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
2041
ticket (bus, metro, tram) ticket 2
2042
colours couleurs 2
2043
clinics cliniques 2
2044
photos photos 2
2045
decision décision 2
2046
international (masculine plural) internationaux 2
2047
flower fleur 2
2048
what quoi 2
2049
volleyball (short form) volley 2
2050
spell; curse sort 2
2051
United Kingdom Royaume-Uni 2
2052
trainer; sports shoe basket 2
2053
you; yourself (before a vowel sound) t’ 2
2054
to install installer 2
2055
A A 2
2056
butterfly papillon 2
2057
anger colère 2
2058
formats; is formatting formate 2
2059
old (feminine) vieille 2
2060
advises; is advising conseille 2
2061
say; am saying dis 2
2062
portuguese (feminine) portugaise 2
2063
weight training musculation 2
2064
new (feminine plural) nouvelles 2
2065
meet (1st person singular) rencontre 2
2066
violent violent 2
2067
dolphins dauphins 2
2068
bath; bathtub baignoire 2
2069
Courtois (family name) Courtois 2
2070
friend (feminine) amie 2
2071
arrive; are arriving arrivent 2
2072
dairy (from the word for cream) crèmerie 2
2073
sad triste 2
2074
casual jacket blouson 2
2075
to renew renouveler 2
2076
Candlemas; Presentation of Jesus at the Temple Chandeleur 2
2077
to tick; to check cocher 2
2078
pretty; nice (masculine plural) jolis 2
2079
lime citron vert 2
2080
come; are coming (2nd person singular) viens 2