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 ascending Learn
3601
thinner

plus maigre

0
3602
kept (feminine singular)

gardée

0
3603
palace

palais

0
3604
courthouse

tribunal

0
3605
greetings

salutations

0
3606
mortar

mortier

0
3607
fixed (masculine plural)

fixés

0
3608
booked

réservée

0
3609
invited (feminine plural)

invitées

0
3610
longer

plus long

0
3611
skyscraper

gratte-ciel

0
3612
heifer

génisse

0
3613
fascinating

passionnant

0
3614
to find out about

se renseigner

0
3615
best (feminine plural)

meilleures

0
3616
foodstuffs

denrées alimentaires

0
3617
a certain someone (feminine)

certaine

0
3618
her

elle

0
3619
employees (feminine plural)

employées

0
3620
windows

fenêtres

0
3621
girlfriend

copine

0
3622
soap

savon

0
3623
player (feminine)

joueuse

0
3624
curly (masculine)

bouclé

0
3625
patient (adjective, feminine)

patiente

0
3626
L

L

0
3627
grater

râpe

0
3628
to pinch

pincer

0
3629
indicated (masculine singular)

indiqué

0
3630
common; frequent

fréquents

0
3631
to move apart

s’éloigner

0
3632
juggling

jonglerie

0
3633
given (feminine singular)

donnée

0
3634
darker

plus foncé

0
3635
blood; blood-red (masculine singular)

sanguin

0
3636
trains

trains

0
3637
X

X

0
3638
Hi!

Salut !

0
3639
to peel

éplucher

0
3640
steamer

cuit vapeur

0