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
2281
wish souhait 1
2282
certain people (masculine plural) certains 1
2283
security sécurité 1
2284
smiled souri 1
2285
dear; expensive (feminine plural) chères 1
2286
departure départ 1
2287
train (myself) m’entraine 1
2288
Charlie (boy’s name) Charlie 1
2289
will have to (2nd person plural) devrez 1
2290
booked réservé 1
2291
visited visité 1
2292
attracts; is attracting attire 1
2293
shop boutique 1
2294
teacher (abbreviation) prof 1
2295
Manchester (city) Manchester 1
2296
grilled grillé 1
2297
instead; rather plutôt 1
2298
patient (adjective, masculine) patient 1
2299
kind; nice (masculine singular) gentil 1
2300
oven four 1
2301
called (feminine singular) appelée 1
2302
to happen se passer 1
2303
wishes vœux 1
2304
Dupond (surname) Dupond 1
2305
careful; cautious (masculine) prudent 1
2306
ugly (feminine) laide 1
2307
wake up réveille 1
2308
Marseille Marseille 1
2309
university université 1
2310
poster affiche 1
2311
portfolio portefeuille 1
2312
Vermont (state) Vermont 1
2313
compatibility compatibilité 1
2314
Pisces poissons 1
2315
junior high, middle school collège 1
2316
laboratory laboratoire 1
2317
indicated (feminine plural) indiquées 1
2318
cap casquette 1
2319
to stop (reflexive form) s’arrêter 1
2320
horror horreur 1