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 812
2
the le 750
3
the la 563
4
a une 543
5
is est 479
6
I je 461
7
from de 431
8
the les 318
9
some (plural) des 271
10
at à 257
11
he il 235
12
and et 215
13
you vous 215
14
she elle 177
15
hours; o’clock heures 150
16
has a 147
17
for pour 145
18
to the; at the (masculine) au 129
19
two deux 120
20
in dans 111
21
are sont 110
22
you tu 108
23
this ce 107
24
not (part 2) pas 99
25
some du 95
26
we nous 95
27
very très 93
28
my mon 88
29
not (part 1) ne 85
30
the l’ 84
31
out of; from en 81
32
five cinq 81
33
goes va 79
34
to à 79
35
one; people on 75
36
three trois 75
37
they (masculine) ils 72
38
am suis 72
39
where 72
40
the l’ 71