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
161
appetite

appétit

1
162
apple

pomme

3
163
apples

pommes

7
164
appointment; appointments

rendez-vous

8
165
appreciate

apprécie

1
166
apricot

abricot

2
167
April

avril

3
168
Aquarius (sign of the zodiac)

verseau

1
169
architect (feminine)

architecte

0
170
architect (masculine)

architecte

3
171
architecture

architecture

1
172
are

sont

108
173
are

es

16
174
are

êtes

25
175
are (1st person plural)

sommes

10
176
are able to; can

peux

8
177
are able to; can (1st person plural)

pouvons

3
178
are able to; can (2nd person plural)

pouvez

9
179
are able to; can (3rd person plural)

peuvent

4
180
Aries (sign of the zodiac meaning ram)

bélier

1
181
arm

bras

2
182
armadillo

tatou

2
183
armadillos

tatous

2
184
armchair

fauteuil

2
185
armistice

armistice

1
186
arrange; are arranging

disposez

1
187
arrival

arrivée

2
188
arrive; am arriving

arrive

1
189
arrive; are arriving

arrivent

2
190
arrived (feminine plural)

arrivées

0
191
arrived (feminine singular)

arrivée

1
192
arrived (masculine plural)

arrivés

0
193
arrived (masculine singular)

arrivé

1
194
arrives; is arriving

arrive

9
195
art

art

0
196
articles

articles

2
197
arts

arts

1
198
as

comme

1
199
as soon as; from

dès

4
200
as well as; together with (before a vowel sound)

ainsi qu’

0