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
3361
describe décrivez 1
3362
here you go; there tiens 1
3363
learned appris 1
3364
left partit 1
3365
have lunch; are having lunch déjeunons 1
3366
dairy (from the word for milk) laiterie 1
3367
train; practice entraine 1
3368
lines lignes 1
3369
to obtain; to procure procurer 1
3370
closing fermeture 1
3371
in the shade (feminine plural) ombragées 1
3372
Epiphany Épiphanie 1
3373
armistice armistice 1
3374
Rousseau (last name) Rousseau 1
3375
small (feminine plural) petites 1
3376
Roger (boy’s name) Roger 1
3377
seasons saisons 1
3378
tablespoons cuillères à soupe 1
3379
would like; would love (1st person singular) aimerais 1
3380
to understand comprendre 1
3381
will take (1st person singular) prendrai 1
3382
meticulous (masculine) minutieux 1
3383
frank (feminine singular) franche 1
3384
to sit down s’asseoir 1
3385
composed composé 1
3386
Marie-Claude (girl’s name) Marie-Claude 1
3387
careful; cautious (masculine) prudent 1
3388
Joseph (boy’s name) Joseph 1
3389
ugly (feminine) laide 1
3390
to measure mesurer 1
3391
university université 1
3392
computers ordinateurs 1
3393
generous généreux 1
3394
from Quebec (masculine) québecois 1
3395
geography géographie 1
3396
Taurus taureau 1
3397
baccalaureate exam baccalauréat 1
3398
oral oral 1
3399
bra soutien-gorge 1
3400
knees genoux 1