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
201
natural (masculine)

naturel

0
202
to admit

admettre

0
203
common (masculine)

courant

0
204
cost; am costing

coûte

0
205
to get fat

grossir

0
206
slower

plus lent

0
207
spaghetti

spaghetti

0
208
to convince

convaincre

0
209
to fly

voler

0
210
pagoda

pagode

0
211
trade (long form)

le commerce

0
212
dentist

dentiste

0
213
layer

couche

0
214
to enter a civil partnership

se pacser

0
215
to hire

embaucher

0
216
discouraged

découragé

0
217
vocal (feminine plural)

vocales

0
218
colourful (feminine)

colorée

0
219
to sprinkle

saupoudrer

0
220
colon (:)

deux-points

0
221
public (feminine singular)

publique

0
222
hut

cabane

0
223
pepper mill

moulin à poivre

0
224
to whisk

fouetter

0
225
to get dressed

s’habiller

0
226
hope; are hoping

espères

0
227
come up; are coming up

montez

0
228
private (feminine singular)

privée

0
229
seen (feminine plural)

vues

0
230
had (1st person singular)

avais

0
231
Hello? (for answering the phone)

Allô ?

0
232
local (feminine)

locale

0
233
funny (masculine)

amusant

0
234
understand (3rd person plural)

comprennent

0
235
absent (feminine)

absente

0
236
shoulders

épaules

0
237
P

P

0
238
grey (feminine)

grise

0
239
to boil

bouillir

0
240
to sieve

tamiser

0