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
2601
appearance; look air 1
2602
administrator; manager (feminine) administratrice 1
2603
present; are presenting (2nd person plural) présentez 1
2604
exclamation mark (!) point d’exclamation 1
2605
rich (plural) riches 1
2606
to knock; to hit frapper 1
2607
tournament tournoi 1
2608
hang; are hanging (3rd person plural) accrochent 1
2609
then; next ensuite 1
2610
yahoo yahoo 1
2611
Burgundy (region) Bourgogne 1
2612
sangria sangria 1
2613
local (feminine plural) locales 1
2614
to leave; to let laisser 1
2615
cutlery couverts 1
2616
funny (feminine) amusante 1
2617
understood compris 1
2618
Paul (boy’s name) Paul 1
2619
plans plans 1
2620
furious (masculine) furieux 1
2621
nail ongle 1
2622
toe orteil 1
2623
numerous (feminine plural) nombreuses 1
2624
happy (feminine) heureuse 1
2625
Alain (boy’s name) Alain 1
2626
to disappear disparaitre 1
2627
inside dedans 1
2628
tidying rangement 1
2629
circumstances circonstances 1
2630
commercial commercial 1
2631
Erik Erik 1
2632
tap robinet 1
2633
humor humour 1
2634
translate traduisez 1
2635
entrance entrée 1
2636
Scorpio scorpion 1
2637
will have (1st person singular) aurai 1
2638
free; available (plural) libres 1
2639
lynx lynx 1
2640
aubergines (British); eggplants (American) aubergines 1