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
2881
here you go; there tiens 1
2882
seemed paraissait 1
2883
have lunch; are having lunch déjeunons 1
2884
summit sommet 1
2885
dairy (from the word for milk) laiterie 1
2886
train; practice entraine 1
2887
adapted adapté 1
2888
to obtain; to procure procurer 1
2889
news; information (abbreviation) infos 1
2890
common (masculine singular) commun 1
2891
precisely précisément 1
2892
Africa Afrique 1
2893
in the shade (feminine plural) ombragées 1
2894
Epiphany Épiphanie 1
2895
armistice armistice 1
2896
Rousseau (last name) Rousseau 1
2897
small (feminine plural) petites 1
2898
Roger (boy’s name) Roger 1
2899
seasons saisons 1
2900
tablespoons cuillères à soupe 1
2901
would like; would love (1st person singular) aimerais 1
2902
to understand comprendre 1
2903
will take (1st person singular) prendrai 1
2904
heads têtes 1
2905
meticulous (masculine) minutieux 1
2906
frank (feminine singular) franche 1
2907
to sit down s’asseoir 1
2908
composed composé 1
2909
Marie-Claude (girl’s name) Marie-Claude 1
2910
careful; cautious (masculine) prudent 1
2911
Joseph (boy’s name) Joseph 1
2912
ugly (feminine) laide 1
2913
university université 1
2914
lab labo 1
2915
spendthrift dépensier 1
2916
from Quebec (masculine) québecois 1
2917
litterature littérature 1
2918
bachelor bachelier 1
2919
grade note 1
2920
useless; no good nul 1