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 ascending Examples count Learn
201
U

U

2
202
you; yourself (before a vowel sound)

t’

2
203
type

type

1
204
you

tu

83
205
sow

truie

1
206
find; are finding (1st person plural)

trouvons

1
207
find; are finding (2nd person plural)

trouvez

1
208
will find

trouverez

1
209
to find

trouver

3
210
find; are finding (3rd person plural)

trouvent

1
211
finds; is finding

trouve

12
212
found

trouvé

7
213
find; am finding

trouve

1
214
too; too much

trop

20
215
to mislead; to deceive

tromper

1
216
mislead; are misleading; deceive; are deceiving (3rd person plural)

trompent

1
217
third

troisième

2
218
three

trois

74
219
sad

triste

2
220
tricycles

tricycles

3
221
tricycle

tricycle

4
222
to knit

tricoter

1
223
three-coloured (plural)

tricolores

1
224
courthouse

tribunal

0
225
right-angled triangle

triangle rectangle

2
226
triangle

triangle

6
227
very

très

93
228
30 (thirty)

trente

18
229
diaeresis (¨)

tréma

1
230
13 (thirteen)

treize

6
231
through; around

travers

1
232
work

travaillez

1
233
hardworking (masculine plural)

travailleurs

1
234
to work

travailler

1
235
work; are working (3rd person plural)

travaillent

3
236
work; am working

travaille

9
237
works; is working

travaille

8
238
worked

travaillé

1
239
work; job

travail

10
240
transport (plural)

transports

3