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
1841
Alice (girl’s name) Alice 2
1842
loud; strong fort 2
1843
tragic tragique 2
1844
donkeys ânes 2
1845
pink (singular) rose 2
1846
drawn dessinées 2
1847
ask; are asking (1st person plural) demandons 2
1848
hat chapeau 2
1849
page page 2
1850
load charge 2
1851
blond (masculine plural) blonds 2
1852
tent tente 2
1853
pretty; nice (masculine plural) jolis 2
1854
lime citron vert 2
1855
come; are coming (2nd person singular) viens 2
1856
right-angled triangle triangle rectangle 2
1857
fresh (feminine singular) fraiche 2
1858
wedding rings alliances 2
1859
Carmen (girl’s name) Carmen 2
1860
produces; is producing produit 2
1861
have supper; am having supper dine 2
1862
play; are playing (2nd person plural) jouez 2
1863
lies; is lying ment 2
1864
American (feminine) américaine 2
1865
italian (feminine) italienne 2
1866
received reçu 2
1867
clams palourdes 2
1868
was raining pleuvait 2
1869
tale conte 2
1870
platform quai 2
1871
owl hibou 2
1872
basketball (short form) basket 2
1873
walks; is walking marche 2
1874
show spectacle 2
1875
metro(s); underground trains métros 2
1876
Michael; Michel (boy’s name) Michel 2
1877
stress stress 2
1878
vinegar vinaigre 2
1879
to rest; to be based reposer 2
1880
date (fruit) datte 2