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
1921 would go out (2nd person singular)

sortirais

1
1922 oyster

huître

1
1923
parts

parties

1
1924
D

D

1
1925
purple (masculine)

violet

1
1926
to live; to dwell (somewhere)

habiter

1
1927
kind; nice (feminine singular)

gentille

1
1928
Giovanni (boy’s name)

Giovanni

1
1929
settings

paramètres

1
1930
ask; are asking (2nd person plural)

demandez

1
1931
loudly

bruyamment

1
1932
as

comme

1
1933
Maltese (masculine)

maltais

1
1934
medicines

médicaments

1
1935
rent; are renting (1st person plural)

louons

1
1936
middle

milieu

1
1937
lie

mensonge

1
1938
to choose

choisir

1
1939
allows; is allowing

permet

1
1940
to take away

emporter

1
1941
to ring

sonner

1
1942
rubber (British); eraser (American)

gomme

1
1943
chin

menton

1
1944 lynx

lynx

1
1945 aubergines (British); eggplants (American)

aubergines

1
1946 had

eu

1
1947 to sew

coudre

1
1948
mousse

mousse

1
1949
O

O

1
1950
zebra

zèbre

1
1951
careful; cautious (masculine)

prudent

1
1952
ugly (feminine)

laide

1
1953
West

ouest

1
1954
Christophe (boy’s name)

Christophe

1
1955
grandparent

grand-parent

1
1956
prays; is praying

prie

1
1957
stores; shops

magasins

1
1958
All Saints Day (short form)

Toussaint

1
1959
careful

attention

1
1960
about fifty

cinquantaine

1