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 Sort descending Examples count Learn
161
animated (masculine singular)

animé

2
162
animated (feminine singular)

animée

0
163
animated (feminine plural)

animées

0
164
to liven up

animer

1
165
animated

animés

0
166
Anne (girl’s name)

Anne

1
167
ring

anneau

1
168
rings; circles

anneaux

2
169
year (feminine)

année

4
170
year (duration)

année

3
171
birthday

anniversaire

6
172
ad

annonce

4
173
will announce (3rd person singular)

annoncera

1
174
to cancel

annuler

2
175
parka

anorak

1
176
years

ans

20
177
painkiller

antidouleur

2
178
painkillers

antidouleurs

1
179
August

août

3
180
aperitif; drink before a meal

apéritif

2
181
aperitifs

apéritifs

2
182
aperitif (abbreviation)

apéro

2
183
apostrophe (’)

apostrophe

1
184
appear; are appearing (3rd person plural)

apparaissent

1
185
device; appliance

appareil

2
186
appearance (formal)

apparence

1
187
apartment

appartement

3
188
call (masculine)

appel

4
189
calling

appelant

1
190
called (masculine singular)

appelé

1
191
called (feminine singular)

appelée

1
192
to call

appeler

3
193
call; are calling

appelez

1
194
calls

appelle

1
195
call

appelle

0
196
call (1st person singular)

appelle

2
197
call (3rd person plural)

appellent

1
198
will call (3rd person plural)

appelleront

1
199
call (2nd person singular)

appelles

1
200
appetite

appétit

1