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 Sort descending Learn
3481
have; am having

ai

6
3482
Belgium (short form)

Belgique

6
3483
styles; designs; models

modèles

6
3484
beautiful; handsome (masculine)

beau

6
3485
to see

voir

6
3486
small

petits

6
3487
adores; loves

adore

6
3488
takes; is taking

prend

6
3489
seesaw

bascule

6
3490
card; credit card

carte

6
3491
favourite (feminine)

préférée

6
3492
sun

soleil

6
3493
secretary

secrétaire

6
3494
photographer

photographe

6
3495
animal

animal

6
3496
good (feminine singular)

bonne

6
3497
skateboard

skateboard

6
3498
room

salle

6
3499
tablecloth

nappe

6
3500
region

région

6
3501
vegetables

légumes

6
3502
Lea (girl’s name)

Léa

6
3503
John; Jean

Jean

6
3504
in front of

devant

6
3505
19 (nineteen)

dix-neuf

6
3506
please

s’il te plaît

6
3507
excellent (masculine singular)

excellent

6
3508
toilet; washing

toilette

6
3509
misses; is missing

manque

6
3510
field; ground

terrain

6
3511
attic

grenier

6
3512
say; are saying (2rd person plural)

dites

6
3513
dear; expensive (masculine plural)

chers

6
3514
birthday

anniversaire

6
3515
would you please

veuillez

6
3516
story; history

histoire

6
3517
a few; some (plural)

quelques

6
3518
drawing; art lesson

dessin

6
3519
sauce

sauce

6
3520
live; are living (3rd person plural)

vivent

6