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
1521
Laura (girl’s name) Laura 2
1522
money argent 2
1523
castle château 2
1524
pancakes; crepes crêpes 2
1525
to circle; to surround entourer 2
1526
bowl bol 2
1527
leeks poireaux 2
1528
nectarine nectarine 2
1529
meal voucher chèque repas 2
1530
curious (masculine) curieux 2
1531
sporty (feminine plural) sportives 2
1532
numerous (masculine) nombreux 2
1533
brings; is bringing apporte 2
1534
swim; am swimming nage 2
1535
English anglaise 2
1536
drink (1st person singular) bois 2
1537
expensive cher 2
1538
to lose weight mincir 2
1539
frightening (feminine) effrayante 2
1540
student (female) étudiante 2
1541
hairs (body) poils 2
1542
pardon; sorry pardon 2
1543
comic comique 2
1544
university (adjective) universitaire 2
1545
bananas bananes 2
1546
notebook cahier 2
1547
trainer; sports shoe basket 2
1548
to install installer 2
1549
formats; is formatting formate 2
1550
advises; is advising conseille 2
1551
guitar guitare 2
1552
granddaughter petite-fille 2
1553
swiss suisse 2
1554
weight training musculation 2
1555
new (feminine plural) nouvelles 2
1556
meet (1st person singular) rencontre 2
1557
violent violent 2
1558
dolphins dauphins 2
1559
bath; bathtub baignoire 2
1560
Courtois (family name) Courtois 2