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
1761
monster

monstre

1
1762
pushed (masculine singular)

poussé

1
1763
brown (for hair)

bruns

1
1764
example

exemple

1
1765
situation

situation

1
1766
could (3rd person singular)

pourrait

1
1767
organise; are organising (3rd person plural)

organisent

1
1768
Valentine; Valentin (boy’s name)

Valentin

1
1769
Christmas Eve; New Year’s Eve dinner

réveillon

1
1770
find; am finding

trouve

1
1771
low (feminine singular)

basse

1
1772
hamsters

hamsters

1
1773 would go out (3rd person singular)

sortirait

1
1774 bacon

bacon

1
1775
geiten

chèvres

1
1776
90 (ninety)

quatre-vingt-dix

1
1777
arm

bras

1
1778
B

B

1
1779
inactive (feminine)

inactive

1
1780
neighbours

voisins

1
1781
Carla (girl’s name)

Carla

1
1782
Peter (boy’s name)

Peter

1
1783
reading

lecture

1
1784
forms

fiches

1
1785
natural (feminine)

naturelle

1
1786
cats

chats

1
1787
few

peu de

1
1788
soles

semelles

1
1789
to arrive

arriver

1
1790
province

province

1
1791
Halloween

Halloween

1
1792
admire; am admiring

admire

1
1793
to move

bouger

1
1794
to disguise

déguiser

1
1795
worldwide (feminine)

mondiale

1
1796
has Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner; is having Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner

réveillonne

1
1797
projector; beamer

projecteur

1
1798
forehead

front

1
1799
composed (past participle)

composé

1
1800
peaches

pêches

1