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
2441
speech parole 1
2442
increased (feminine plural) majorées 1
2443
information information 1
2444
to employ employer 1
2445
known connue 1
2446
had fun (masculine plural) éclatés 1
2447
listened (masculine singular) écouté 1
2448
high school lycée 1
2449
encouraged encouragé 1
2450
toothpaste dentifrice 1
2451
to celebrate célébrer 1
2452
Austrian (masculine) autrichien 1
2453
vary (3rd person plural) varient 1
2454
find; am finding trouve 1
2455
patient (adjective, masculine) patient 1
2456
kind; nice (masculine singular) gentil 1
2457
speak parlons 1
2458
called (feminine singular) appelée 1
2459
B B 1
2460
touristic touristique 1
2461
Claude (girl’s or boy’s name) Claude 1
2462
angry en colère 1
2463
old (masculine, for use before vowel sound) vieil 1
2464
India Inde 1
2465
wake up réveille 1
2466
friends amies 1
2467
inevitable inévitable 1
2468
Cannes Cannes 1
2469
firefighters pompiers 1
2470
to study étudier 1
2471
movements mouvements 1
2472
stock market bourse 1
2473
appearance (formal) apparence 1
2474
Aries bélier 1
2475
read lus 1
2476
real estate immobilier 1
2477
high school student lycéen 1
2478
mussel moule 1
2479
presentation exposé 1
2480
screens écrans 1