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
1481
common (feminine) courante 2
1482
see; are seeing (2nd person singular) vois 2
1483
park parc 2
1484
America (short form) Amérique 2
1485
mail; message message 2
1486
rock (music) rock 2
1487
butcher charcutier 2
1488
mosquitos moustiques 2
1489
letter box boite aux lettres 2
1490
wolves loups 2
1491
souvenir; memory souvenir 2
1492
to retain; to keep retenir 2
1493
sale solde 2
1494
information; details renseignements 2
1495
hospital hôpital 2
1496
armchair fauteuil 2
1497
blocks blocs 2
1498
promised (masculine) promis 2
1499
nest nid 2
1500
New Year’s Eve Saint-Sylvestre 2
1501
Moroccan (singular, masculine) marocain 2
1502
courgettes; zucchini (plural) courgettes 2
1503
apricot abricot 2
1504
equal égaux 2
1505
Eiffel (surname) Eiffel 2
1506
light (masculine singular) léger 2
1507
croissants croissants 2
1508
dangerous dangereuse 2
1509
magic magie 2
1510
have lunch; am having lunch déjeune 2
1511
batteries piles 2
1512
English (feminine) anglaise 2
1513
stay; am staying (1st person singular) reste 2
1514
disciplined discipliné 2
1515
comes; is coming (3rd person singular) vient 2
1516
gets up; rises se lève 2
1517
tentacles tentacules 2
1518
walking marche 2
1519
aspirin aspirine 2
1520
offices bureaux 2