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
3001
new; brand new (feminine singular) neuve 1
3002
biscuit biscuit 1
3003
lays; is laying pond 1
3004
careless (masculine) négligent 1
3005
unlucky (feminine) malchanceuse 1
3006
given back (masculine singular) rendu 1
3007
to have dinner dîner 1
3008
police station commissariat 1
3009
clearly clairement 1
3010
roller rouleau 1
3011
John John 1
3012
to help aider 1
3013
miserly radin 1
3014
Italy (short form) Italie 1
3015
philosophy philosophie 1
3016
excuse excuse 1
3017
Virgo vierge 1
3018
old; ancient (masculine) ancien 1
3019
gym (short form) gymnase 1
3020
Portugal (short form) Portugal 1
3021
report bulletin 1
3022
blouse chemisier 1
3023
support; are supporting (2nd person plural) soutenez 1
3024
elbow coude 1
3025
thank; am thanking remercie 1
3026
drama drame 1
3027
attitude attitude 1
3028
many; plenty of plein de 1
3029
seafood shop poissonnerie 1
3030
medieval (feminine plural) médiévales 1
3031
bagel bagel 1
3032
minute minute 1
3033
interior intérieur 1
3034
annoying (feminine plural) agaçantes 1
3035
covered recouvertes 1
3036
stripe rayure 1
3037
Mary Mary 1
3038
trunk malle 1
3039
iron; are ironing (1st person plural) repassons 1
3040
known (masculine singular) connu 1