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
1801
to renew renouveler 2
1802
spell; curse sort 2
1803
United Kingdom Royaume-Uni 2
1804
trainer; sports shoe basket 2
1805
you; yourself (before a vowel sound) t’ 2
1806
to install installer 2
1807
A A 2
1808
butterfly papillon 2
1809
anger colère 2
1810
formats; is formatting formate 2
1811
old (feminine) vieille 2
1812
advises; is advising conseille 2
1813
say; am saying dis 2
1814
portuguese (feminine) portugaise 2
1815
weight training musculation 2
1816
new (feminine plural) nouvelles 2
1817
meet (1st person singular) rencontre 2
1818
violent violent 2
1819
dolphins dauphins 2
1820
bath; bathtub baignoire 2
1821
Didier Didier 2
1822
exactly exactement 2
1823
juggler jongleur 2
1824
Laura (girl’s name) Laura 2
1825
silver; money argent 2
1826
castle château 2
1827
Candlemas; Presentation of Jesus at the Temple Chandeleur 2
1828
to tick; to check cocher 2
1829
pretty; nice (masculine plural) jolis 2
1830
lime citron vert 2
1831
come; are coming (2nd person singular) viens 2
1832
right-angled triangle triangle rectangle 2
1833
steak steak 2
1834
fresh (feminine singular) fraiche 2
1835
wedding rings alliances 2
1836
leg jambe 2
1837
Carmen (girl’s name) Carmen 2
1838
donkey âne 2
1839
produces; is producing produit 2
1840
have supper; am having supper dine 2