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
2401
student (female)

étudiante

2
2402
well-behaved

sage

2
2403
dinosaurs

dinosaures

2
2404
in a hurry (feminine singular)

pressée

2
2405
polar

polaire

2
2406
Luke (boy’s name)

Luc

2
2407
things

choses

2
2408
served (masculine)

servi

2
2409
just; only

juste

2
2410
blackberry

mûre

2
2411
round (feminine)

ronde

2
2412
should

devrais

2
2413
activity leader; presenter

animateur

2
2414
hurts; is hurting

blesse

2
2415
business

affaires

2
2416
her

lui

2
2417
crab

crabe

2
2418
hire; are hiring (3rd person plural)

recrutent

2
2419
hot (feminine)

chaude

2
2420
repairs; is repairing

répare

2
2421
state

état

2
2422
to be able to; can

pouvoir

2
2423
love

amour

2
2424
weight training

musculation

2
2425
meet (1st person singular)

rencontre

2
2426
violent

violent

2
2427
species (plural)

espèces

2
2428
swans

cygnes

2
2429
butcher

boucher

2
2430
acrobat

acrobate

2
2431
points; dots

points

2
2432
registration; enrolment

inscription

2
2433
belt; seatbelt

ceinture

2
2434
asparagus (plural)

asperges

2
2435
compliments (plural)

compliments

2
2436
embassy

ambassade

2
2437
painkiller

antidouleur

2
2438
budgerigar; budgie

perruche

2
2439
March

mars

2
2440
complete (feminine singular)

complète

2