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
1561
each; every chaque 2
1562
watermelon pastèque 2
1563
keep; are keeping gardez 2
1564
airport aéroport 2
1565
throat gorge 2
1566
February février 2
1567
worried (feminine singular) inquiète 2
1568
crazy; mad (masculine) fou 2
1569
manages; is managing gère 2
1570
leave; am leaving (1st person singular) pars 2
1571
pull tire 2
1572
say; are saying disons 2
1573
japanese (masculine) japonais 2
1574
out of style; outdated démodé 2
1575
kiss baiser 2
1576
shores; coasts côtes 2
1577
baseball baseball 2
1578
arrival arrivée 2
1579
tamer dompteur 2
1580
buy achetez 2
1581
new (masculine singular, before a word starting with a vowel) nouvel 2
1582
a long time longtemps 2
1583
subjects matières 2
1584
sorry désolé 2
1585
pomegranate grenade 2
1586
stamp timbre 2
1587
goldfish poisson rouge 2
1588
makes; is making; creates; is creating réalise 2
1589
translates; is translating traduit 2
1590
give donne 2
1591
dishes; washing up vaisselle 2
1592
sometimes parfois 2
1593
know; are aware (1st person plural) savons 2
1594
machine distributeur 2
1595
last (feminine) dernière 2
1596
drinks boissons 2
1597
disaster; catastrophe catastrophe 2
1598
goat chèvre 2
1599
redhead; ginger roux 2
1600
shopping; races courses 2