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
2801
adoptive adoptifs 1
2802
species (singular) espèce 1
2803
sent envoyé 1
2804
secretaries secrétaires 1
2805
figures figures 1
2806
portable; mobile portable 1
2807
promotion promotion 1
2808
rich (plural) riches 1
2809
to knock; to hit frapper 1
2810
tournament tournoi 1
2811
hang; are hanging (3rd person plural) accrochent 1
2812
then; next ensuite 1
2813
yahoo yahoo 1
2814
Diane (girl’s name) Diane 1
2815
roast beef rosbif 1
2816
to put back; to start again remettre 1
2817
painkillers antidouleurs 1
2818
rat rat 1
2819
complete (masculine singular) complet 1
2820
combed; styled (masculine singular) coiffé 1
2821
to shave raser 1
2822
O O 1
2823
romantic (plural) romantiques 1
2824
clever; intelligent (feminine) intelligente 1
2825
to become devenir 1
2826
tin can boite 1
2827
Eduardo Eduardo 1
2828
Japan (short form) Japon 1
2829
total (feminine) totale 1
2830
architecture architecture 1
2831
to join; to access accéder 1
2832
shorts; a pair of shorts short 1
2833
buttocks fesses 1
2834
proud (masculine) fier 1
2835
thunder tonnerre 1
2836
interrogative interrogatives 1
2837
tuna thon 1
2838
would go out (2nd person singular) sortirais 1
2839
naughty; ugly vilain 1
2840
pretzel bretzel 1