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
bodily; physical

corporel

1
1962
kings

rois

1
1963
active (feminine singular)

active

1
1964
frank (feminine singular)

franche

1
1965
to them

leur

1
1966
owls

hiboux

1
1967 buys

achète

1
1968 slowly

lentement

1
1969
nail

ongle

1
1970
Kathy (girl’s name)

Kathy

1
1971
finished

fini

1
1972
Rome (city)

Rome

1
1973
excuse (2nd person singular, imperative)

excuse

1
1974
old; ancient (masculine)

ancien

1
1975
imaginary (plural)

imaginaires

1
1976
hope; am hoping

espère

1
1977
single tickets

allers

1
1978
Louvain-la-Neuve (city)

Louvain-la-Neuve

1
1979
three-coloured (plural)

tricolores

1
1980
slipper

pantoufle

1
1981
open; are opening (3rd person plural)

ouvrent

1
1982
cruel (masculine singular)

cruel

1
1983
finally

finalement

1
1984
nautical (plural)

nautiques

1
1985 interrogative

interrogatives

1
1986
walnuts

noix

1
1987
duty

devoir

1
1988 sushi

sushis

1
1989
purple (feminine)

violette

1
1990
type

type

1
1991
Charles (boy’s name)

Charles

1
1992
voicemail; mailbox

messagerie

1
1993
invent (2nd person singular imperative mode)

invente

1
1994
French (feminine plural)

françaises

1
1995
live; am living; inhabit; am inhabiting

habite

1
1996
er

euh

1
1997
jewelry

bijoux

1
1998
iron; are ironing (1st person plural)

repassons

1
1999
seventh

septième

1
2000
chicks

poussins

1