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
2281
powerful

puissants

1
2282
here you go; there

tiens

1
2283
crazy

dingue

1
2284
normal

normal

1
2285
have lunch; are having lunch

déjeunons

1
2286
dairy (from the word for milk)

laiterie

1
2287
train; practice

entraine

1
2288
lines

lignes

1
2289
to obtain; to procure

procurer

1
2290
closing

fermeture

1
2291
common (masculine singular)

commun

1
2292
fires

feux

1
2293
precisely

précisément

1
2294
Africa

Afrique

1
2295
listened (masculine singular)

écouté

1
2296
high school

lycée

1
2297
encouraged

encouragé

1
2298
toothpaste

dentifrice

1
2299
Gregorian

grégorien

1
2300
commemorates; is commemorating

commémore

1
2301
player (masculine)

joueur

1
2302
find; am finding

trouve

1
2303
patient (adjective, masculine)

patient

1
2304
kind; nice (masculine singular)

gentil

1
2305
called (feminine singular)

appelée

1
2306
K

K

1
2307
to happen

se passer

1
2308
wishes

vœux

1
2309
zebra

zèbre

1
2310
Dupond (surname)

Dupond

1
2311
careful; cautious (feminine)

prudente

1
2312
unlucky (masculine)

malchanceux

1
2313
wake up

réveille

1
2314
Marseille (city)

Marseille

1
2315
canteen

cantine

1
2316
poster

affiche

1
2317
portfolio

portefeuille

1
2318
from Quebec (masculine)

québecois

1
2319
fiancée

fiancée

1
2320
Aquarius (sign of the zodiac)

verseau

1