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
3801
funny (masculine) amusant 0
3802
understand (3rd person plural) comprennent 0
3803
absent (feminine) absente 0
3804
hut cabane 0
3805
pepper mill moulin à poivre 0
3806
to whisk fouetter 0
3807
to rest se reposer 0
3808
comics bandes dessinées 0
3809 summit sommet 0
3810
private (feminine plural) privées 0
3811
seen (masculine plural) vus 0
3812
smaller plus petit 0
3813
chinese chinoise 0
3814
al dente; ideal cooking amount for pasta al dente 0
3815
rests; is resting repose 0
3816
to steal; to rob voler 0
3817
to boil bouillir 0
3818
to sieve tamiser 0
3819
swimsuit maillot de bain 0
3820
natural (masculine) naturel 0
3821
to compromise compromettre 0
3822
common (masculine) courant 0
3823
cost; am costing coûte 0
3824
to get fat grossir 0
3825
as well as; together with (before a vowel sound) ainsi qu’ 0
3826
to raise; to rise lever 0
3827
warehouse entrepôt 0
3828
engineer ingénieur 0
3829
to break up rompre 0
3830
to manage gérer 0
3831
to be discouraged se décourager 0
3832
vocal (feminine plural) vocales 0
3833
colourful (feminine) colorée 0
3834
to saw scier 0
3835
to like kiffer 0
3836
colon (:) deux-points 0
3837
public (feminine singular) publique 0
3838
had (1st person singular) avais 0
3839
camper van camping-car 0
3840
cold; cool froid 0