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
3001
private (masculine plural) privés 1
3002
orthopedic (abbreviation) ortho 1
3003
seen (masculine singular) vu 1
3004
maximum maximum 1
3005
to smoke fumer 1
3006
brought back (masculine singular) ramené 1
3007
study; am studying étudie 1
3008
paths; ways sentiers 1
3009
to comb peigner 1
3010
Valentine; Valentin (boy’s name) Valentin 1
3011
Christmas Eve; New Year’s Eve dinner réveillon 1
3012
Anne (girl’s name) Anne 1
3013
waves ondes 1
3014
from Béarn béarnaise 1
3015
absent (masculine) absent 1
3016
honest honnête 1
3017
boring (feminine singular) ennuyeuse 1
3018
bean haricot 1
3019
Ormesson (town) Ormesson 1
3020
glad (masculine) ravi 1
3021
goat cheese chèvre 1
3022
rig plate-forme 1
3023
to fry frire 1
3024
Charles (boy’s name) Charles 1
3025
insurance assurance 1
3026
plant plante 1
3027
painter peintre 1
3028
vocal (feminine singular) vocale 1
3029
grades notes 1
3030
become (2nd person singular) deviens 1
3031
connecting (feminine plural) communicantes 1
3032
bear cub ourson 1
3033
peaches pêches 1
3034
poem poème 1
3035
straightener lisseur 1
3036
boxes boîtes 1
3037
busy occupé 1
3038
paid payé 1
3039
to settle régler 1
3040
Maltese (masculine) maltais 1