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
361
photographer

photographe

6
362
region

région

6
363
sun

soleil

6
364
would like (3rd person singular)

voudrait

6
365
would you please

veuillez

6
366
fruit (plural)

fruits

6
367
have (2nd person singular)

as

6
368
course

cours

6
369
animal

animal

6
370
excellent (masculine singular)

excellent

6
371
dairyman (from the word for cream)

crémier

6
372
are able to; can (2nd person singular)

peux

6
373
dear; expensive (masculine plural)

chers

6
374
John; Jean (boy’s name)

Jean

6
375
toilet; washing

toilette

6
376
to watch

regarder

6
377
new (masculine plural)

nouveaux

6
378
19 (nineteen)

dix-neuf

6
379
football; soccer

football

6
380
takes; is taking

prend

6
381
pass; am passing

passe

6
382
live; are living (3rd person plural)

vivent

6
383
works; is working

travaille

6
384
Belgium (short form)

Belgique

6
385
to drive; to lead

conduire

6
386
small (plural)

petits

6
387
all

tous

6
388
old (masculine)

vieux

6
389
countryside

campagne

6
390
styles; designs; models

modèles

6
391
good (feminine singular)

bonne

6
392
breakfast

petit-déjeuner

6
393
vegetables

légumes

6
394
June

juin

5
395
number

numéro

5
396
have; am having

ai

5
397
television

télévision

5
398
French (feminine)

française

5
399
tongue

langue

5
400
eats; is eating

mange

5