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
was fut 1
2202
almost presque 1
2203
trunks malles 1
2204
lacquer laque 1
2205
medicines médicaments 1
2206
wash (1st person plural) lavons 1
2207
instrument instrument 1
2208
determine déterminez 1
2209
sexual sexuels 1
2210
to cool down se rafraîchir 1
2211
lie mensonge 1
2212
via; through via 1
2213
private (masculine plural) privés 1
2214
oil tankers pétroliers 1
2215
orthopedic (abbreviation) ortho 1
2216
payments paiements 1
2217
seen (masculine singular) vu 1
2218
maximum maximum 1
2219
to smoke fumer 1
2220
brought back (masculine singular) ramené 1
2221
study; am studying étudie 1
2222
paths; ways sentiers 1
2223
to comb peigner 1
2224
Valentine; Valentin (boy’s name) Valentin 1
2225
Christmas Eve; New Year’s Eve dinner réveillon 1
2226
Nevers (town) Nevers 1
2227
studied étudié 1
2228
olives olives 1
2229
serve; are serving servez 1
2230
soft (masculine singular) doux 1
2231
meal vouchers chèques repas 1
2232
September septembre 1
2233
furious (feminine singular) furieuse 1
2234
feels; is feeling sent 1
2235
plates; slabs plaques 1
2236
reasonable (plural) raisonnables 1
2237
calls appelle 1
2238
elegant (feminine, plural) élégantes 1
2239
primaries primaires 1
2240
oil pétrolière 1