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 ascending Examples count Learn
3601
have (1st person plural)

avons

15
3602
to have

avoir

13
3603
lawyer (masculine)

avocat

5
3604
avocado

avocat

1
3605
had

avions

2
3606
airplane

avion

3
3607
have (2nd person plural)

avez

28
3608
adventures

aventures

2
3609
adventure

aventure

0
3610
future

avenir

1
3611
with

avec

53
3612
damaged

avarié

1
3613
before

avant

17
3614
advances

avances

1
3615
early; advance

avance

7
3616
had (3rd person singular)

avait

4
3617
had (1st person singular)

avais

0
3618
had (2rd person singular)

avais

0
3619
had (3rd person plural)

avaient

0
3620
to the; at the (plural)

aux

22
3621
Austrian (feminine)

autrichienne

0
3622
Austrian (masculine)

autrichien

1
3623
others

autres

5
3624
other

autre

3
3625
automatic

automatique

1
3626
Australian (masculine plural)

australiens

0
3627
Australian (masculine singular)

australien

0
3628
that much

aussi

1
3629
too; also

aussi

20
3630
will have (1st person singular)

aurai

1
3631
will have (3rd person singular)

aura

1
3632
nearby; beside

auprès

1
3633
before; beforehand

auparavant

1
3634
today

aujourd’hui

20
3635
audio

audio

2
3636
bold (masculine)

audacieux

1
3637
bold (feminine)

audacieuse

1
3638
aubergines (British); eggplants (American)

aubergines

1
3639
aubergine

aubergine

1
3640
inns; hostels

auberges

3