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 Learn
2201
teacher (abbreviation) prof 1
2202
live; are living habitez 1
2203
rubber (British); eraser (American) gomme 1
2204
grilled grillé 1
2205
rather plutôt 1
2206
accompany; am accompanying accompagne 1
2207
degrees (°) degrés 1
2208
rotates; is rotating tourne 1
2209
steering wheel volant 1
2210
active (masculine singular) actif 1
2211
nail ongle 1
2212
toe orteil 1
2213
waits; is waiting attend 1
2214
certainly certainement 1
2215
deep (feminine plural) profondes 1
2216
hired (masculine singular) embauché 1
2217
happy (feminine) heureuse 1
2218
kitty minette 1
2219
barbecue barbecue 1
2220
romanticism romantisme 1
2221
specifically spécifiquement 1
2222
scarf écharpe 1
2223
fashion fashion 1
2224
guidelines directrices 1
2225
reporter reporter 1
2226
prays; is praying prie 1
2227
cover yourself (imperative mode) couvre-toi 1
2228
navel; belly button nombril 1
2229
spinach épinards 1
2230
happily; merrily joyeusement 1
2231
first premiers 1
2232
used (masculine plural) utilisés 1
2233
promise promets 1
2234
wish souhait 1
2235
certain people; certain places (feminine plural) certaines 1
2236
arboreal arboricole 1
2237
security sécurité 1
2238
here you go; there tiens 1
2239
smiled souri 1
2240
collapsed affaissé 1