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 Sort descending Examples count Learn
361
basketball (short form)

basket

2
362
trainer; sports shoe

basket

2
363
basketball

basketball

1
364
trainers; sports shoes

baskets

3
365
low (feminine singular)

basse

1
366
Bastille

Bastille

1
367
boat

bateau

4
368
bat

batte

1
369
to beat

battre

2
370
BE (abbreviation for Belgium)

BE

2
371
from Béarn

béarnaise

1
372
beautiful; handsome (masculine)

beau

6
373
a lot; many

beaucoup

41
374
beautiful; handsome

beaux

4
375
baby

bébé

3
376
babies

bébés

2
377
doughnut; donut

beignet

1
378
beautiful; handsome (masculine, for use before vowel sound)

bel

4
379
belgian

belge

4
380
Belgium (short form)

Belgique

6
381
Aries (sign of the zodiac meaning ram)

bélier

1
382
beautiful; handsome (feminine)

belle

5
383
beautiful; handsome (feminine plural)

belles

2
384
Berlin (city)

Berlin

1
385
bermuda shorts

bermuda

1
386
need

besoin

17
387
stupidity; foolery

bêtises

1
388
beet; beetroot

betterave

3
389
butter

beurre

5
390
library

bibliothèque

0
391
biro

bic

1
392
dog (specific race)

bichon

1
393
well

bien

45
394
soon

bientôt

4
395
benevolent

bienveillantes

0
396
welcome

bienvenue

2
397
beer

bière

4
398
beers

bières

1
399
jewel

bijou

1
400
jewellery shop; jewelry store

bijouterie

1