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
2961
Veronika (girl’s name) Veronika 1
2962
Switzerland (short form) Suisse 1
2963
tap robinet 1
2964
twins (male) jumeaux 1
2965
humor humour 1
2966
sit asseyez 1
2967
entrance entrée 1
2968
Scorpio scorpion 1
2969
lynx lynx 1
2970
aubergines (British); eggplants (American) aubergines 1
2971
natural (feminine) naturelle 1
2972
pastries pâtisseries 1
2973
fan ventilateur 1
2974
to enter entrer 1
2975
attacked attaqués 1
2976
fleas puces 1
2977
owner propriétaire 1
2978
cakes gâteaux 1
2979
listen; are listening (1st person plural) écoutons 1
2980
flag drapeau 1
2981
unicycle basketball mono-basket 1
2982
sixth sixième 1
2983
tight raide 1
2984
traditional (feminine plural) traditionnelles 1
2985
Marion (girl’s name) Marion 1
2986
allow; are allowing (3rd person plural) permettent 1
2987
past (feminine singular) passée 1
2988
swimming pools piscines 1
2989
starving (masculine plural) affamés 1
2990
Orangina Orangina 1
2991
dollar ($) dollar 1
2992
underwater (feminine) sous-marine 1
2993
pipe pipe 1
2994
Hollande (last name) Hollande 1
2995
soft (feminine singular) douce 1
2996
fallen tombé 1
2997
him lui 1
2998
mini mini 1
2999
bold (feminine) audacieuse 1
3000
do; put fous 1