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
161
after après 16
162
yes oui 16
163
to fill in remplir 16
164
wants veut 16
165
car voiture 16
166
his son 16
167
half demie 16
168
now maintenant 16
169
are es 16
170
some de 16
171
was était 15
172
town ville 15
173
coffee café 15
174
to buy acheter 15
175
his ses 15
176
which qui 15
177
when quand 15
178
can peut 15
179
to have avoir 15
180
take prends 15
181
of de 15
182
here is voici 15
183
have avons 15
184
still toujours 15
185
morning matin 15
186
daughter fille 15
187
your ta 15
188
there y 14
189
France France 14
190
café café 14
191
know sais 14
192
likes aime 14
193
great grand 14
194
Friday vendredi 14
195
it le 14
196
small petite 14
197
just justement 14
198
them les 14
199
fifty cinquante 13
200
no non 13