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 Examples count Learn
1
a un 812
2
the le 754
3
the la 564
4
a une 544
5
is est 478
6
I je 462
7
from de 429
8
the les 323
9
some des 274
10
at à 262
11
he il 234
12
you vous 215
13
and et 215
14
she elle 177
15
has a 148
16
for pour 145
17
at the au 129
18
two deux 119
19
hours heures 118
20
in dans 112
21
are sont 110
22
this ce 109
23
you tu 108
24
not pas 99
25
some du 95
26
we nous 95
27
very très 93
28
my mon 88
29
not ne 85
30
the l’ 83
31
out of; from en 81
32
to à 81
33
five cinq 81
34
goes va 79
35
one on 75
36
three trois 74
37
where où 72
38
they ils 72
39
am suis 72
40
the l’ 71