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
3761
bicycles; bikes

vélos

2
3762
cream soup

velouté

3
3763
sells; is selling

vend

5
3764
seller; vendor (masculine)

vendeur

4
3765
seller; vendor (feminine)

vendeuse

4
3766
sell; are selling

vendons

2
3767
to sell

vendre

2
3768
Friday

vendredi

14
3769
come; are coming (2nd person plural)

venez

1
3770
poisonous; venomous (masculine)

venimeux

2
3771
to come

venir

5
3772
wind

vent

4
3773
fan

ventilateur

1
3774
tummy; belly

ventre

4
3775
come

venue

1
3776
verbs

verbes

0
3777
check

vérifie

1
3778
will verify (1st person plural)

vérifierons

1
3779
truth

vérité

2
3780
Vermont (state)

Vermont

1
3781
Veronika (girl’s name)

Veronika

1
3782
glass

verre

7
3783
Aquarius (sign of the zodiac)

verseau

1
3784
to pour

verser

0
3785
green (masculine)

vert

5
3786
green (feminine)

verte

8
3787
green (feminine plural)

vertes

3
3788
green (masculine plural)

verts

7
3789
jacket

veste

1
3790
clothes

vêtements

4
3791
would you please

veuillez

6
3792
want; are wanting (3rd person plural)

veulent

5
3793
wants; is wanting

veut

15
3794
want; am wanting (1st person singular)

veux

14
3795
want; are wanting

veux

4
3796
via; through

via

1
3797
meat

viande

4
3798
video

vidéo

2
3799
videos

vidéos

3
3800
life

vie

1