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
2481
tired fatiguée 1
2482
known (famous) réputé 1
2483
square brackets ([ ]) crochets 1
2484
lump sum forfaitaire 1
2485
news; information informations 1
2486
pushed (masculine singular) poussé 1
2487
in love (masculine) amoureux 1
2488
leave again; am leaving again repars 1
2489
ready (masculine singular) prêt 1
2490
diaeresis (¨) tréma 1
2491
slippers pantoufles 1
2492
blade; sprig brin 1
2493
Sylvestre (boy’s name) Sylvestre 1
2494
Europe (short form) Europe 1
2495
those ceux 1
2496
Anaïs (girl’s name) Anaïs 1
2497
moussaka moussaka 1
2498
Hamburg (city) Hambourg 1
2499
plates assiettes 1
2500
tower tour 1
2501
forehead front 1
2502
light (feminine singular) légère 1
2503
hamsters hamsters 1
2504
impressive (feminine) impressionnante 1
2505
place endroit 1
2506
Kimiko (girl’s name) Kimiko 1
2507
to spend dépenser 1
2508
grandson petit-fils 1
2509
come back rentrons 1
2510
entertainment; amusement divertissement 1
2511
to modify modifier 1
2512
unemployment chômage 1
2513
sociology sociologie 1
2514
will fall (3rd person singular) tombera 1
2515
boots bottes 1
2516
struggle; fight lutte 1
2517
evenings soirées 1
2518
cherries cerises 1
2519
dairy laitiers 1
2520
French (feminine plural) françaises 1