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
3481
Dupond (surname) Dupond 1
3482
careful; cautious (feminine) prudente 1
3483
unlucky (masculine) malchanceux 1
3484
wake up réveille 1
3485
Marseille (city) Marseille 1
3486
canteen cantine 1
3487
poster affiche 1
3488
portfolio portefeuille 1
3489
from Quebec (masculine) québecois 1
3490
compatibility compatibilité 1
3491
Pisces poissons 1
3492
junior high, middle school collège 1
3493
laboratory laboratoire 1
3494
cap casquette 1
3495
horror horreur 1
3496
last (masculine plural) derniers 1
3497
pair of boxer shorts caleçon 1
3498
common; frequent fréquent 1
3499
frequently fréquemment 1
3500
cucumber concombre 1
3501
ceramic céramique 1
3502
sting; bite piqûre 1
3503
meeting réunion 1
3504
future avenir 1
3505
stop arrêtez 1
3506
sleeping car wagon-lit 1
3507
rainbow arc-en-ciel 1
3508
unicycle monocycle 1
3509
peanuts cacahuètes 1
3510
to quit; to resign démissionner 1
3511
clinic clinique 1
3512
pray; are praying (1st person plural) prions 1
3513
administrative administratif 1
3514
to choose choisir 1
3515
chicks poussins 1
3516
magazines magazines 1
3517
curly bracket ({) accolade 1
3518
planks; boards planches 1
3519
Asia Asie 1
3520
to mislead; to deceive tromper 1