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
3121
poem poème 1
3122
straightener lisseur 1
3123
boxes boîtes 1
3124
busy occupé 1
3125
paid payé 1
3126
to settle régler 1
3127
Maltese (masculine) maltais 1
3128
will arrive (1st person singular) arriverai 1
3129
leaf feuille 1
3130
to receive accueillir 1
3131
university (adjective, plural) universitaires 1
3132
punctuation ponctuation 1
3133
metro; underground métro 1
3134
lyrics paroles 1
3135
Oscar (boy’s name) Oscar 1
3136
series série 1
3137
tents tentes 1
3138
registered (feminine singular) déposée 1
3139
hates déteste 1
3140
skiing ski 1
3141
razorbill; auk pingouin 1
3142
worldwide (feminine) mondiale 1
3143
has Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner; is having Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner réveillonne 1
3144
lasagna (plural) lasagnes 1
3145
wanted (3rd person singular, imperfect) voulait 1
3146
divine; heavenly (feminine) divine 1
3147
goats chèvres 1
3148
90 (ninety) quatre-vingt-dix 1
3149
banknote; bill billet 1
3150
recording enregistrement 1
3151
D D 1
3152
finally finalement 1
3153
nautical (plural) nautiques 1
3154
disk disque 1
3155
to phone téléphoner 1
3156
to know; to be aware savoir 1
3157
nephews neveux 1
3158
housing logement 1
3159
east (short form) est 1
3160
Canada (short form) Canada 1