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
2641
finally finalement 1
2642
rooster coq 1
2643
nautical (plural) nautiques 1
2644
disk disque 1
2645
rich riche 1
2646
to phone téléphoner 1
2647
nephews neveux 1
2648
to study étudier 1
2649
call (3rd person plural) appellent 1
2650
housing logement 1
2651
canadian (masculine) canadien 1
2652
lightning foudre 1
2653
medicine (school) médecine 1
2654
boarding embarquement 1
2655
to discourage décourager 1
2656
pebbles cailloux 1
2657
peas pois 1
2658
disappeared (masculine singular) disparu 1
2659
ice glace 1
2660
number nombre 1
2661
will be serons 1
2662
lucky veinard 1
2663
give up abandonne 1
2664
smokers fumeurs 1
2665
accept; am accepting accepte 1
2666
elephant éléphant 1
2667
bother; trouble peine 1
2668
species (singular) espèce 1
2669
administrator; manager (feminine) administratrice 1
2670
present; are presenting (2nd person plural) présentez 1
2671
exclamation mark (!) point d’exclamation 1
2672
to disguise déguiser 1
2673
boring (masculine) ennuyeux 1
2674
to do someone’s hair coiffer 1
2675
jokes; pranks blagues 1
2676
gathers; is gathering réunit 1
2677
Nevers (town) Nevers 1
2678
cruel (feminine singular) cruelle 1
2679
strict strict 1
2680
to tan bronzer 1