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
2801
boring (masculine) ennuyeux 1
2802
to do someone’s hair coiffer 1
2803
jokes; pranks blagues 1
2804
gathers; is gathering réunit 1
2805
Nevers (town) Nevers 1
2806
meal vouchers chèques repas 1
2807
furious (feminine singular) furieuse 1
2808
feels; is feeling sent 1
2809
nail ongle 1
2810
toe orteil 1
2811
plates; slabs plaques 1
2812
reasonable (plural) raisonnables 1
2813
happy (feminine) heureuse 1
2814
elegant (feminine, plural) élégantes 1
2815
tree arbre 1
2816
tidying rangement 1
2817
circumstances circonstances 1
2818
oil (adjective, feminine singular) pétrolière 1
2819
Erik Erik 1
2820
charges charges 1
2821
tea towel torchon 1
2822
happiness bonheur 1
2823
translate traduisez 1
2824
musician musicien 1
2825
competitive exam concours 1
2826
Gemini gémeaux 1
2827
will have (1st person singular) aurai 1
2828
free; available (plural) libres 1
2829
Sagittarius sagittaire 1
2830
pears poires 1
2831
natural (masculine plural) naturels 1
2832
brioche brioche 1
2833
razor rasoir 1
2834
cats chats 1
2835
prohibition défense 1
2836
few peu de 1
2837
neighbour voisin 1
2838
frightened effrayés 1
2839
will miss (1st person singular) manquerai 1
2840
jewellery shop; jewelry store bijouterie 1