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
2561
queen

reine

2
2562
simply

simplement

2
2563
buses

bus

2
2564
comma (,)

virgule

2
2565
subject

matière

2
2566
marine (feminine)

marine

2
2567
free

gratuits

2
2568
Cécile (girl’s name)

Cécile

2
2569
kiwi

kiwi

2
2570
star fruit

carambole

2
2571
sphere

sphère

2
2572
happy; pleased (masculine singular)

content

2
2573
marvellous (feminine singular)

merveilleuse

2
2574
believes; is believing

croit

2
2575
fever

fièvre

2
2576
goose

oie

2
2577
inn; hostel

auberge

2
2578
blue (masculine plural)

bleus

2
2579
grape

raisin

2
2580
surfing

surf

2
2581
to discuss

discuter

2
2582
to download

télécharger

2
2583
monsters

monstres

2
2584
could (polite form)

pourriez

2
2585
monkeys

singes

2
2586
next (masculine)

prochain

2
2587
coat

manteau

2
2588
circus tent

tente de cirque

2
2589
vampire

vampire

2
2590
compensation

dédommagement

2
2591
hall

hall

2
2592
Moscow (city)

Moscou

2
2593
leave; am leaving; quit; am quitting

quitte

2
2594
Dubois (French last name)

Dubois

2
2595
returned (masculine plural)

rentrés

2
2596
dustman (British); garbage man (American)

éboueur

2
2597
blueberry

myrtille

2
2598
this; it (before a vowel sound)

c’

2
2599
diamond (shape)

losange

2
2600
pupils; students

élèves

2