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
adapted adapté 1
2682
courts courts 1
2683
shop windows vitrines 1
2684
double quote; speech mark (“ or ”) guillemet (« ou ») 1
2685
fast rapide 1
2686
to bore; to annoy ennuyer 1
2687
live; are living habitez 1
2688
rubber (British); eraser (American) gomme 1
2689
grilled grillé 1
2690
instead; rather plutôt 1
2691
accompany; am accompanying accompagne 1
2692
degrees (°) degrés 1
2693
rotates; is rotating tourne 1
2694
steering wheel volant 1
2695
active (masculine singular) actif 1
2696
heads têtes 1
2697
appetite appétit 1
2698
waits; is waiting attend 1
2699
Dupond (surname) Dupond 1
2700
wake up réveille 1
2701
Marseille Marseille 1
2702
poster affiche 1
2703
to learn apprendre 1
2704
portfolio portefeuille 1
2705
Maine (state) Maine 1
2706
compatibility compatibilité 1
2707
Pisces poissons 1
2708
junior high, middle school collège 1
2709
laboratory laboratoire 1
2710
screens écrans 1
2711
cap casquette 1
2712
traffickers trafiquants 1
2713
horror horreur 1
2714
last (masculine plural) derniers 1
2715
straight away suite 1
2716
pair of boxer shorts caleçon 1
2717
imaginary (plural) imaginaires 1
2718
cucumber concombre 1
2719
ceramic céramique 1
2720
send; are sending; transmit; are transmitting (2nd person plural) transmettez 1