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
rank rang 1
2282
trunk malle 1
2283
oil tankers pétroliers 1
2284
iron; are ironing (1st person plural) repassons 1
2285
known (masculine singular) connu 1
2286
to thank remercier 1
2287
to wait for attendre 1
2288
to facilitate faciliter 1
2289
absolutely impérativement 1
2290
access accès 1
2291
legs jambes 1
2292
fine (for sand or powder, masculine) fin 1
2293
studied étudié 1
2294
reversed (feminine singular) inversée 1
2295
girlfriends copines 1
2296
Rousseau (last name) Rousseau 1
2297
small (feminine plural) petites 1
2298
Roger (boy’s name) Roger 1
2299
seasons saisons 1
2300
tablespoons cuillères à soupe 1
2301
would like; would love (1st person singular) aimerais 1
2302
to understand comprendre 1
2303
will take (1st person singular) prendrai 1
2304
meticulous (masculine) minutieux 1
2305
frank (feminine singular) franche 1
2306
cereal céréale 1
2307
by (means) en 1
2308
S S 1
2309
constant constante 1
2310
cute (feminine) mignonne 1
2311
delicious délicieux 1
2312
to cut couper 1
2313
to open ouvrir 1
2314
mill moulin 1
2315
wears; is wearing porte 1
2316
host hôte 1
2317
Emma (girl’s name) Emma 1
2318
means moyens 1
2319
second (time) seconde 1
2320
restaurant owner restaurateur 1