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 Sort ascending French Examples count Learn
2561
goldfish (plural)

poissons rouges

1
2562
goldfish

poisson rouge

2
2563
gold

or

2
2564
going out

sors

1
2565
goes; is going

va

79
2566
goes upstairs; is going upstairs (3rd person singular)

monte

2
2567
God

Dieu

4
2568
goats

chèvres

1
2569
goat cheese

chèvre

1
2570
goat

chèvre

2
2571
goal

but

1
2572
go; are going (3nd person plural)

vont

8
2573
go; are going (2nd person singular)

vas

4
2574
go; are going (2nd person plural)

allez

11
2575
go; are going (1st person plural)

allons

25
2576
go; am going

vais

42
2577
go upstairs; are going upstairs (3rd person plural)

montent

2
2578
go upstairs; am going upstairs

monte

2
2579
gmail

gmail

1
2580
gloves

gants

1
2581
glasses; spectacles

lunettes

8
2582
glass

verre

7
2583
gladly; willingly

volontiers

1
2584
gladly

volontiers

7
2585
glad (masculine)

ravi

1
2586
glad (feminine)

ravie

0
2587
gives; is giving

donne

3
2588
given back (masculine singular)

rendu

1
2589
given (masculine singular)

donné

5
2590
given (masculine plural)

donnés

0
2591
given (feminine singular)

donnée

0
2592
given (feminine plural)

données

0
2593
give; are giving

donnons

1
2594
give up

abandonne

1
2595
give (imperative mode, 2nd person plural)

donnez

9
2596
give (2nd person singular, imperative mode)

donne

2
2597
girls

filles

2
2598
girlfriends

copines

1
2599
girlfriend

copine

0
2600
girl

fille

7