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
2201
sprout germe 1
2202
special (feminine plural) spéciales 1
2203
Provins (town) Provins 1
2204
Mexican (masculine) mexicain 1
2205
specialities (plural) spécialités 1
2206
street rue 1
2207
noted (masculine singular) noté 1
2208
attentive (masculine singular) attentif 1
2209
Vauban (military engineer and architect) Vauban 1
2210
speak; are speaking parlons 1
2211
B B 1
2212
angry en colère 1
2213
old (masculine, for use before vowel sound) vieil 1
2214
Cartier-Bresson (surname) Cartier-Bresson 1
2215
India Inde 1
2216
translated traduit 1
2217
sirloin aloyau 1
2218
inheritance héritage 1
2219
Berlin (city) Berlin 1
2220
Christophe (boy’s name) Christophe 1
2221
to kiss embrasser 1
2222
parent parent 1
2223
arts arts 1
2224
to receive (gift) recevoir 1
2225
commercial publicité 1
2226
jewel bijou 1
2227
mineral minérale 1
2228
fat grasse 1
2229
foodstuffs denrées 1
2230
ignore ignore 1
2231
describe décrivez 1
2232
learned appris 1
2233
left partit 1
2234
iron; are ironing (1st person plural) repassons 1
2235
known (masculine singular) connu 1
2236
to thank remercier 1
2237
to wait for attendre 1
2238
to facilitate faciliter 1
2239
absolutely impérativement 1
2240
access accès 1