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
2201
give; are giving donnons 1
2202
African africaine 1
2203
appearance; look air 1
2204
administrator; manager (feminine) administratrice 1
2205
storage stockage 1
2206
present; are presenting (2nd person plural) présentez 1
2207
exclamation mark (!) point d’exclamation 1
2208
rich (plural) riches 1
2209
to knock; to hit frapper 1
2210
tournament tournoi 1
2211
hang; are hanging (3rd person plural) accrochent 1
2212
then; next ensuite 1
2213
yahoo yahoo 1
2214
Diane (girl’s name) Diane 1
2215
roast beef rosbif 1
2216
left laissé 1
2217
to put back; to start again remettre 1
2218
painkillers antidouleurs 1
2219
rat rat 1
2220
complete (masculine singular) complet 1
2221
combed; styled (masculine singular) coiffé 1
2222
to shave raser 1
2223
O O 1
2224
romantic (plural) romantiques 1
2225
clever; intelligent (feminine) intelligente 1
2226
life vie 1
2227
to become devenir 1
2228
tin can boite 1
2229
Eduardo Eduardo 1
2230
Japan (short form) Japon 1
2231
loan emprunt 1
2232
meet; meeting (1st person plural) retrouvons 1
2233
will have (1st person singular) aurai 1
2234
infant nourrisson 1
2235
free; available (plural) libres 1
2236
hare lièvre 1
2237
carrots carottes 1
2238
natural (masculine plural) naturels 1
2239
machine machine 1
2240
cats chats 1