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
2721
prefer préfères 1
2722
stool tabouret 1
2723
honesty honnêteté 1
2724
to marry (short form) marier 1
2725
university; uni (short form) fac 1
2726
progress progrès 1
2727
reading lecture 1
2728
raincoat imperméable 1
2729
weather report météo 1
2730
pizzas pizzas 1
2731
raccoon raton laveur 1
2732
cucumbers concombres 1
2733
valve vanne 1
2734
sewing machine machine à coudre 1
2735
replied répondu 1
2736
certain people (masculine plural) certains 1
2737
powerful puissants 1
2738
crazy dingue 1
2739
normal normal 1
2740
dear; expensive (feminine plural) chères 1
2741
find; are finding (1st person plural) trouvons 1
2742
to travel; to tour parcourir 1
2743
wild sauvage 1
2744
organization organisation 1
2745
square bracket crochet 1
2746
increased (feminine plural) majorées 1
2747
information information 1
2748
fire feu 1
2749
to employ employer 1
2750
known connue 1
2751
had fun (masculine plural) éclatés 1
2752
friend; buddy copain 1
2753
dynamic dynamique 1
2754
bodily; physical corporel 1
2755
towel serviette 1
2756
to celebrate célébrer 1
2757
Austrian (masculine) autrichien 1
2758
vary (3rd person plural) varient 1
2759
Brittany (region) Bretagne 1
2760
physics physique 1