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
3521
Voltaire (writer and philosopher) Voltaire 1
3522
memory mémoire 1
3523
Saint-Rémy (town) Saint-Rémy 1
3524
safe; sure sûr 1
3525
to remember (short form) souvenir 1
3526
naive (feminine singular) naïve 1
3527
Fido (dog’s name) Fido 1
3528
brave (feminine) courageuse 1
3529
magnificent; beautiful (plural) magnifiques 1
3530
ugly (masculine) laid 1
3531
to offer offrir 1
3532
films; movies films 1
3533
carries; is carrying emporte 1
3534
to learn apprendre 1
3535
food (formal) alimentation 1
3536
Maine (state) Maine 1
3537
fiancé fiancé 1
3538
Capricorn (sign of the zodiac) capricorne 1
3539
cafeteria cafétéria 1
3540
screens écrans 1
3541
headache migraine 1
3542
piano piano 1
3543
straight away suite 1
3544
tracksuit jogging 1
3545
pork porc 1
3546
imaginary (plural) imaginaires 1
3547
far loin 1
3548
reimbursed (feminine singular) remboursée 0
3549
greek (feminine) grecque 0
3550
leash; lead laisse 0
3551
T T 0
3552
rolling pin rouleau à pâtisserie 0
3553
political sciences sciences politiques 0
3554
little; few guère 0
3555
scissors ciseaux 0
3556
architect (feminine) architecte 0
3557
identified (feminine singular) identifiée 0
3558
to rotate; to turn tourner 0
3559
factory usine 0
3560
piglet porcelet 0