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 Learn
2241
survived

survécu

1
2242
soles

semelles

1
2243
basketball

basketball

1
2244
find; are finding (3rd person plural)

trouvent

1
2245
systematically

systématiquement

1
2246
attracts; is attracting

attire

1
2247
shop

boutique

1
2248
teacher (abbreviation)

prof

1
2249
Manchester (city)

Manchester

1
2250
grilled

grillé

1
2251
instead; rather

plutôt

1
2252
accompany; am accompanying

accompagne

1
2253
degrees (°)

degrés

1
2254
rotates; is rotating

tourne

1
2255
steering wheel

volant

1
2256
active (masculine singular)

actif

1
2257
waits; is waiting

attend

1
2258
purple (feminine)

violette

1
2259
Thai (feminine)

thaïlandaise

1
2260
to want

vouloir

1
2261
kitty

minette

1
2262
automatic

automatique

1
2263
barbecue

barbecue

1
2264
honesty

honnêteté

1
2265
to marry (short form)

marier

1
2266
university; uni (short form)

fac

1
2267
progress

progrès

1
2268
raincoat

imperméable

1
2269
fashion

fashion

1
2270
weather report

météo

1
2271
prays; is praying

prie

1
2272
pizzas

pizzas

1
2273
raccoon

raton laveur

1
2274
cucumbers

concombres

1
2275
happily; merrily

joyeusement

1
2276
valve

vanne

1
2277
sewing machine

machine à coudre

1
2278
used (masculine plural)

utilisés

1
2279
replied

répondu

1
2280
certain people; certain places (feminine plural)

certaines

1