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
1881
drink (1st person singular) bois 2
1882
expensive cher 2
1883
to lose weight mincir 2
1884
frightening (feminine) effrayante 2
1885
student (female) étudiante 2
1886
hairs (body) poils 2
1887
wear shoes chausse 2
1888
ticket (bus, metro, tram) ticket 2
1889
colours couleurs 2
1890
sad triste 2
1891
casual jacket blouson 2
1892
to renew renouveler 2
1893
spell; curse sort 2
1894
United Kingdom Royaume-Uni 2
1895
trainer; sports shoe basket 2
1896
you; yourself (before a vowel sound) t’ 2
1897
to install installer 2
1898
A A 2
1899
butterfly papillon 2
1900
anger colère 2
1901
formats; is formatting formate 2
1902
old (feminine) vieille 2
1903
advises; is advising conseille 2
1904
say; am saying dis 2
1905
portuguese (feminine) portugaise 2
1906
weight training musculation 2
1907
new (feminine plural) nouvelles 2
1908
meet (1st person singular) rencontre 2
1909
violent violent 2
1910
dolphins dauphins 2
1911
bath; bathtub baignoire 2
1912
Courtois (family name) Courtois 2
1913
friend (feminine) amie 2
1914
arrive; are arriving arrivent 2
1915
dairy (from the word for cream) crèmerie 2
1916
juggler jongleur 2
1917
Laura (girl’s name) Laura 2
1918
silver; money argent 2
1919
castle château 2
1920
Candlemas; Presentation of Jesus at the Temple Chandeleur 2