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
2681
three-coloured (plural) tricolores 1
2682
following day lendemain 1
2683
fine (for sand or powder, masculine) fin 1
2684
reversed (feminine singular) inversée 1
2685
girlfriends copines 1
2686
small (feminine plural) petites 1
2687
Roger (boy’s name) Roger 1
2688
seasons saisons 1
2689
tablespoons cuillères à soupe 1
2690
would like; would love (1st person singular) aimerais 1
2691
to understand comprendre 1
2692
will take (1st person singular) prendrai 1
2693
meticulous (masculine) minutieux 1
2694
frank (feminine singular) franche 1
2695
biscuit biscuit 1
2696
to sit down s’asseoir 1
2697
composed composé 1
2698
Marie-Claude (girl’s name) Marie-Claude 1
2699
careless (masculine) négligent 1
2700
Joseph (boy’s name) Joseph 1
2701
unlucky (feminine) malchanceuse 1
2702
to measure mesurer 1
2703
computers ordinateurs 1
2704
American (male) américain 1
2705
generous généreux 1
2706
from Quebec (feminine) québecoise 1
2707
geography géographie 1
2708
Taurus taureau 1
2709
baccalaureate exam baccalauréat 1
2710
oral oral 1
2711
bra soutien-gorge 1
2712
knees genoux 1
2713
sausages saucisses 1
2714
appear; are appearing (3rd person plural) apparaissent 1
2715
aubergine aubergine 1
2716
suede daim 1
2717
look like (3rd person plural) ressemblent 1
2718
to snow neiger 1
2719
running course 1
2720
to stay séjourner 1