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
overwhelmed submergé 1
3522
bet parié 1
3523
forgot oublié 1
3524
hope espère 1
3525
detention détention 1
3526
to follow suivre 1
3527
damaged endommagé 1
3528
jewellery bijoux 1
3529
percussion percussion 1
3530
admits; is admitting admet 1
3531
family familiale 1
3532
bullet; cannonball boulet 1
3533
were étions 1
3534
arrange; are arranging disposez 1
3535
private (feminine plural) privées 1
3536
rheumatology (abbreviation) rhumato 1
3537
to liven up animer 1
3538
to disguise déguiser 1
3539
boring (masculine) ennuyeux 1
3540
to do someone’s hair coiffer 1
3541
Valentine; Valentin (boy’s name) Valentin 1
3542
Christmas Eve; New Year’s Eve dinner réveillon 1
3543
Anne (girl’s name) Anne 1
3544
waves ondes 1
3545
shaking tremblement 1
3546
shooter tireur 1
3547
cruel (feminine singular) cruelle 1
3548
impressive impressionnantes 1
3549
to explore explorer 1
3550
primaries primaires 1
3551
bold (feminine) audacieuse 1
3552
pile-ups carambolages 1
3553
disgusting dégoûtant 1
3554
sink évier 1
3555
university université 1
3556
American (male) américain 1
3557
from Quebec (feminine) québecoise 1
3558
recommended recommandé 1
3559
accounting comptabilité 1
3560
smoke fumez 1