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 Sort descending French Examples count Learn
3641
underwear

sous-vêtements

1
3642
unemployment

chômage

1
3643
unfortunately

malheureusement

1
3644
unicycle

mono

1
3645
unicycle

monocycle

1
3646
unicycle basketball

mono-basket

1
3647
union

union

1
3648
unique; only

unique

3
3649
united

uni

2
3650
united (plural)

unis

1
3651
United Kingdom

Royaume-Uni

2
3652
United States

États-Unis

3
3653
university

université

1
3654
university (adjective)

universitaire

2
3655
university (adjective, plural)

universitaires

1
3656
university; uni (short form)

fac

1
3657
unlucky (feminine)

malchanceuse

1
3658
unlucky (masculine)

malchanceux

1
3659
until; up to

jusqu’à

4
3660
upper

supérieur

1
3661
us

nous

6
3662
used (feminine plural)

utilisées

0
3663
used (feminine)

utilisée

0
3664
used (masculine plural)

utilisés

1
3665
used (masculine)

utilisé

1
3666
useful

utile

0
3667
useless

inutile

0
3668
useless; no good

nul

1
3669
uses; is using

utilise

3
3670
V

V

0
3671
vacuum cleaner

aspirateur

1
3672
Valentine; Valentin (boy’s name)

Valentin

1
3673
validated (train ticket)

composté

1
3674
valve

vanne

1
3675
vampire

vampire

2
3676
varies; is varying

varie

0
3677
variety

variété

2
3678
vary (3rd person plural)

varient

1
3679
vase

vase

2
3680
vases

vases

1