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
3761
layer

couche

0
3762
to enter a civil partnership

se pacser

0
3763
to hire

embaucher

0
3764
discouraged

découragé

0
3765
vocal (feminine plural)

vocales

0
3766
colourful (feminine)

colorée

0
3767
to sprinkle

saupoudrer

0
3768
hope; are hoping

espères

0
3769
come up; are coming up

montez

0
3770
private (feminine singular)

privée

0
3771
seen (feminine plural)

vues

0
3772
had (1st person singular)

avais

0
3773
Hello? (for answering the phone)

Allô ?

0
3774
local (feminine)

locale

0
3775
funny (masculine)

amusant

0
3776
understand (3rd person plural)

comprennent

0
3777
absent (feminine)

absente

0
3778
shoulders

épaules

0
3779
P

P

0
3780
hut

cabane

0
3781
pepper mill

moulin à poivre

0
3782
to whisk

fouetter

0
3783
to get dressed

s’habiller

0
3784
possible (feminine plural)

éventuelles

0
3785
allows (subjunctive)

permette

0
3786
smaller

plus petit

0
3787
chinese

chinoise

0
3788
al dente; ideal cooking amount for pasta

al dente

0
3789
rests; is resting

repose

0
3790
to steal; to rob

voler

0
3791
grey (feminine)

grise

0
3792
to boil

bouillir

0
3793
to sieve

tamiser

0
3794
passionate

passion

0
3795
singlet; vest

maillot

0
3796
to commit

commettre

0
3797
likely (singular)

susceptible

0
3798
as well as; together with (before a vowel sound)

ainsi qu’

0
3799
to raise; to rise

lever

0
3800
burning

brulant

0