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
2961
strength force 1
2962
bacon bacon 1
2963
pint pinte 1
2964
high haut 1
2965
withholding tax précompte 1
2966
overwhelmed submergé 1
2967
bet parié 1
2968
terrestrial terrestre 1
2969
forgot oublié 1
2970
trunks malles 1
2971
mass masse 1
2972
medicines médicaments 1
2973
wash (1st person plural) lavons 1
2974
instrument instrument 1
2975
to cool down se rafraîchir 1
2976
lie mensonge 1
2977
via; through via 1
2978
private (masculine plural) privés 1
2979
orthopedic (abbreviation) ortho 1
2980
Oscar (boy’s name) Oscar 1
2981
series série 1
2982
disorder trouble 1
2983
tents tentes 1
2984
registered (feminine singular) déposée 1
2985
hates déteste 1
2986
skiing ski 1
2987
razorbill; auk pingouin 1
2988
worldwide (feminine) mondiale 1
2989
has Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner; is having Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner réveillonne 1
2990
François (boy’s name) François 1
2991
olives olives 1
2992
cabin cabine 1
2993
serve; are serving servez 1
2994
soft (masculine singular) doux 1
2995
meal vouchers chèques repas 1
2996
September septembre 1
2997
furious (feminine singular) furieuse 1
2998
feels; is feeling sent 1
2999
plates; slabs plaques 1
3000
reasonable (plural) raisonnables 1