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
41
accommodation (plural)

logements

1
42
accompany; am accompanying

accompagne

1
43
according to

selon

0
44
accountant

comptable

5
45
accounting (short form)

comptabilité

1
46 accustomed

accoutumés

1
47
acquaintance

connaissance

7
48
acquittal

acquittement

2
49
acrobat

acrobate

2
50
action

action

1
51
active (feminine singular)

active

1
52
active (masculine singular)

actif

1
53
activities

activités

2
54
activity

activité

1
55
activity leader; presenter

animateur

2
56
activity leaders

animateurs

3
57
actor

acteur

0
58
actrice

actrice

0
59
ad

annonce

4
60
add; am adding

ajoute

1
61
additional (plural)

supplémentaires

1
62
address

adresse

2
63
administrative

administratif

1
64
administrative (feminine plural)

administratives

1
65
administrator; manager (feminine)

administratrice

1
66
admire; am admiring

admire

1
67
admits; is admitting

admet

1
68
adorable (plural)

adorables

1
69
adore; love (1st person singular)

adore

2
70
adore; love (3rd person plural)

adorent

1
71
adores; loves

adore

6
72
advances

avances

1
73
adventure

aventure

0
74
adventures

aventures

2
75
advertising

publicitaire

2
76
advice

conseil

3
77
advises; is advising

conseille

2
78
aerial (feminine)

aérienne

1
79
aerial (masculine)

aérien

0
80
Africa

Afrique

1