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
1601
to use

utiliser

1
1602
baths

bains

1
1603
Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh character)

Coco

1
1604
colourful (masculine)

coloré

1
1605
friend (feminine)

amie

1
1606
lettuce

salade

1
1607
bunk

couchette

1
1608
necessary

nécessaire

1
1609
appearance; look

air

1
1610
Oscar (boy’s name)

Oscar

1
1611
series

série

1
1612
tents

tentes

1
1613
confectionery (plural)

friandises

1
1614
special (feminine plural)

spéciales

1
1615
live; are living; inhabit; are inhabiting (2nd person singular)

habites

1
1616
selfish

égoïste

1
1617
scheren

raser

1
1618
some (plural, in front of an adjective starting with a vowel sound)

d’

1
1619
knees

genoux

1
1620 sausage

saucisson

1
1621
bagel

bagel

1
1622
to see again

revoir

1
1623
roasted

rôti

1
1624
happy (feminine)

heureuse

1
1625
place

endroit

1
1626
Kimiko (girl’s name)

Kimiko

1
1627
grandson

petit-fils

1
1628
come back (masculine singular)

rentré

1
1629
to send

envoyer

1
1630
to be born

naître

1
1631
help; are helping (2nd person plural)

aidez

1
1632
proud (masculine)

fier

1
1633
produced (masculine)

produit

1
1634
stripe

rayure

1
1635
collar size

encolure

1
1636
regular

régulière

1
1637
to attach; to tie

attacher

1
1638
to comb

peigner

1
1639
safe; sure

sûr

1
1640
naive (masculine singular)

naïf

1