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
3161
high school student lycéen 1
3162
presentation exposé 1
3163
indicated (feminine plural) indiquées 1
3164
underwear sous-vêtements 1
3165
to stop (reflexive form) s’arrêter 1
3166
passionate passionné 1
3167
action action 1
3168
jacket veste 1
3169
pâté pâté 1
3170
to survive survivre 1
3171
avocado avocat 1
3172
goldfish (plural) poissons rouges 1
3173
sole semelle 1
3174
puppet pantin 1
3175
wrong tort 1
3176
linked lié 1
3177
find; are finding (1st person plural) trouvons 1
3178
to travel; to tour parcourir 1
3179
wild sauvage 1
3180
organization organisation 1
3181
square bracket crochet 1
3182
increased (feminine plural) majorées 1
3183
information information 1
3184
fire feu 1
3185
to employ employer 1
3186
known connue 1
3187
had fun (masculine plural) éclatés 1
3188
listened (masculine singular) écouté 1
3189
high school lycée 1
3190
encouraged encouragé 1
3191
toothpaste dentifrice 1
3192
Gregorian grégorien 1
3193
commemorates; is commemorating commémore 1
3194
difficult (plural) difficiles 1
3195
spoken parlée 1
3196
absolutely; definitely absolument 1
3197
faces; sides faces 1
3198
Gustave (boy’s name) Gustave 1
3199
wavy (masculine plural) ondulés 1
3200
walked marché 1