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 ascending Learn
2561
groups

groupes

1
2562
processes

démarches

1
2563
wide

large

1
2564
sprout

germe

1
2565
special (feminine plural)

spéciales

1
2566
Provins (town)

Provins

1
2567
Mexican (masculine)

mexicain

1
2568
specialities (plural)

spécialités

1
2569
would like; would love (1st person singular)

aimerais

1
2570
to understand

comprendre

1
2571
will take (1st person singular)

prendrai

1
2572
meticulous (masculine)

minutieux

1
2573
frank (feminine singular)

franche

1
2574
to sit down

s’asseoir

1
2575
composed

composé

1
2576
Marie-Claude (girl’s name)

Marie-Claude

1
2577
careless (feminine)

négligente

1
2578
Joseph (boy’s name)

Joseph

1
2579
to measure

mesurer

1
2580
clearly

clairement

1
2581
computers

ordinateurs

1
2582
John

John

1
2583
to help

aider

1
2584
generous

généreux

1
2585
Italy (short form)

Italie

1
2586
appearance (formal)

apparence

1
2587
excuse

excuse

1
2588
Aries (sign of the zodiac meaning ram)

bélier

1
2589
old; ancient (masculine)

ancien

1
2590
high school student

lycéen

1
2591
Portugal (short form)

Portugal

1
2592
presentation

exposé

1
2593
underwear

sous-vêtements

1
2594
support; are supporting (2nd person plural)

soutenez

1
2595
passionate

passionné

1
2596
thank; am thanking

remercie

1
2597
action

action

1
2598
many; plenty of

plein de

1
2599
jacket

veste

1
2600
pâté

pâté

1