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 Sort descending French Examples count Learn
201
Asia

Asie

1
202
ask; am asking

demande

2
203
ask; are asking

demandez

1
204
ask; are asking (1st person plural)

demandons

2
205
ask; are asking (3rd person plural)

demandent

2
206
asks; is asking

demande

6
207
asparagus

asperge

2
208
asparagus (plural)

asperges

2
209
aspirin

aspirine

2
210
assistant (feminine)

assistante

3
211
assistant (masculine)

assistant

5
212
asterisk (*)

astérisque

1
213
at

à

256
214
at sign (@)

arobase

3
215
at the home of

chez

26
216
attacked

attaqués

1
217
attentive (feminine singular)

attentive

1
218
attentive (masculine singular)

attentif

1
219
attic

grenier

6
220
attitude

attitude

1
221
attracts; is attracting

attire

1
222
aubergine

aubergine

1
223
aubergines (British); eggplants (American)

aubergines

1
224
audio

audio

2
225
August

août

3
226
aunt

tante

3
227
Australian (masculine plural)

australiens

0
228
Australian (masculine singular)

australien

0
229
Austrian (feminine)

autrichienne

0
230
Austrian (masculine)

autrichien

1
231
automatic

automatique

1
232
available

disponible

1
233
avocado

avocat

1
234
azure

azur

2
235
B

B

1
236
babies

bébés

2
237
baby

bébé

3
238
baby (when talking about an animal)

petit

3
239
baccalaureate exam

baccalauréat

1
240
bachelor

bachelier

1