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
3681
work; are working (3rd person plural)

travaillent

3
3682
to work

travailler

1
3683
hardworking (masculine plural)

travailleurs

1
3684
work

travaillez

1
3685
through; around

travers

1
3686
13 (thirteen)

treize

6
3687
diaeresis (¨)

tréma

1
3688
30 (thirty)

trente

18
3689
very

très

93
3690
triangle

triangle

6
3691
right-angled triangle

triangle rectangle

2
3692
courthouse

tribunal

0
3693
three-coloured (plural)

tricolores

1
3694
to knit

tricoter

1
3695
tricycle

tricycle

4
3696
tricycles

tricycles

3
3697
sad

triste

2
3698
three

trois

74
3699
third

troisième

2
3700
mislead; are misleading; deceive; are deceiving (3rd person plural)

trompent

1
3701
to mislead; to deceive

tromper

1
3702
too; too much

trop

20
3703
finds; is finding

trouve

12
3704
found

trouvé

7
3705
find; am finding

trouve

1
3706
find; are finding (3rd person plural)

trouvent

1
3707
to find

trouver

3
3708
will find

trouverez

1
3709
find; are finding (2nd person plural)

trouvez

1
3710
find; are finding (1st person plural)

trouvons

1
3711
sow

truie

1
3712
you

tu

83
3713
type

type

1
3714
you; yourself (before a vowel sound)

t’

2
3715
U

U

2
3716
one

un

48
3717
a

un

808
3718
a

une

539
3719
one

une

28
3720
united

uni

2