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 Sort descending French Examples count Learn
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onze

9
2
12 (twelve)

douze

10
3
13 (thirteen)

treize

6
4
14 (fourteen)

quatorze

13
5
15 (fifteen)

quinze

13
6
16 (sixteen)

seize

7
7
17 (seventeen)

dix-sept

5
8
18 (eighteen)

dix-huit

7
9
19 (nineteen)

dix-neuf

6
10
30 (thirty)

trente

18
11
3D

3D

1
12
40 (forty)

quarante

12
13
50 (fifty)

cinquante

13
14
60 (sixty)

soixante

18
15
70 (seventy)

soixante-dix

0
16
80 (eighty)

quatre-vingts

17
17
90 (ninety)

quatre-vingt-dix

1
18
A

A

2
19
a

une

539
20
a

un

808
21
a certain someone (feminine)

certaine

0
22
a certain someone (masculine)

certain

0
23
a few; some (plural)

quelques

6
24
a few; some (singular)

quelque

5
25
a long time

longtemps

2
26
a lot; full

plein

2
27
a lot; many

beaucoup

41
28
aboriginal (plural)

aborigènes

0
29
aboriginal (singular)

aborigène

0
30
about fifty

cinquantaine

1
31
absent (feminine)

absente

0
32
absent (masculine)

absent

1
33
absolutely

impérativement

1
34
absolutely; definitely

absolument

1
35
abundance

abondance

3
36
accept; am accepting

accepte

1
37
accept; are accepting (1st person plural)

acceptons

1
38
accept; are accepting (3rd person plural)

acceptent

1
39
access

accès

1
40
accident

accident

2