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
481
organization

organisation

1
482
square bracket

crochet

1
483
increased (feminine plural)

majorées

1
484
information

information

1
485
fire

feu

1
486
to employ

employer

1
487
known

connue

1
488
had fun (masculine plural)

éclatés

1
489
friend; buddy

copain

1
490
dynamic

dynamique

1
491
bodily; physical

corporel

1
492
towel

serviette

1
493
to celebrate

célébrer

1
494
Austrian (masculine)

autrichien

1
495
vary (3rd person plural)

varient

1
496
Brittany (region)

Bretagne

1
497
physics

physique

1
498
look for; are looking for

cherches

1
499
soccer

foot (abbreviation)

1
500
to stop

arrêter

1
501
naive (masculine singular)

naïf

1
502
oven

four

1
503
general

général

1
504
called (masculine singular)

appelé

1
505
will have (3rd person singular)

aura

1
506
everywhere

partout

1
507
Patrick

Patrick

1
508
careful; cautious (masculine)

prudent

1
509
excellent (masculine, plural)

excellents

1
510
ugly (feminine)

laide

1
511
fluid

fluide

1
512
love; like

aimes

1
513
university

université

1
514
barracks

caserne

1
515
hosts

hôtes

1
516
stocks

actions

1
517
Vermont (state)

Vermont

1
518
fiancé

fiancé

1
519
Capricorn (sign of the zodiac)

capricorne

1
520
cafeteria

cafétéria

1