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
3841
there is

voilà

19
3842
Here you are!

Voilà !

2
3843
sail

voile

2
3844
to see

voir

6
3845
see; are seeing (2nd person singular)

vois

2
3846
see; am seeing

vois

5
3847
neighbour

voisin

1
3848
neighbours

voisins

1
3849
see (3rd person singular)

voit

7
3850
car

voiture

16
3851
cars

voitures

1
3852
flight

vol

4
3853
steering wheel

volant

1
3854
flying

volant

3
3855
shuttlecock

volant

3
3856
flies; is flying

vole

2
3857
fly; are flying (3rd person plural)

volent

1
3858
to fly

voler

0
3859
to steal; to rob

voler

0
3860
thief

voleur

3
3861
volleyball (short form)

volley

2
3862
volleyball

volleyball

1
3863
gladly

volontiers

7
3864
gladly; willingly

volontiers

1
3865
Voltaire (writer and philosopher)

Voltaire

1
3866
go; are going (3nd person plural)

vont

8
3867
your (formal plural)

vos

12
3868
your (formal singular)

votre

57
3869
would like

voudrais

32
3870
would like (3rd person singular)

voudrait

6
3871
wanted (3rd person singular, imperfect)

voulait

1
3872
want; are wanting (2nd person plural)

voulez

21
3873
to want

vouloir

1
3874
want; are wanting (1st person plural)

voulons

2
3875
desired

voulu

1
3876
you

vous

210
3877
travel; am travelling

voyage

4
3878
to travel

voyager

3
3879
vowel

voyelle

4
3880
see (2nd person plural)

voyez

3