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
1441
friend (feminine) amie 2
1442
arrive; are arriving arrivent 2
1443
dairy (from the word for cream) crèmerie 2
1444
pole pôle 2
1445
sad triste 2
1446
casual jacket blouson 2
1447
to renew renouveler 2
1448
spell; curse sort 2
1449
United Kingdom Royaume-Uni 2
1450
trainer; sports shoe basket 2
1451
you; yourself (before a vowel sound) t’ 2
1452
to install installer 2
1453
fresh (feminine singular) fraiche 2
1454
wedding rings alliances 2
1455
Carmen (girl’s name) Carmen 2
1456
brave courageux 2
1457
produces; is producing produit 2
1458
thin maigre 2
1459
have supper; am having supper dine 2
1460
see; are seeing (2nd person singular) vois 2
1461
petanque pétanque 2
1462
dogs chiens 2
1463
fishmonger poissonnier 2
1464
minute minute 2
1465
Didier Didier 2
1466
exactly exactement 2
1467
juggler jongleur 2
1468
Laura (girl’s name) Laura 2
1469
silver; money argent 2
1470
castle château 2
1471
Candlemas; Presentation of Jesus at the Temple Chandeleur 2
1472
to tick; to check cocher 2
1473
pretty; nice (masculine plural) jolis 2
1474
lime citron vert 2
1475
come; are coming (2nd person singular) viens 2
1476
right-angled triangle triangle rectangle 2
1477
monitors; is monitoring surveille 2
1478
to solve résoudre 2
1479
sporty (feminine plural) sportives 2
1480
numerous (masculine) nombreux 2