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
father père 17
162
car voiture 16
163
can peut 16
164
half demie 16
165
now maintenant 16
166
his son 16
167
are es 16
168
some de 16
169
friends amis 16
170
after après 16
171
yes oui 16
172
to fill in remplir 16
173
wants veut 16
174
when quand 15
175
which qui 15
176
to have avoir 15
177
take prends 15
178
here is voici 15
179
have avons 15
180
still toujours 15
181
morning matin 15
182
daughter fille 15
183
your ta 15
184
was était 15
185
there y 15
186
town ville 15
187
coffee café 15
188
to buy acheter 15
189
his ses 15
190
likes aime 14
191
great grand 14
192
Friday vendredi 14
193
fifteen quinze 14
194
it le 14
195
small petite 14
196
just justement 14
197
them les 14
198
France France 14
199
café café 14
200
know sais 14