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 Sort ascending Examples count Learn
41
desired

voulu

1
42
want; are wanting (1st person plural)

voulons

2
43
to want

vouloir

1
44
want; are wanting (2nd person plural)

voulez

21
45
wanted (3rd person singular, imperfect)

voulait

1
46
would like (3rd person singular)

voudrait

6
47
would like

voudrais

32
48
your (formal singular)

votre

57
49
your (formal plural)

vos

12
50
go; are going (3nd person plural)

vont

8
51
Voltaire (writer and philosopher)

Voltaire

1
52
gladly

volontiers

7
53
gladly; willingly

volontiers

1
54
volleyball

volleyball

1
55
volleyball (short form)

volley

2
56
thief

voleur

3
57
to fly

voler

0
58
to steal; to rob

voler

0
59
fly; are flying (3rd person plural)

volent

1
60
flies; is flying

vole

2
61
steering wheel

volant

1
62
shuttlecock

volant

3
63
flying

volant

3
64
flight

vol

4
65
cars

voitures

1
66
car

voiture

16
67
see (3rd person singular)

voit

7
68
neighbours

voisins

1
69
neighbour

voisin

1
70
see; are seeing (2nd person singular)

vois

2
71
see; am seeing

vois

5
72
to see

voir

6
73
sail

voile

2
74
Here you are!

Voilà !

2
75
there is

voilà

19
76
see (3rd person plural)

voient

4
77
this is; here is

voici

17
78
vocal

vocaux

1
79
vocal (feminine plural)

vocales

0
80
vocal (feminine singular)

vocale

1