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
2161
seasons saisons 1
2162
tablespoons cuillères à soupe 1
2163
would like; would love (1st person singular) aimerais 1
2164
to understand comprendre 1
2165
will take (1st person singular) prendrai 1
2166
meticulous (masculine) minutieux 1
2167
frank (feminine singular) franche 1
2168
to sit down s’asseoir 1
2169
composed composé 1
2170
Marie-Claude (girl’s name) Marie-Claude 1
2171
careless (feminine) négligente 1
2172
Joseph (boy’s name) Joseph 1
2173
to measure mesurer 1
2174
clearly clairement 1
2175
computers ordinateurs 1
2176
John John 1
2177
to help aider 1
2178
generous généreux 1
2179
Italy (short form) Italie 1
2180
geography géographie 1
2181
excuse excuse 1
2182
Taurus taureau 1
2183
old; ancient (masculine) ancien 1
2184
baccalaureate exam baccalauréat 1
2185
Portugal (short form) Portugal 1
2186
oral oral 1
2187
bra soutien-gorge 1
2188
support; are supporting (2nd person plural) soutenez 1
2189
thank; am thanking remercie 1
2190
many; plenty of plein de 1
2191
knees genoux 1
2192
sausages saucisses 1
2193
medieval (feminine plural) médiévales 1
2194
aubergine aubergine 1
2195
minute minute 1
2196
suede daim 1
2197
annoying (feminine plural) agaçantes 1
2198
stripe rayure 1
2199
you arrive arrivez 1
2200
to snow neiger 1