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
1961
international (masculine plural) internationaux 2
1962
flower fleur 2
1963
what quoi 2
1964
volleyball (short form) volley 2
1965
vase vase 2
1966
bowl bol 2
1967
leeks poireaux 2
1968
nectarine nectarine 2
1969
meal voucher chèque repas 2
1970
curious (masculine) curieux 2
1971
activities activités 2
1972
formats; is formatting formate 2
1973
old (feminine) vieille 2
1974
advises; is advising conseille 2
1975
say; am saying dis 2
1976
portuguese (feminine) portugaise 2
1977
new (feminine plural) nouvelles 2
1978
tragic tragique 2
1979
dolphins dauphins 2
1980
bath; bathtub baignoire 2
1981
Courtois (family name) Courtois 2
1982
friend (feminine) amie 2
1983
arrive; are arriving arrivent 2
1984
dairy (from the word for cream) crèmerie 2
1985
sad triste 2
1986
casual jacket blouson 2
1987
to renew renouveler 2
1988
spell; curse sort 2
1989
United Kingdom Royaume-Uni 2
1990
trainer; sports shoe basket 2
1991
you; yourself (before a vowel sound) t’ 2
1992
to install installer 2
1993
A A 2
1994
butterfly papillon 2
1995
anger colère 2
1996
produces; is producing produit 2
1997
have supper; am having supper dine 2
1998 Something wrong with file. Please reupload. blue (feminine plural) bleues 2
1999
play jouez 2
2000
see; are seeing voyons 2