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
look like (3rd person plural) ressemblent 1
2202
you arrive arrivez 1
2203
company société 1
2204
owe dois 1
2205 rank rang 1
2206
grocery store épicerie 1
2207
rent; are renting (1st person plural) louons 1
2208
grass herbe 1
2209
tempting tentant 1
2210
pumpkin-family vegetable; squash potiron 1
2211
copyright (©) copyright 1
2212
to; for afin 1
2213
fees honoraires 1
2214
three-coloured (plural) tricolores 1
2215
following day lendemain 1
2216
fine (for sand or powder, masculine) fin 1
2217
reversed (feminine singular) inversée 1
2218
girlfriends copines 1
2219
small (feminine plural) petites 1
2220
Roger (boy’s name) Roger 1
2221
seasons saisons 1
2222
tablespoons cuillères à soupe 1
2223
would like; would love (1st person singular) aimerais 1
2224
to understand comprendre 1
2225
will take (1st person singular) prendrai 1
2226
meticulous (masculine) minutieux 1
2227
frank (feminine singular) franche 1
2228
biscuit biscuit 1
2229
to sit down s’asseoir 1
2230
composed composé 1
2231
Marie-Claude (girl’s name) Marie-Claude 1
2232
careless (masculine) négligent 1
2233
Joseph (boy’s name) Joseph 1
2234
unlucky (feminine) malchanceuse 1
2235
to measure mesurer 1
2236
computers ordinateurs 1
2237
American (male) américain 1
2238
generous généreux 1
2239
from Quebec (feminine) québecoise 1
2240
geography géographie 1