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
2361
marvellous (masculine) merveilleux 1
2362
pebbles cailloux 1
2363
peas pois 1
2364
colourful (masculine plural) colorés 1
2365
among parmi 1
2366
ice glace 1
2367
number nombre 1
2368
will be serons 1
2369
lucky veinard 1
2370
give up abandonne 1
2371
bakery boulangerie 1
2372
detergent détergent 1
2373
understand (2nd person singular) comprends 1
2374
communication communication 1
2375
pumpkin citrouille 1
2376
to hear entendre 1
2377
bracket [ ( ] parenthèse 1
2378
doctors médecins 1
2379
public (masculine plural) publics 1
2380
to switch off; to turn off éteindre 1
2381
competitors concurrents 1
2382
maximum maximum 1
2383
to smoke fumer 1
2384
brought back (masculine singular) ramené 1
2385
study; am studying étudie 1
2386
paths; ways sentiers 1
2387
to comb peigner 1
2388
Valentine; Valentin (boy’s name) Valentin 1
2389
Christmas Eve; New Year’s Eve dinner réveillon 1
2390
Nevers (town) Nevers 1
2391
cruel (feminine singular) cruelle 1
2392
strict strict 1
2393
to tan bronzer 1
2394
careless (feminine) négligente 1
2395
possible possible 1
2396
invented inventé 1
2397
pastry pâtisserie 1
2398
Kathy (girl’s name) Kathy 1
2399
finished fini 1
2400
frugal économe 1