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
2041
go upstairs; are going upstairs (3rd person plural) montent 2
2042
alcoholic alcoolisées 2
2043
best (feminine) meilleure 2
2044
bite croque 2
2045
goes upstairs; is going upstairs (3rd person singular) monte 2
2046
CD-ROM CD-ROM 2
2047
comfort confort 2
2048
listened (masculine singular) écouté 1
2049
high school lycée 1
2050
encouraged encouragé 1
2051
toothpaste dentifrice 1
2052
Gregorian grégorien 1
2053
commemorates; is commemorating commémore 1
2054
player (masculine) joueur 1
2055
find; am finding trouve 1
2056
patient (adjective, masculine) patient 1
2057
kind; nice (masculine singular) gentil 1
2058
called (feminine singular) appelée 1
2059
K K 1
2060
to happen se passer 1
2061
wishes vœux 1
2062
zebra zèbre 1
2063
Dupond (surname) Dupond 1
2064
careful; cautious (feminine) prudente 1
2065
unlucky (masculine) malchanceux 1
2066
wake up réveille 1
2067
Marseille (city) Marseille 1
2068
canteen cantine 1
2069
poster affiche 1
2070
portfolio portefeuille 1
2071
from Quebec (masculine) québecois 1
2072
compatibility compatibilité 1
2073
Pisces poissons 1
2074
junior high, middle school collège 1
2075
laboratory laboratoire 1
2076
cap casquette 1
2077
horror horreur 1
2078
last (masculine plural) derniers 1
2079
pair of boxer shorts caleçon 1
2080
common; frequent fréquent 1