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
1561
nest nid 2
1562
New Year’s Eve Saint-Sylvestre 2
1563
Moroccan (singular, masculine) marocain 2
1564
courgettes; zucchini (plural) courgettes 2
1565
apricot abricot 2
1566
equal égaux 2
1567
Eiffel (surname) Eiffel 2
1568
light (masculine singular) léger 2
1569
croissants croissants 2
1570
dangerous dangereuse 2
1571
magic magie 2
1572
have lunch; am having lunch déjeune 2
1573
batteries piles 2
1574
English (feminine) anglaise 2
1575
stay; am staying (1st person singular) reste 2
1576
disciplined discipliné 2
1577
comes; is coming (3rd person singular) vient 2
1578
gets up; rises se lève 2
1579
tentacles tentacules 2
1580
walking marche 2
1581
aspirin aspirine 2
1582
offices bureaux 2
1583
bald chauve 2
1584
become devenu 2
1585
problem; impediment empêchement 2
1586
mutual insurance association mutuelle 2
1587
strawberries fraises 2
1588
brush brosse 2
1589
speciality spécialité 2
1590
napkin serviette 2
1591
to know connaitre 2
1592
lied (masculine singular) menti 2
1593
shoulder épaule 2
1594
monuments monuments 2
1595
dream rêve 2
1596
laundry detergent; washing powder lessive 2
1597
want; are wanting (1st person plural) voulons 2
1598
granddaughter petite-fille 2
1599
to cook cuire 2
1600
swiss suisse 2