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 Sort ascending French Examples count Learn
241
vampire

vampire

2
242
valve

vanne

1
243
validated (train ticket)

composté

1
244
Valentine; Valentin (boy’s name)

Valentin

1
245
vacuum cleaner

aspirateur

1
246
V

V

0
247
uses; is using

utilise

3
248
useless; no good

nul

1
249
useless

inutile

0
250
useful

utile

0
251
used (masculine)

utilisé

1
252
used (masculine plural)

utilisés

1
253
used (feminine)

utilisée

0
254
used (feminine plural)

utilisées

0
255
us

nous

6
256
upper

supérieur

1
257
until; up to

jusqu’à

4
258
unlucky (masculine)

malchanceux

1
259
unlucky (feminine)

malchanceuse

1
260
university; uni (short form)

fac

1
261
university (adjective, plural)

universitaires

1
262
university (adjective)

universitaire

2
263
university

université

1
264
United States

États-Unis

3
265
United Kingdom

Royaume-Uni

2
266
united (plural)

unis

1
267
united

uni

2
268
unique; only

unique

3
269
union

union

1
270
unicycle basketball

mono-basket

1
271
unicycle

mono

1
272
unicycle

monocycle

1
273
unfortunately

malheureusement

1
274
unemployment

chômage

1
275
underwear

sous-vêtements

1
276
underwater (feminine)

sous-marine

1
277
understood (feminine singular)

comprise

0
278
understood

compris

1
279
understands

comprend

2
280
understand (3rd person plural)

comprennent

0