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
1121
marbles; little balls billes 3
1122
year (duration) année 3
1123
work; are working (3rd person plural) travaillent 3
1124
are able to; can (1st person plural) pouvons 3
1125
messages messages 3
1126
were (2nd person singular) étais 3
1127
ancestors ancêtres 3
1128
pieces pièces 3
1129
when; while lorsque 3
1130
IT expert (feminine) informaticienne 3
1131
take; are taking prenez 3
1132
grapefruit pamplemousse 3
1133
chips; French fries frites 3
1134
director; film maker réalisateur 3
1135
gone out (masculine singular) sorti 3
1136
thing chose 3
1137
rest repos 3
1138
frogs grenouilles 3
1139
must (3rd person plural) doivent 3
1140
case cas 3
1141
serves; is serving sert 3
1142
baked cheese-topped dish; gratin gratin 3
1143
control contrôle 3
1144
stain tache 3
1145
digit; number chiffre 3
1146
leisure activities loisirs 3
1147
dangerous (masculine) dangereux 3
1148
big; fat (feminine plural) grosses 3
1149
Jerry (boy’s name) Jerry 3
1150
read; are reading (2nd person plural) lisez 3
1151
style style 3
1152
this one -ci 3
1153
results résultats 3
1154
weather temps 3
1155
people personnes 3
1156
champagne champagne 3
1157
Fabien Fabien 3
1158
hobby passe-temps 3
1159
toilets toilettes 3
1160
baguette baguette 3