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
2401
navel; belly button

nombril

1
2402
spinach

épinards

1
2403
used (masculine)

utilisé

1
2404
wish

souhait

1
2405
security

sécurité

1
2406
smiled

souri

1
2407
sheep (plural)

moutons

1
2408
to marry

épouser

1
2409
busy (feminine plural)

occupées

1
2410
fixed

fixé

1
2411
consider; are considering

envisagez

1
2412
careful

attention

1
2413
bricks

briques

1
2414
rug

tapis

1
2415
administrative (feminine plural)

administratives

1
2416
soya

soja

1
2417
to feel

sentir

1
2418
festivities; celebrations

festivités

1
2419
live; are living

habites

1
2420
printer

imprimante

1
2421
cards (plural)

cartes

1
2422
to park

garer

1
2423
will take

prendrez

1
2424
active (feminine singular)

active

1
2425
cooked (feminine singular)

cuite

1
2426
to dig

creuser

1
2427
enough

assez

1
2428
mosquito

moustique

1
2429
Cannes (town)

Cannes

1
2430
firemen; firefighters

pompiers

1
2431
American (male)

américain

1
2432
stock market

bourse

1
2433
from Quebec (feminine)

québecoise

1
2434
compatibility

compatibilité

1
2435
Pisces (sign of the zodiac)

poissons

1
2436
junior high, middle school

collège

1
2437
laboratory

laboratoire

1
2438
cap

casquette

1
2439
horror

horreur

1
2440
last (masculine plural)

derniers

1