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
2601
far loin 1
2602
discs disques 1
2603
to knit tricoter 1
2604
compromise transigé 1
2605
send; are sending; transmit; are transmitting (2nd person plural) transmettez 1
2606
conflict conflit 1
2607
franc (former French currency) franc 1
2608
loyal loyale 1
2609
renting location 1
2610
coats manteaux 1
2611
French man Français 1
2612
big top chapiteau 1
2613
tired fatiguée 1
2614
known (famous) réputé 1
2615
square brackets ([ ]) crochets 1
2616
lump sum forfaitaire 1
2617
news; information informations 1
2618
pushed (masculine singular) poussé 1
2619
couch canapé 1
2620
total total 1
2621
underscore (_) souligné 1
2622
Voltaire (writer and philosopher) Voltaire 1
2623
memory mémoire 1
2624
Saint-Rémy (town) Saint-Rémy 1
2625
safe; sure sûr 1
2626
to remember (short form) souvenir 1
2627
naive (feminine singular) naïve 1
2628
Fido (dog’s name) Fido 1
2629
brave (feminine) courageuse 1
2630
magnificent; beautiful (plural) magnifiques 1
2631
ugly (masculine) laid 1
2632
to offer offrir 1
2633
films; movies films 1
2634
take away emporte 1
2635
to learn apprendre 1
2636
food (formal) alimentation 1
2637
Maine (state) Maine 1
2638
grandson petit-fils 1
2639
come back rentrons 1
2640
schooling scolarité 1