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
201
to serve

servir

0
202
make; am making

fais

0
203
sunglasses

lunettes de soleil

0
204
beforehand

préalablement

0
205
natural (masculine)

naturel

0
206
to admit

admettre

0
207
common (masculine)

courant

0
208
cost; am costing

coûte

0
209
to get fat

grossir

0
210
pagoda

pagode

0
211
trade (long form)

le commerce

0
212
dentist

dentiste

0
213
layer

couche

0
214
to enter a civil partnership

se pacser

0
215
to hire

embaucher

0
216
discouraged

découragé

0
217
vocal (feminine plural)

vocales

0
218
colourful (feminine)

colorée

0
219
to sprinkle

saupoudrer

0
220
colon (:)

deux-points

0
221
public (feminine singular)

publique

0
222
seen (feminine plural)

vues

0
223
had (1st person singular)

avais

0
224
Hello? (for answering the phone)

Allô ?

0
225
local (feminine)

locale

0
226
funny (masculine)

amusant

0
227
understand (3rd person plural)

comprennent

0
228
absent (feminine)

absente

0
229
shoulders

épaules

0
230
P

P

0
231
hut

cabane

0
232
pepper mill

moulin à poivre

0
233
to whisk

fouetter

0
234
to get dressed

s’habiller

0
235
hope; are hoping

espères

0
236
come up; are coming up

montez

0
237
private (feminine singular)

privée

0
238
allows (subjunctive)

permette

0
239
smaller

plus petit

0
240
chinese

chinoise

0