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
2561
dresses robes 1
2562
to repair réparer 1
2563
ring anneau 1
2564
which one (feminine singular) laquelle 1
2565
provided (masculine singular) muni 1
2566
reimbursed (masculine plural) remboursés 1
2567
boys garçons 1
2568
to ring sonner 1
2569
technology technologie 1
2570
organise; are organising (3rd person plural) organisent 1
2571
handkerchief mouchoir 1
2572
open; are opening (3rd person plural) ouvrent 1
2573
Diane (girl’s name) Diane 1
2574
roast beef rosbif 1
2575
left laissé 1
2576
to put back; to start again remettre 1
2577
painkillers antidouleurs 1
2578
rat rat 1
2579
complete (masculine singular) complet 1
2580
combed; styled (masculine singular) coiffé 1
2581
to shave raser 1
2582
romantic (plural) romantiques 1
2583
mandarin mandarin 1
2584
tin can boite 1
2585
Inma (girl’s name) Inma 1
2586
total (feminine) totale 1
2587
architecture architecture 1
2588
to be born naître 1
2589
shorts; a pair of shorts short 1
2590
help; are helping aidez 1
2591
buttocks fesses 1
2592
wake (2nd person plural) réveillez 1
2593
thunder tonnerre 1
2594
interrogative interrogatives 1
2595
tuna thon 1
2596
machine machine 1
2597
worked travaillé 1
2598
slept dormi 1
2599
worst pire 1
2600
well puits 1