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
2081
dentist

dentiste

0
2082 to select

sélectionner

0
2083
G

G

0
2084
to grow up

grandir

0
2085
French (long form)

le français

0
2086
to be necessary

falloir

0
2087
best (feminine plural)

meilleures

0
2088
cost; am costing

coûte

0
2089
competitor

concurrent

0
2090
invited (feminine plural)

invitées

0
2091
treated (masculine singular)

traité

0
2092
soap

savon

0
2093
engineer

ingénieur

0
2094 to move apart

s’éloigner

0
2095
glad (feminine)

ravie

0
2096
black (feminine)

noire

0
2097
be (2nd person plural subjunctive mode)

soyez

0
2098
common; frequent (masculine plural)

fréquents

0
2099
seen (masculine plural)

vus

0
2100
employees (feminine plural)

employées

0
2101
write (2nd person plural)

écrivez

0
2102
H

H

0
2103
promised (3rd person singular, simple past)

promit

0
2104
to get fat

grossir

0
2105
confused

désorienté

0
2106
languages (long form)

les langues

0
2107 puppet

pantin

0
2108
closed (masculine)

fermé

0
2109
vocal (masculine singular)

vocal

0
2110
alone (masculine plural)

seuls

0
2111
invited (feminine singular)

invitée

0
2112
retired man

retraité

0
2113 to tighten

serrer

0
2114
to press

appuyer

0
2115
exclamation mark (!)

point d’exclamation

0
2116
seen (feminine plural)

vues

0
2117
caravan

caravane

0
2118
I (letter)

I

0
2119
dining car (old fashioned)

wagon-restaurant

0
2120
captivates; is captivating

passionne

0