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
3481
musician musicien 1
3482
vocal (feminine singular) vocale 1
3483
competitive exam concours 1
3484
Gemini gémeaux 1
3485
become (2nd person singular) deviens 1
3486
connecting (feminine plural) communicantes 1
3487
Sagittarius sagittaire 1
3488
bear cub ourson 1
3489
pears poires 1
3490
brioche brioche 1
3491
razor rasoir 1
3492
prohibition défense 1
3493
neighbour voisin 1
3494
frightened effrayés 1
3495
Maltese (masculine) maltais 1
3496
will arrive (1st person singular) arriverai 1
3497
stomach d’estomac 1
3498
leaf feuille 1
3499
to receive accueillir 1
3500
river rivière 1
3501
fungus champignon 1
3502
university (adjective, plural) universitaires 1
3503
delivery livraison 1
3504
punctuation ponctuation 1
3505
appeal recours 1
3506
missing manquants 1
3507
parental parental 1
3508
wanderers errants 1
3509
metro; underground métro 1
3510
lyrics paroles 1
3511
Oscar (boy’s name) Oscar 1
3512
series série 1
3513
tents tentes 1
3514
registered (feminine singular) déposée 1
3515
hates déteste 1
3516
skiing ski 1
3517
razorbill; auk pingouin 1
3518
worldwide (feminine) mondiale 1
3519
has Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner; is having Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner réveillonne 1
3520
François (boy’s name) François 1