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
3761
to hire

embaucher

0
3762
discouraged

découragé

0
3763
vocal (feminine plural)

vocales

0
3764
colourful (feminine)

colorée

0
3765
to sprinkle

saupoudrer

0
3766
colon (:)

deux-points

0
3767
public (feminine singular)

publique

0
3768
funny (masculine)

amusant

0
3769
understand (3rd person plural)

comprennent

0
3770
absent (feminine)

absente

0
3771
shoulders

épaules

0
3772
P

P

0
3773
hut

cabane

0
3774
pepper mill

moulin à poivre

0
3775
to whisk

fouetter

0
3776
to get dressed

s’habiller

0
3777
hope; are hoping

espères

0
3778
come up; are coming up

montez

0
3779
private (feminine singular)

privée

0
3780
seen (feminine plural)

vues

0
3781
had (1st person singular)

avais

0
3782
Hello? (for answering the phone)

Allô ?

0
3783
local (feminine)

locale

0
3784
al dente; ideal cooking amount for pasta

al dente

0
3785
rests; is resting

repose

0
3786
to steal; to rob

voler

0
3787
grey (feminine)

grise

0
3788
to boil

bouillir

0
3789
to sieve

tamiser

0
3790
passionate

passion

0
3791
singlet; vest

maillot

0
3792
to commit

commettre

0
3793
possible (feminine plural)

éventuelles

0
3794
allows (subjunctive)

permette

0
3795
smaller

plus petit

0
3796
chinese

chinoise

0
3797
as well as; together with (before a vowel sound)

ainsi qu’

0
3798
to raise; to rise

lever

0
3799
burning

brulant

0
3800
blue (feminine)

bleue

0