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 Sort descending Examples count Learn
3801
old (masculine, for use before vowel sound)

vieil

1
3802
old (feminine)

vieille

2
3803
come; am coming

viens

1
3804
come; are coming (2nd person singular)

viens

1
3805
comes; is coming (3rd person singular)

vient

2
3806
Virgo (sign of the zodiac)

vierge

1
3807
old (masculine)

vieux

6
3808
naughty; ugly

vilain

1
3809
village

village

5
3810
villages

villages

3
3811
city; town

ville

23
3812
cities

villes

2
3813
wine

vin

17
3814
vinegar

vinaigre

2
3815
French dressing; vinaigrette

vinaigrette

3
3816
twenty

vingt

25
3817
violent

violent

2
3818
purple (masculine)

violet

1
3819
purple (feminine)

violette

1
3820
comma (,)

virgule

2
3821
face

visage

2
3822
visit (1st person singular)

visite

4
3823
visit

visite

3
3824
visited

visité

1
3825
to visit

visiter

4
3826
visitors

visiteurs

4
3827
lives; is living

vit

1
3828
vitamins

vitamines

0
3829
fast; quick

vite

3
3830
shop window

vitrine

0
3831
shop windows

vitrines

1
3832
live; are living (3rd person plural)

vivent

6
3833
to live

vivre

4
3834
vocabulary

vocabulaire

1
3835
vocal (masculine singular)

vocal

0
3836
vocal (feminine singular)

vocale

1
3837
vocal (feminine plural)

vocales

0
3838
vocal

vocaux

1
3839
this is; here is

voici

17
3840
see (3rd person plural)

voient

4