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 Sort descending Examples count Learn
81
Ah!

Ah !

1
82
have; am having

ai

6
83
help

aide

2
84
helps; is helping

aide

1
85
to help

aider

1
86
help; are helping

aidez

1
87
garlic

ail

3
88
amiable; friendly

aimable

3
89
loves; likes

aime

14
90
love; like (1st person singular)

aime

5
91
love; like (3rd person plural)

aiment

5
92
to like; to love

aimer

0
93
would like; would love (1st person singular)

aimerais

1
94
love; like

aimes

1
95
love; like (2nd person plural)

aimez

3
96
thus

ainsi

3
97
as well as; together with (before a vowel sound)

ainsi qu’

0
98
appearance; look

air

1
99
wealthy

aisé

2
100
add; am adding

ajoute

1
101
al dente; ideal cooking amount for pasta

al dente

0
102
Alain (boy’s name)

Alain

1
103
blood alcohol level

alcoolémie

3
104
alcoholic

alcoolisées

2
105
Alice (girl’s name)

Alice

2
106
food

alimentaires

1
107
food (formal)

alimentation

1
108
food

aliments

0
109
was going (3rd person singular)

allait

2
110
gone (masculine singular)

allé

4
111
Germany (short form)

Allemagne

3
112
german (masculine)

allemand

3
113
german (feminine)

allemande

4
114
to go

aller

29
115
one-way (ticket)

aller-simple

1
116
allergy

allergie

3
117
single tickets

allers

1
118
go; are going (2nd person plural)

allez

11
119
wedding rings

alliances

2
120
Hello? (for answering the phone)

Allô ?

0