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 brioche

brioche

1
1802 fan

ventilateur

1
1803
bill (in restaurant)

note

1
1804
melon

melon

1
1805
pregnant

enceinte

1
1806
indicated (feminine plural)

indiquées

1
1807
to stop (reflexive form)

s’arrêter

1
1808
clever; intelligent (feminine plural)

intelligentes

1
1809
dairy (from the word for milk)

laiterie

1
1810
single (ticket)

simple

1
1811
booked (masculine singular)

réservé

1
1812
goal

but

1
1813
Marion (girl’s name)

Marion

1
1814
allow; are allowing (3rd person plural)

permettent

1
1815
past (feminine singular)

passée

1
1816
equipped (feminine plural)

équipées

1
1817
to bathe

baigner

1
1818
Bastille

Bastille

1
1819
cold (feminine singular)

froide

1
1820
youth

jeunesse

1
1821
female cat

chatte

1
1822 pebbles

cailloux

1
1823 peppers

poivrons

1
1824 lorraine

lorraine

1
1825
cute (feminine)

mignonne

1
1826
delicious

délicieux

1
1827
American (male)

américain

1
1828
from Quebec (feminine)

québecoise

1
1829
workshop

atelier

1
1830
dog (specific race)

bichon

1
1831
repair; are repairing (1st person plural)

réparons

1
1832
skeleton

squelette

1
1833
bring (2nd person plural, imperative mode)

apportez

1
1834
fire

feu

1
1835
chestnut (for hair colour)

châtains

1
1836
Liège (city)

Liège

1
1837
to return

retourner

1
1838
rooms

salles

1
1839
facilities

installations

1
1840
stroke; line

trait

1