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
3601
hates déteste 1
3602
skiing ski 1
3603
razorbill; auk pingouin 1
3604
worldwide (feminine) mondiale 1
3605
has Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner; is having Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner réveillonne 1
3606
François (boy’s name) François 1
3607
olives olives 1
3608
serve; are serving servez 1
3609
soft (masculine singular) doux 1
3610
meal vouchers chèques repas 1
3611
September septembre 1
3612
furious (feminine singular) furieuse 1
3613
feels; is feeling sent 1
3614
plates; slabs plaques 1
3615
reasonable (plural) raisonnables 1
3616
calls appelle 1
3617
elegant (feminine, plural) élégantes 1
3618
primaries primaires 1
3619
oil pétrolière 1
3620
Charles (boy’s name) Charles 1
3621
charges charges 1
3622
tea towel torchon 1
3623
happiness bonheur 1
3624
musician musicien 1
3625
vocal (feminine singular) vocale 1
3626
competitive exam concours 1
3627
Gemini gémeaux 1
3628
become (2nd person singular) deviens 1
3629
connecting (feminine plural) communicantes 1
3630
cabbages choux 1
3631
Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh character) Coco 1
3632
colourful (masculine) coloré 1
3633
lorraine lorraine 1
3634
to produce produire 1
3635
this ceci 1
3636
probably probablement 1
3637
hectic mouvementée 1
3638
wounded blessés 1
3639
compartment compartiment 1
3640
single tickets allers 1