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 809
2
the le 736
3
the la 556
4
a une 539
5
is est 476
6
from de 439
7
I je 435
8
the les 316
9
some (plural) des 271
10
at à 256
11
he il 232
12
and et 213
13
you vous 209
14
she elle 177
15
hours; o’clock heures 152
16
has a 145
17
for pour 136
18
to the; at the (masculine) au 129
19
two deux 118
20
in dans 111
21
are sont 108
22
this ce 106
23
not (part 2) pas 97
24
some du 95
25
very très 93
26
we nous 93
27
my mon 87
28
the l’ 84
29
you tu 84
30
not (part 1) ne 83
31
out of; from en 81
32
to à 79
33
five cinq 79
34
goes va 79
35
one; people on 75
36
three trois 74
37
they (masculine) ils 72
38
where où 71
39
minus; less moins 71
40
the l’ 71