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
3321
baccalaureate exam baccalauréat 1
3322
oral oral 1
3323
indicated (feminine plural) indiquées 1
3324
bra soutien-gorge 1
3325
to stop (reflexive form) s’arrêter 1
3326
interference ingérence 1
3327
surplus excédentaire 1
3328
knees genoux 1
3329
sausages saucisses 1
3330
to survive survivre 1
3331
aubergine aubergine 1
3332
goldfish (plural) poissons rouges 1
3333
suede daim 1
3334
you arrive arrivez 1
3335
to snow neiger 1
3336
to stay séjourner 1
3337
maternal maternel 1
3338
valve soupape 1
3339
soles semelles 1
3340
wanderers errants 1
3341
basketball basketball 1
3342
clear clair 1
3343
find; are finding (3rd person plural) trouvent 1
3344
systematically systématiquement 1
3345
advances avances 1
3346
to do again refaire 1
3347
curly bracket ({) accolade 1
3348
amenities équipements 1
3349
planks; boards planches 1
3350
Asia Asie 1
3351
mislead; are misleading; deceive; are deceiving (3rd person plural) trompent 1
3352
Moroccan (singular, feminine) marocaine 1
3353
forks fourchettes 1
3354
distract distraire 1
3355
serve; are serving (3rd person plural) servent 1
3356
helps; is helping aide 1
3357
blood; blood-red (masculine singular) sanguin 1
3358
shins tibias 1
3359
Gustave (boy’s name) Gustave 1
3360
wavy (masculine plural) ondulés 1