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 Sort descending Learn
561
slippers

pantoufles

1
562
blade; sprig

brin

1
563
Sylvestre (boy’s name)

Sylvestre

1
564
Europe (short form)

Europe

1
565
those

ceux

1
566
Anaïs (girl’s name)

Anaïs

1
567
moussaka

moussaka

1
568
Hamburg (city)

Hambourg

1
569
instead; rather

plutôt

1
570
accompany; am accompanying

accompagne

1
571
degrees (°)

degrés

1
572
rotates; is rotating

tourne

1
573
steering wheel

volant

1
574
active (masculine singular)

actif

1
575
waits; is waiting

attend

1
576
purple (feminine)

violette

1
577
Thai (feminine)

thaïlandaise

1
578
to want

vouloir

1
579
kitty

minette

1
580
automatic

automatique

1
581
barbecue

barbecue

1
582
honesty

honnêteté

1
583
to marry (short form)

marier

1
584
university; uni (short form)

fac

1
585
progress

progrès

1
586
raincoat

imperméable

1
587
fashion

fashion

1
588
weather report

météo

1
589
prays; is praying

prie

1
590
pizzas

pizzas

1
591
raccoon

raton laveur

1
592
cucumbers

concombres

1
593
happily; merrily

joyeusement

1
594
valve

vanne

1
595
sewing machine

machine à coudre

1
596
used (masculine plural)

utilisés

1
597
replied

répondu

1
598
certain people; certain places (feminine plural)

certaines

1
599
powerful

puissants

1
600
here you go; there

tiens

1