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
81
grater

râpe

0
82
to pinch

pincer

0
83
indicated (masculine singular)

indiqué

0
84
common; frequent

fréquents

0
85
to move apart

s’éloigner

0
86
juggling

jonglerie

0
87
given (feminine singular)

donnée

0
88
darker

plus foncé

0
89
blood; blood-red (masculine singular)

sanguin

0
90
trains

trains

0
91
X

X

0
92
Hi!

Salut !

0
93
to peel

éplucher

0
94
steamer

cuit vapeur

0
95
squeezed; pushed (3rd person singular, simple past)

pressa

0
96
fixed (feminine plural)

fixées

0
97
booked

réservées

0
98
invited (feminine singular)

invitée

0
99
confused

désorienté

0
100
inhabits; is inhabiting

habite

0
101
to work; to function

fonctionner

0
102
closed (feminine)

fermée

0
103
to dream; dreaming

rêver

0
104
fort

fort

0
105
actor

acteur

0
106
to steam

cuire à la vapeur

0
107
to waste

gaspiller

0
108
to flirt

draguer

0
109
useful

utile

0
110
art

art

0
111
pray; am praying

prie

0
112
used (feminine plural)

utilisées

0
113
a certain someone (masculine)

certain

0
114
brackets [ () ]

parenthèses

0
115
curly (feminine)

bouclée

0
116
M

M

0
117
guest house

maison d’hôtes

0
118
lemon squeezer

presse-citron

0
119
to spread

étaler

0
120
indicated (masculine plural)

indiqués

0