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
1561
armadillo tatou 2
1562
English (feminine) anglaise 2
1563
political politiques 2
1564
casual; relaxed décontracté 2
1565
gets up; rises se lève 2
1566
tentacles tentacules 2
1567
walking marche 2
1568
left partie 2
1569
aspirin aspirine 2
1570
offices bureaux 2
1571
bald chauve 2
1572
become devenu 2
1573
problem; impediment empêchement 2
1574
mutual insurance association mutuelle 2
1575
strawberries fraises 2
1576
armchair fauteuil 2
1577
ugly moche 2
1578
sail voile 2
1579
think; am thinking pense 2
1580
pear poire 2
1581
miniature (plural) miniatures 2
1582
gossip potins 2
1583
shoulder épaule 2
1584
some (plural, in front of an adjective starting with a vowel sound) d’ 2
1585
portraits portraits 2
1586
fairground (feminine) foraine 2
1587
girls filles 2
1588
drive; lead (2nd person singular) conduis 2
1589
laundry detergent; washing powder lessive 2
1590
want; are wanting (1st person plural) voulons 2
1591
granddaughter petite-fille 2
1592
swiss suisse 2
1593
floor sol 2
1594
hear; am hearing entends 2
1595
go upstairs; are going upstairs (3rd person plural) montent 2
1596
alcoholic alcoolisées 2
1597
best (feminine) meilleure 2
1598
bite croque 2
1599
goes upstairs; is going upstairs (3rd person singular) monte 2
1600
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