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
3201
study; am studying étudie 1
3202
paths; ways sentiers 1
3203
to comb peigner 1
3204
Valentine; Valentin (boy’s name) Valentin 1
3205
Christmas Eve; New Year’s Eve dinner réveillon 1
3206
Nevers (town) Nevers 1
3207
olives olives 1
3208
cabin cabine 1
3209
serve; are serving servez 1
3210
soft (masculine singular) doux 1
3211
meal vouchers chèques repas 1
3212
September septembre 1
3213
furious (feminine singular) furieuse 1
3214
feels; is feeling sent 1
3215
plates; slabs plaques 1
3216
reasonable (plural) raisonnables 1
3217
calls appelle 1
3218
elegant (feminine, plural) élégantes 1
3219
inside dedans 1
3220
commercial commercial 1
3221
Charles (boy’s name) Charles 1
3222
tap robinet 1
3223
humour humour 1
3224
vocal (feminine singular) vocale 1
3225
entrance entrée 1
3226
Scorpio scorpion 1
3227
specifically spécifiquement 1
3228
become (2nd person singular) deviens 1
3229
connecting (feminine plural) communicantes 1
3230
guidelines directrices 1
3231
lynx lynx 1
3232
bear cub ourson 1
3233
aubergines (British); eggplants (American) aubergines 1
3234
pastries pâtisseries 1
3235
fan ventilateur 1
3236
first premiers 1
3237
to enter entrer 1
3238
promise promets 1
3239
attacked attaqués 1
3240
arboreal arboricole 1