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
2081
to arrive arriver 1
2082
rents; is renting loue 1
2083
popcorn pop-corn 1
2084
vocabulary vocabulaire 1
2085
have (2nd person plural, subjunctive mode) ayez 1
2086
through; around travers 1
2087
sanitary (plural) sanitaires 1
2088
new; brand new neuf 1
2089
curly brackets ({}) accolades 1
2090
lessons leçons 1
2091
feather plume 1
2092
traditionally traditionnellement 1
2093
curtain rideau 1
2094
mislead; are misleading; deceive; are deceiving (3rd person plural) trompent 1
2095
Moroccan (singular, feminine) marocaine 1
2096
forks fourchettes 1
2097
serve; are serving (3rd person plural) servent 1
2098
helps; is helping aide 1
2099
attentive (masculine singular) attentif 1
2100
Vauban (military engineer and architect) Vauban 1
2101
speak; are speaking parlons 1
2102
B B 1
2103
angry en colère 1
2104
old (masculine, for use before vowel sound) vieil 1
2105
Cartier-Bresson (surname) Cartier-Bresson 1
2106
India Inde 1
2107
translated traduit 1
2108
sirloin aloyau 1
2109
inheritance héritage 1
2110
Berlin (city) Berlin 1
2111
Christophe (boy’s name) Christophe 1
2112
to kiss embrasser 1
2113
parent parent 1
2114
arts arts 1
2115
to receive (gift) recevoir 1
2116
commercial publicité 1
2117
jewel bijou 1
2118
mineral minérale 1
2119
fat grasse 1
2120
foodstuffs denrées 1