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
2521
evenings soirs 1
2522
iron fer 1
2523
to produce produire 1
2524
to count compter 1
2525
try essaie 1
2526
will leave partira 1
2527
rescue secours 1
2528
compartment compartiment 1
2529
single tickets allers 1
2530
jewelry bijoux 1
2531
percussion percussion 1
2532
admits; is admitting admet 1
2533
bullet; cannonball boulet 1
2534
arrange; are arranging disposez 1
2535
rheumatology (abbreviation) rhumato 1
2536
to liven up animer 1
2537
to smoke fumer 1
2538
brought back (masculine singular) ramené 1
2539
study; am studying étudie 1
2540
paths; ways sentiers 1
2541
to comb peigner 1
2542
Valentine; Valentin (boy’s name) Valentin 1
2543
Christmas Eve; New Year’s Eve dinner réveillon 1
2544
Anne (girl’s name) Anne 1
2545
waves ondes 1
2546
from Béarn béarnaise 1
2547
absent (masculine) absent 1
2548
cruel (masculine singular) cruel 1
2549
bill (in restaurant) note 1
2550
lays; is laying pond 1
2551
O O 1
2552
clever; intelligent (feminine) intelligente 1
2553
given back (masculine singular) rendu 1
2554
life vie 1
2555
to have dinner dîner 1
2556
police station (short form) commissariat 1
2557
to become devenir 1
2558
roller rouleau 1
2559
task tâche 1
2560
miserly radin 1