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
2841
to prove prouver 1
2842
had to devais 1
2843
soles semelles 1
2844
basketball basketball 1
2845
find; are finding (3rd person plural) trouvent 1
2846
systematically systématiquement 1
2847
advances avances 1
2848
to do again refaire 1
2849
curly bracket ({) accolade 1
2850
planks; boards planches 1
2851
Asia Asie 1
2852
mislead; are misleading; deceive; are deceiving (3rd person plural) trompent 1
2853
Moroccan (singular, feminine) marocaine 1
2854
forks fourchettes 1
2855
serve; are serving (3rd person plural) servent 1
2856
helps; is helping aide 1
2857
attentive (masculine singular) attentif 1
2858
Vauban (military engineer and architect) Vauban 1
2859
come; am coming viens 1
2860
bee abeille 1
2861
Cartier-Bresson (surname) Cartier-Bresson 1
2862
purple (masculine) violet 1
2863
translated traduit 1
2864
sirloin aloyau 1
2865
inheritance héritage 1
2866
to kiss embrasser 1
2867
arts arts 1
2868
to receive (gift) recevoir 1
2869
fashion fashion 1
2870
commercial publicité 1
2871
prays; is praying prie 1
2872
jewel bijou 1
2873
happily; merrily joyeusement 1
2874
mineral minérale 1
2875
fat grasse 1
2876
foodstuffs denrées 1
2877
used (masculine plural) utilisés 1
2878
ignore ignore 1
2879
certain people; certain places (feminine plural) certaines 1
2880
describe décrivez 1