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
3441
wrong tort 1
3442
linked lié 1
3443
owe dois 1
3444
grocery store épicerie 1
3445
rent; are renting (1st person plural) louons 1
3446
grass herbe 1
3447
tempting tentant 1
3448
pumpkin-family vegetable; squash potiron 1
3449
copyright (©) copyright 1
3450
to; for afin 1
3451
fees honoraires 1
3452
three-coloured (plural) tricolores 1
3453
following day lendemain 1
3454
sanitary (plural) sanitaires 1
3455
new; brand new neuf 1
3456
curly brackets ({}) accolades 1
3457
lessons leçons 1
3458
feather plume 1
3459
traditionally traditionnellement 1
3460
curtain rideau 1
3461
mislead; are misleading; deceive; are deceiving (3rd person plural) trompent 1
3462
Moroccan (singular, feminine) marocaine 1
3463
forks fourchettes 1
3464
serve; are serving (3rd person plural) servent 1
3465
helps; is helping aide 1
3466
Gustave (boy’s name) Gustave 1
3467
wavy (masculine plural) ondulés 1
3468
September septembre 1
3469
walked marché 1
3470
eye œil 1
3471
to them leur 1
3472
call (2nd person singular) appelles 1
3473
big; fat (feminine) grosse 1
3474
to cut couper 1
3475
stadium stade 1
3476
neighbours voisins 1
3477
wears; is wearing porte 1
3478
Emma (girl’s name) Emma 1
3479
to borrow emprunter 1
3480
bouquet bouquet 1