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
1681
made (past participle, feminine plural)

faites

1
1682
arrived (feminine singular)

arrivée

1
1683
captivate; are captivating (3rd person plural)

passionnent

1
1684
asterisk (*)

astérisque

1
1685
stupidity; foolery

bêtises

1
1686
to brush

brosser

1
1687
reference

référence

1
1688
grandfather clock

horloge

1
1689
add; am adding

ajoute

1
1690
comfortable (plural)

confortables

1
1691 seafood shop

poissonnerie

1
1692 waffle

gaufre

1
1693
goats

chèvres

1
1694
speak; are speaking (1st person plural)

parlons

1
1695
unfortunately

malheureusement

1
1696
inactive (masculine)

inactif

1
1697
to move house

déménager

1
1698
early

tôt

1
1699
Taro (boy’s name)

Taro

1
1700
come back (1st person plural)

rentrons

1
1701
to modify

modifier

1
1702
dad

papa

1
1703
wake (2nd person plural)

réveillez

1
1704
proud (feminine)

fière

1
1705
naughty; ugly

vilain

1
1706
call (1st person singular)

appelle

1
1707
dry cleaner’s

teinturerie

1
1708
French man

Français

1
1709
bullet; cannonball

boulet

1
1710
phones

téléphones

1
1711
stable

stable

1
1712
swimming pools

piscines

1
1713
tournament

tournoi

1
1714
to do someone’s hair

coiffer

1
1715
mass

messe

1
1716
physics

physique

1
1717
kind; nice (masculine singular)

gentil

1
1718
rats

rats

1
1719
grapefruits

pamplemousses

1
1720 poem

poème

1