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
3201
hates déteste 1
3202
skiing ski 1
3203
razorbill; auk pingouin 1
3204
worldwide (feminine) mondiale 1
3205
has Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner; is having Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner réveillonne 1
3206
lasagna (plural) lasagnes 1
3207
aerial (feminine) aérienne 1
3208
honest honnête 1
3209
boring (feminine singular) ennuyeuse 1
3210
bean haricot 1
3211
Ormesson (town) Ormesson 1
3212
glad (masculine) ravi 1
3213
goat cheese chèvre 1
3214
rig plate-forme 1
3215
to fry frire 1
3216
Charles (boy’s name) Charles 1
3217
insurance assurance 1
3218
plant plante 1
3219
painter peintre 1
3220
vocal (feminine singular) vocale 1
3221
grades notes 1
3222
become (2nd person singular) deviens 1
3223
connecting (feminine plural) communicantes 1
3224
bear cub ourson 1
3225
peaches pêches 1
3226
poem poème 1
3227
straightener lisseur 1
3228
boxes boîtes 1
3229
busy occupé 1
3230
paid payé 1
3231
to settle régler 1
3232
Maltese (masculine) maltais 1
3233
will arrive (1st person singular) arriverai 1
3234
leaf feuille 1
3235
to receive accueillir 1
3236
university (adjective, plural) universitaires 1
3237
full stop; period (.) point 1
3238
specialist spécialiste 1
3239
silent (masculine) silencieux 1
3240
pizzeria pizzeria 1