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
41
minus moins 69
42
from d’ 67
43
four quatre 66
44
equals égale 64
45
with avec 60
46
my ma 59
47
more plus 57
48
it il 57
49
on sur 56
50
me me 56
51
six six 55
52
of the du 55
53
that que 54
54
your votre 53
55
eight huit 53
56
to do faire 52
57
one un 47
58
well bien 45
59
this cette 44
60
ten dix 43
61
go vais 43
62
nine neuf 43
63
does fait 40
64
seven sept 40
65
hour heure 38
66
day jour 38
67
his; her sa 37
68
all tout 36
69
children enfants 33
70
by par 32
71
French français 32
72
would like voudrais 32
73
me moi 32
74
itself se 32
75
train train 32
76
a lot beaucoup 31
77
who qui 31
78
if si 31
79
o’clock heures 31
80
son fils 31