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 Sort descending Learn
161
celebrates; is celebrating

célèbre

0
162
each other

se

0
163
regions

régions

0
164
aerial (masculine)

aérien

0
165
Z

Z

0
166
to scramble

brouiller

0
167
cheers!

santé !

0
168
to consist

consister

0
169
possible (masculine singular)

éventuel

0
170
to grow up

grandir

0
171
competitor

concurrent

0
172
to finish

finir

0
173
lower

plus bas

0
174
happily

heureusement

0
175
singer (female)

chanteuse

0
176
to get engaged

se fiancer

0
177
vocal (masculine singular)

vocal

0
178
alone (feminine plural)

seules

0
179
to lean

s’appuyer

0
180
to scare

faire peur

0
181
public (feminine plural)

publiques

0
182
seen (masculine plural)

vus

0
183
had (3rd person plural)

avaient

0
184
dressed up (masculine singular)

déguisé

0
185
liquid

liquide

0
186
local (masculine)

local

0
187
rare; bloody

saignant

0
188
curly (feminine plural)

bouclées

0
189
understand (1st person plural)

comprenons

0
190
guinea pig (used for experiments)

cobaye

0
191
peeler

éplucheur

0
192
to taste

goûter

0
193
Leo (The Lion-astrological sign)

le lion

0
194
sleeping pill

somnifère

0
195
verbs

verbes

0
196
private (feminine plural)

privées

0
197
slower

plus lent

0
198
spaghetti

spaghetti

0
199
to convince

convaincre

0
200
to fly

voler

0