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
3841
lighthouse

phare

0
3842
languages (long form)

les langues

0
3843
retired man

retraité

0
3844
write

écrivez

0
3845
to layer

disposer en couches

0
3846
date (appointment)

rendez-vous (privé)

0
3847
to break up

rompre

0
3848
to manage

gérer

0
3849
to be discouraged

se décourager

0
3850
will be

seras

0
3851
to saw

scier

0
3852
to like

kiffer

0
3853
animated (feminine singular)

animée

0
3854
local (masculine plural)

locaux

0
3855
understood (feminine singular)

comprise

0
3856
coin

pièce

0
3857
nursing home

maison de repos

0
3858
strainer

passoire

0
3859
whisk

fouet

0
3860
promised (3rd person singular, simple past)

promit

0
3861
to regret

regretter

0
3862
UFOs

ovnis

0
3863
food

aliments

0
3864
fire station

caserne de pompiers

0
3865
to cook (short form)

cuisiner

0
3866
to slice

trancher

0
3867
natural (feminine plural)

naturelles

0
3868
to permit

permettre

0
3869
equal; are equalling

égalent

0
3870
to vary

varier

0
3871
oval (masculine)

oval

0
3872
H

H

0
3873
Australian (masculine plural)

australiens

0
3874
to be necessary

falloir

0
3875
to do; to put (vulgar)

foutre

0
3876
chalet; lodge

chalet

0
3877
bottle opener

ouvre-bouteille

0
3878
retired woman

retraitée

0
3879
zester

zesteur

0
3880
to get divorced

divorcer

0