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
2281
university (adjective, plural) universitaires 1
2282
punctuation ponctuation 1
2283
metro; underground métro 1
2284
lyrics paroles 1
2285
Oscar (boy’s name) Oscar 1
2286
series série 1
2287
tents tentes 1
2288
registered (feminine singular) déposée 1
2289
hates déteste 1
2290
skiing ski 1
2291
razorbill; auk pingouin 1
2292
worldwide (feminine) mondiale 1
2293
has Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner; is having Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner réveillonne 1
2294
François (boy’s name) François 1
2295
olives olives 1
2296
serve; are serving servez 1
2297
soft (masculine singular) doux 1
2298
meal vouchers chèques repas 1
2299
figurines figurines 1
2300
bars barres 1
2301
multiple (plural) multiples 1
2302
present cadeau 1
2303
friends (feminine plural) amies 1
2304
tall grand 1
2305
French le français 1
2306
rent loyer 1
2307
east (short form) est 1
2308
layers couches 1
2309
Canada (short form) Canada 1
2310
cereals céréales 1
2311
law droit 1
2312
adorable (plural) adorables 1
2313
cabbages choux 1
2314
Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh character) Coco 1
2315
peppers poivrons 1
2316
colourful (masculine) coloré 1
2317
lorraine lorraine 1
2318
to produce produire 1
2319
this ceci 1
2320
probably probablement 1