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 Sort descending French Examples count Learn
121
America (short form)

Amérique

2
122
American (feminine)

américaine

2
123
American (male plural)

américains

1
124
American (male)

américain

1
125
amiable; friendly

aimable

3
126
among

parmi

1
127
ampersand (&)

esperluette

1
128
amphitheater

amphithéâtre

1
129
Anaïs (girl’s name)

Anaïs

1
130
ancestors

ancêtres

3
131
and

et

213
132
anger

colère

2
133
angle

angle

4
134
angry

en colère

1
135
animal

animal

6
136
animals

animaux

5
137
animated

animés

0
138
animated (feminine plural)

animées

0
139
animated (feminine singular)

animée

0
140
animated (masculine singular)

animé

2
141
animation

animation

3
142
ankle

cheville

2
143
Anne (girl’s name)

Anne

1
144
annoying (feminine plural)

agaçantes

1
145
annoying (feminine)

agaçante

0
146
answer

réponse

4
147
answer; are answering (2nd person plural)

répondez

3
148
ant

fourmi

4
149
ants

fourmis

2
150
any (plural; negative)

de

5
151
any more

plus

3
152
apartment

appartement

3
153
aperitif (abbreviation)

apéro

2
154
aperitif; drink before a meal

apéritif

2
155
aperitifs

apéritifs

2
156
apostrophe (’)

apostrophe

1
157
appear; are appearing (3rd person plural)

apparaissent

1
158
appearance (formal)

apparence

1
159
appearance; look

air

1
160
appears; is appearing

figure

1