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
3841
to employ employer 1
3842
known connue 1
3843
had fun (masculine plural) éclatés 1
3844
listened (masculine singular) écouté 1
3845
high school lycée 1
3846
encouraged encouragé 1
3847
toothpaste dentifrice 1
3848
Gregorian grégorien 1
3849
commemorates; is commemorating commémore 1
3850
difficult (plural) difficiles 1
3851
absolutely; definitely absolument 1
3852
faces; sides faces 1
3853
plants plantes 1
3854
software programs logiciels 1
3855
low (feminine singular) basse 1
3856
to sit down asseoir 1
3857
airy aéré 1
3858
touristic touristique 1
3859
Claude (girl’s or boy’s name) Claude 1
3860
brave (feminine) courageuse 1
3861
ugly (masculine) laid 1
3862
cyclists cyclistes 1
3863
to measure mesurer 1
3864
infanticide infanticide 0
3865
municipalities municipalités 0
3866
conjunctions conjonctions 0
3867
implication implication 0
3868
irreversible irréversible 0
3869
warning avertissement 0
3870
statements déclarations 0
3871
intelligent intelligent 0
3872
personally personnellement 0
3873
persecution persécution 0
3874
investigates enquête 0
3875
regulations règlements 0
3876
corresponding correspondant 0
3877
feeding alimentation 0
3878
fire brigade pompiers 0
3879
manufacturer fabricant 0
3880
cable câble 0