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 descending Learn
3641
fear

peur

9
3642
day (duration)

journée

9
3643 Something wrong with file. Please reupload. 11 (eleven)

onze

9
3644
orange

orange

9
3645
pretty; nice (feminine)

jolie

9
3646
cat

chat

10
3647
late (in absolute terms)

tard

10
3648
so; therefore

donc

10
3649
12 (twelve)

douze

10
3650
floor

étage

10
3651
music

musique

10
3652
Thursday

jeudi

10
3653
seats (plural)

places

10
3654
black (masculine)

noir

10
3655
salad

salade

10
3656
sentence

phrase

10
3657
man

homme

10
3658
desk

bureau

10
3659
suits (3rd person singular)

convient

10
3660
then; so

alors

10
3661
weekend

weekend; week-end

10
3662
are (1st person plural)

sommes

10
3663
to take

prendre

10
3664
to speak

parler

10
3665
Lille

Lille

10
3666
so

si

10
3667
lost (masculine singular)

perdu

10
3668
your

ton

10
3669
knows, is aware (3rd person singular)

sait

10
3670
telephone

téléphone

10
3671
me (before a vowel sound)

m’

10
3672
work; job

travail

10
3673
am able to; can

peux

10
3674
new; new to the owner (masculine singular)

nouveau

10
3675
you

toi

10
3676
like; as

comme

11
3677
go; are going (2nd person plural)

allez

11
3678
taxi

taxi

11
3679
himself; herself; themselves (before a vowel sound)

s’

11
3680
our (singular)

notre

11