451
Inma (girl’s name)

Inma

1
1452
to join; to access

accéder

1
1453
beers

bières

1
1454
fashionable

tendance

1
1455
medieval (feminine plural)

médiévales

1
1456
minute

minute

1
1457
suits

costumes

1
1458
follow; am following

suis

1
1459
candle

bougie

1
1460
to hear

entendre

1
1461
portable; mobile

portable

1
1462
promotion

promotion

1
1463
catches; is catching

attrape

1
1464
discount

réduction

1
1465
administrative (feminine plural)

administratives

1
1466
enthusiastic (plural)

enthousiastes

1
1467
Gregorian

grégorien

1
1468
commemorates; is commemorating

commémore

1
1469
saying

disant

1
1470
fantastic

fantastique

1
1471 pair of boxer shorts

caleçon

1
1472 pâté

pâté

1
1473 aubergine

aubergine

1
1474
to want

vouloir

1
1475
cleaning

ménage

1
1476
dutch

néerlandais

1
1477
Jens (boy’s name)

Jens

1
1478
mountain

montagne

1
1479
twins (male)

jumeaux

1
1480
sit (2nd person plural)

asseyez

1