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
2641
to marry (short form) marier 1
2642
university; uni (short form) fac 1
2643
progress progrès 1
2644
raincoat imperméable 1
2645
pizzas pizzas 1
2646
report rapport 1
2647
raccoon raton laveur 1
2648
cucumbers concombres 1
2649
natural (feminine) naturelle 1
2650
hairy chevelu 1
2651
valve vanne 1
2652
sewing machine machine à coudre 1
2653
replied répondu 1
2654
powerful puissants 1
2655
crazy dingue 1
2656
pleasant agréables 1
2657
normal normal 1
2658
offenses infractions 1
2659
cakes gâteaux 1
2660
listen; are listening (1st person plural) écoutons 1
2661
flag drapeau 1
2662
unicycle basketball mono-basket 1
2663
sixth sixième 1
2664
tight raide 1
2665
armed armé 1
2666
traditional (feminine plural) traditionnelles 1
2667
Marion (girl’s name) Marion 1
2668
allow; are allowing (3rd person plural) permettent 1
2669
past (feminine singular) passée 1
2670
equipped (feminine plural) équipées 1
2671
associations associations 1
2672
dark foncé 1
2673
projector; beamer projecteur 1
2674
take; are taking (2nd person singular) prends 1
2675
volleyball volleyball 1
2676
rare; bloody (feminine) saignante 1
2677
naive (feminine singular) naïve 1
2678
Islamic islamique 1
2679
F F 1
2680
Fido (dog’s name) Fido 1