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
2521
polo shirt polo 1
2522
foundation fondation 1
2523
wrist poignet 1
2524
beers bières 1
2525
way; manner façon 1
2526
fashionable tendance 1
2527
would go out (3rd person singular) sortirait 1
2528
waffle gaufre 1
2529
pint pinte 1
2530
bonds obligations 1
2531
was fut 1
2532
almost presque 1
2533
trunks malles 1
2534
medicines médicaments 1
2535
leaf feuille 1
2536
to receive accueillir 1
2537
river rivière 1
2538
fungus champignon 1
2539
university (adjective, plural) universitaires 1
2540
punctuation ponctuation 1
2541
metro; underground métro 1
2542
lyrics paroles 1
2543
Oscar (boy’s name) Oscar 1
2544
series série 1
2545
tents tentes 1
2546
registered (feminine singular) déposée 1
2547
hates déteste 1
2548
skiing ski 1
2549
razorbill; auk pingouin 1
2550
worldwide (feminine) mondiale 1
2551
has Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner; is having Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner réveillonne 1
2552
François (boy’s name) François 1
2553
olives olives 1
2554
serve; are serving servez 1
2555
soft (masculine singular) doux 1
2556
meal vouchers chèques repas 1
2557
September septembre 1
2558
furious (feminine singular) furieuse 1
2559
feels; is feeling sent 1
2560
plates; slabs plaques 1