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
3441
mouse; mice

souris

4
3442
smile

souris

1
3443
smiles; is smiling

sourit

1
3444
under; below

sous

7
3445
underwater (feminine)

sous-marine

1
3446
underwear

sous-vêtements

1
3447
support; are supporting (2nd person plural)

soutenez

1
3448
bra

soutien-gorge

1
3449
to remember (short form)

souvenir

1
3450
souvenir; memory

souvenir

2
3451
often

souvent

9
3452
remember (2nd person singular, short form)

souviens

1
3453
be

soyez

0
3454
be

soyez

4
3455
spaghetti

spaghetti

0
3456
spatula

spatule

0
3457
special (feminine plural)

spéciales

1
3458
specialist

spécialiste

1
3459
specialists

spécialistes

2
3460
speciality

spécialité

2
3461
specialities (plural)

spécialités

1
3462
show

spectacle

2
3463
shows

spectacles

3
3464
sphere

sphère

2
3465
spiral

spirale

2
3466
spirals

spirales

1
3467
sport

sport

11
3468
sporty (feminine)

sportive

2
3469
sporty (feminine plural)

sportives

2
3470
sports

sports

3
3471
skeleton

squelette

1
3472
stable

stable

2
3473
stadium

stade

1
3474
internship

stage

1
3475
intern

stagiaire

0
3476
station; position

station

3
3477
petrol station (British); gas station (American)

station-essence

2
3478
steak

steak

2
3479
Sterling

Sterling

2
3480
stock

stock

3