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
1
a un 813
2
the le 757
3
the la 567
4
a une 544
5
is est 480
6
I je 461
7
from de 423
8
the les 323
9
some des 276
10
at à 263
11
he il 235
12
you vous 216
13
and et 215
14
she elle 177
15
has a 151
16
for pour 145
17
at the au 128
18
two deux 119
19
hours heures 118
20
in dans 112
21
are sont 110
22
this ce 109
23
you tu 108
24
not pas 98
25
some du 96
26
we nous 95
27
in en 93
28
very très 93
29
my mon 88
30
not ne 85
31
the l’ 84
32
to à 83
33
five cinq 82
34
goes va 79
35
one on 75
36
three trois 74
37
the l’ 73
38
they ils 72
39
am suis 72
40
where où 71