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 ascending French Examples count Learn
3721
art

art

0
3722
arrives; is arriving

arrive

9
3723
arrived (masculine singular)

arrivé

1
3724
arrived (masculine plural)

arrivés

0
3725
arrived (feminine singular)

arrivée

1
3726
arrived (feminine plural)

arrivées

0
3727
arrive; are arriving

arrivent

2
3728
arrive; am arriving

arrive

1
3729
arrival

arrivée

2
3730
arrange; are arranging

disposez

1
3731
armistice

armistice

1
3732
armchair

fauteuil

2
3733
armadillos

tatous

2
3734
armadillo

tatou

2
3735
arm

bras

2
3736
Aries (sign of the zodiac meaning ram)

bélier

1
3737
are able to; can (3rd person plural)

peuvent

4
3738
are able to; can (2nd person plural)

pouvez

9
3739
are able to; can (1st person plural)

pouvons

3
3740
are able to; can

peux

8
3741
are (1st person plural)

sommes

10
3742
are

sont

108
3743
are

es

16
3744
are

êtes

25
3745
architecture

architecture

1
3746
architect (masculine)

architecte

3
3747
architect (feminine)

architecte

0
3748
Aquarius (sign of the zodiac)

verseau

1
3749
April

avril

3
3750
apricot

abricot

2
3751
appreciate

apprécie

1
3752
appointment; appointments

rendez-vous

8
3753
apples

pommes

7
3754
apple

pomme

3
3755
appetite

appétit

1
3756
appears; is appearing

figure

1
3757
appearance; look

air

1
3758
appearance (formal)

apparence

1
3759
appear; are appearing (3rd person plural)

apparaissent

1
3760
apostrophe (’)

apostrophe

1