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
2001
in love (masculine)

amoureux

1
2002
leave again; am leaving again

repars

1
2003
doorbell

sonnette

1
2004
to bore; to annoy

ennuyer

1
2005
wavy (masculine plural)

ondulés

1
2006
boring (feminine singular)

ennuyeuse

1
2007
strict

strict

1
2008
to tan

bronzer

1
2009 hare

lièvre

1
2010
carrots

carottes

1
2011 sewing machine

machine à coudre

1
2012
careful; cautious (feminine)

prudente

1
2013
unlucky (masculine)

malchanceux

1
2014
to study

étudier

1
2015
east (short form)

est

1
2016
Canada (short form)

Canada

1
2017
parent

parent

1
2018
to wake up

réveiller

1
2019
tired

fatiguée

1
2020
visited

visité

1
2021
attracts; is attracting

attire

1
2022
semi-colon (;)

point-virgule

1
2023
encouraged

encouragé

1
2024
towel

serviette

1
2025
cemetery

cimetière

1
2026
attentive (masculine singular)

attentif

1
2027
by (means)

en

1
2028
reasonable (plural)

raisonnables

1
2029 tracksuit

survêtement

1
2030 pork

porc

1
2031 far

loin

1
2032
toe

orteil

1
2033
plastic

plastique

1
2034
muscular

musclé

1
2035
to become

devenir

1
2036
task

tâche

1
2037
Portugal (short form)

Portugal

1
2038
support; are supporting (2nd person plural)

soutenez

1
2039
to survive

survivre

1
2040
goldfish (plural)

poissons rouges

1