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
2721
appearance; look air 1
2722
previous précédent 1
2723
administrator; manager (feminine) administratrice 1
2724
present; are presenting (2nd person plural) présentez 1
2725
exclamation mark (!) point d’exclamation 1
2726
associations associations 1
2727
to disguise déguiser 1
2728
boring (masculine) ennuyeux 1
2729
to do someone’s hair coiffer 1
2730
jokes; pranks blagues 1
2731
gathers; is gathering réunit 1
2732
Nevers (town) Nevers 1
2733
cruel (feminine singular) cruelle 1
2734
careful; cautious (masculine) prudent 1
2735
starry étoilé 1
2736
ugly (feminine) laide 1
2737
given back (masculine singular) rendu 1
2738
clauses clauses 1
2739
oil pétrolière 1
2740
most; majority plupart 1
2741
Sally (girl’s name) Sally 1
2742
charges charges 1
2743
tea towel torchon 1
2744
Enzo Enzo 1
2745
happiness bonheur 1
2746
translate traduisez 1
2747
musician musicien 1
2748
competitive exam concours 1
2749
Gemini gémeaux 1
2750
will have (1st person singular) aurai 1
2751
free; available (plural) libres 1
2752
burns brûlures 1
2753
Sagittarius sagittaire 1
2754
pears poires 1
2755
natural naturels 1
2756
brioche brioche 1
2757
first premiers 1
2758
razor rasoir 1
2759
prohibition défense 1
2760
few peu de 1