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
tentacles tentacules 2
1442
walking marche 2
1443
aspirin aspirine 2
1444
offices bureaux 2
1445
bald chauve 2
1446
become devenu 2
1447
problem; impediment empêchement 2
1448
mutual insurance association mutuelle 2
1449
strawberries fraises 2
1450
armchair fauteuil 2
1451
blocks blocs 2
1452
promised (masculine) promis 2
1453
nest nid 2
1454
New Year’s Eve Saint-Sylvestre 2
1455
Moroccan (singular, masculine) marocain 2
1456
courgettes; zucchini (plural) courgettes 2
1457
apricot abricot 2
1458
equal égaux 2
1459
Eiffel (surname) Eiffel 2
1460
light (masculine singular) léger 2
1461
croissants croissants 2
1462
dangerous dangereuse 2
1463
magic magie 2
1464
have lunch; am having lunch déjeune 2
1465
batteries piles 2
1466
English (feminine) anglaise 2
1467
interview interview 2
1468
pessimistic pessimiste 2
1469
go upstairs; are going upstairs (3rd person plural) montent 2
1470
armadillos tatous 2
1471
best (feminine) meilleure 2
1472
goes upstairs; is going upstairs (3rd person singular) monte 2
1473
retail détail 2
1474
CD-ROM CD-ROM 2
1475
comfort confort 2
1476
brush brosse 2
1477
speciality spécialité 2
1478
napkin serviette 2
1479
to know connaitre 2
1480
lied (masculine singular) menti 2