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
2481
life vie 1
2482
to become devenir 1
2483
tin can boite 1
2484
Eduardo Eduardo 1
2485
Japan (short form) Japon 1
2486
total (feminine) totale 1
2487
architecture architecture 1
2488
to join; to access accéder 1
2489
shorts; a pair of shorts short 1
2490
buttocks fesses 1
2491
proud (masculine) fier 1
2492
thunder tonnerre 1
2493
interrogative interrogatives 1
2494
tuna thon 1
2495
would go out (2nd person singular) sortirais 1
2496
naughty; ugly vilain 1
2497
pretzel bretzel 1
2498
yield rendement 1
2499
pink (plural) roses 1
2500
fans fans 1
2501
shoot tirent 1
2502
suitcase valise 1
2503
give; are giving donnons 1
2504
African africaine 1
2505
appearance; look air 1
2506
administrator; manager (feminine) administratrice 1
2507
storage stockage 1
2508
present; are presenting (2nd person plural) présentez 1
2509
exclamation mark (!) point d’exclamation 1
2510
rich (plural) riches 1
2511
to knock; to hit frapper 1
2512
tournament tournoi 1
2513
hang; are hanging (3rd person plural) accrochent 1
2514
then; next ensuite 1
2515
yahoo yahoo 1
2516
Diane (girl’s name) Diane 1
2517
roast beef rosbif 1
2518
left laissé 1
2519
to put back; to start again remettre 1
2520
painkillers antidouleurs 1