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
2161
celebrates; is celebrating

célèbre

0
2162
each other

se

0
2163
to calve

vêler

0
2164 beforehand

préalablement

0
2165 to commit

commettre

0
2166
L

L

0
2167
closed (feminine)

fermée

0
2168
common (masculine)

courant

0
2169
arrived (feminine plural)

arrivées

0
2170
allows (subjunctive)

permette

0
2171 to lather

savonner

0
2172
X

X

0
2173
colourful (feminine plural)

colorées

0
2174
come up; are coming up (2nd person plural)

montez

0
2175
to get dressed

s’habiller

0
2176
must (infinitive)

devoir

0
2177
had (2rd person singular)

avais

0
2178
animated (masculine plural)

animés

0
2179
Hello? (for answering the phone)

Allô ?

0
2180
to hate

détester

0
2181
heifer

génisse

0
2182 to compromise

compromettre

0
2183
M

M

0
2184
squeezed; pushed (3rd person singular, simple past)

pressa

0
2185 to saw

scier

0
2186
Y

Y

0
2187
tramway

tramway

0
2188
to rest

se reposer

0
2189
happily

heureusement

0
2190
C

C

0
2191
to like; to love

aimer

0
2192
animated (feminine singular)

animée

0
2193
to regret

regretter

0
2194 to permit

permettre

0
2195
natural (feminine plural)

naturelles

0
2196
equal; are equalling (3rd person plural)

égalent

0
2197
booked (masculine plural)

réservés

0
2198
actor

acteur

0
2199 to escape

s’échapper

0
2200
Z

Z

0