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
3241
female cat chatte 1
3242
banking bancaire 1
3243
to go beyond dépasser 1
3244
to succeed réussir 1
3245
gloves gants 1
3246
fashion fashion 1
3247
prays; is praying prie 1
3248
beans haricots 1
3249
happily; merrily joyeusement 1
3250
coca-cola coca-cola 1
3251
smile souris 1
3252
used (masculine plural) utilisés 1
3253
check vérifie 1
3254
certain people; certain places (feminine plural) certaines 1
3255
pay paie 1
3256
here you go; there tiens 1
3257
practice pratique 1
3258
survey sondage 1
3259
have lunch; are having lunch déjeunons 1
3260
dairy (from the word for milk) laiterie 1
3261
tightrope corde raide 1
3262
distances distances 1
3263
disguise déguisement 1
3264
ampersand (&) esperluette 1
3265
charged facturé 1
3266
provide; are providing (2nd person plural) munissez 1
3267
news; information (abbreviation) infos 1
3268
common (masculine singular) commun 1
3269
fires feux 1
3270
precisely précisément 1
3271
Africa Afrique 1
3272
in the shade (feminine plural) ombragées 1
3273
Epiphany Épiphanie 1
3274
armistice armistice 1
3275
Rousseau (last name) Rousseau 1
3276
difficult (plural) difficiles 1
3277
spoken parlée 1
3278
absolutely; definitely absolument 1
3279
faces; sides faces 1
3280
software programs logiciels 1