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
3641
given (feminine singular)

donnée

0
3642
darker

plus foncé

0
3643
confused

désorienté

0
3644
inhabits; is inhabiting

habite

0
3645
to work; to function

fonctionner

0
3646
closed (feminine)

fermée

0
3647
to dream; dreaming

rêver

0
3648
fort

fort

0
3649
actor

acteur

0
3650
to steam

cuire à la vapeur

0
3651
to waste

gaspiller

0
3652
to flirt

draguer

0
3653
useful

utile

0
3654
art

art

0
3655
pray; am praying

prie

0
3656
used (feminine plural)

utilisées

0
3657
a certain someone (masculine)

certain

0
3658
brackets [ () ]

parenthèses

0
3659
booked

réservées

0
3660
invited (feminine singular)

invitée

0
3661
curly (feminine)

bouclée

0
3662
M

M

0
3663
guest house

maison d’hôtes

0
3664
lemon squeezer

presse-citron

0
3665
to spread

étaler

0
3666
indicated (masculine plural)

indiqués

0
3667
be

soyez

0
3668
to tighten

serrer

0
3669
private (masculine singular)

privé

0
3670
pyjamas (British); pajamas (American)

pyjama

0
3671
ingredients

ingrédients

0
3672
smiling; cheerful (masculine)

souriant

0
3673
Y

Y

0
3674
glad (feminine)

ravie

0
3675
black (feminine)

noire

0
3676
to pour

verser

0
3677
to adore; to love

adorer

0
3678
call

appelle

0
3679
fixed (feminine singular)

fixée

0
3680
to punish

punir

0