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
1321
some (plural, in front of an adjective starting with a vowel sound) d’ 2
1322
portraits portraits 2
1323
fairground (feminine) foraine 2
1324
girls filles 2
1325
drive; lead (2nd person singular) conduis 2
1326
laundry detergent; washing powder lessive 2
1327
want; are wanting (1st person plural) voulons 2
1328
granddaughter petite-fille 2
1329
swiss suisse 2
1330
floor sol 2
1331
hear; am hearing entends 2
1332
go upstairs; are going upstairs (3rd person plural) montent 2
1333
alcoholic alcoolisées 2
1334
best (feminine) meilleure 2
1335
bite croque 2
1336
goes upstairs; is going upstairs (3rd person singular) monte 2
1337
CD-ROM CD-ROM 2
1338
comfort confort 2
1339
long (feminine singular) longue 2
1340
chalk craie 2
1341
function fonction 2
1342
nurse (feminine) infirmière 2
1343
spoons cuillères 2
1344
to pay payer 2
1345
better mieux 2
1346
raspberry framboise 2
1347
face; side face 2
1348
repaired (masculine singular) réparé 2
1349
steak steak 2
1350
false; fake (feminine singular) fausse 2
1351
dolphin dauphin 2
1352
articles articles 2
1353
skirt jupe 2
1354
common (feminine) courante 2
1355
pineapple ananas 2
1356
rock (music) rock 2
1357
was (1st person singular) étais 2
1358
butcher charcutier 2
1359
letter box boite aux lettres 2
1360
sell; are selling vendons 2