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
1481
old (feminine) vieille 2
1482
advises; is advising conseille 2
1483
say; am saying dis 2
1484
portuguese (feminine) portugaise 2
1485
weight training musculation 2
1486
new (feminine plural) nouvelles 2
1487
meet (1st person singular) rencontre 2
1488
violent violent 2
1489
dolphins dauphins 2
1490
bath; bathtub baignoire 2
1491
Courtois (family name) Courtois 2
1492
friend (feminine) amie 2
1493
arrive; are arriving arrivent 2
1494
juggler jongleur 2
1495
Laura (girl’s name) Laura 2
1496
silver; money argent 2
1497
castle château 2
1498
Candlemas; Presentation of Jesus at the Temple Chandeleur 2
1499
to tick; to check cocher 2
1500
pretty; nice (masculine plural) jolis 2
1501
lime citron vert 2
1502
come; are coming (2nd person singular) viens 2
1503
right-angled triangle triangle rectangle 2
1504
steak steak 2
1505
fresh (feminine singular) fraiche 2
1506
wedding rings alliances 2
1507
leg jambe 2
1508
Carmen (girl’s name) Carmen 2
1509
donkey âne 2
1510
produces; is producing produit 2
1511
have supper; am having supper dine 2
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1513
see; are seeing voyons 2
1514
dogs chiens 2
1515
fishmonger poissonnier 2
1516
minute minute 2
1517
Didier Didier 2
1518
exactly exactement 2
1519
pardon; sorry pardon 2
1520
comic comique 2