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
3601
Hello? (for answering the phone) Allô ? 0
3602
local (feminine) locale 0
3603
funny (masculine) amusant 0
3604
rests; is resting repose 0
3605
to steal; to rob voler 0
3606
grey (feminine) grise 0
3607
to boil bouillir 0
3608
to sieve tamiser 0
3609
swimsuit maillot de bain 0
3610
to compromise compromettre 0
3611
possible (feminine plural) éventuelles 0
3612
allows (subjunctive) permette 0
3613
smaller plus petit 0
3614
chinese chinoise 0
3615
al dente; ideal cooking amount for pasta al dente 0
3616
as well as; together with (before a vowel sound) ainsi qu’ 0
3617
to raise; to rise lever 0
3618
burning brulant 0
3619
blue (feminine) bleue 0
3620
warehouse entrepôt 0
3621
engineer ingénieur 0
3622
to break up rompre 0
3623
to manage gérer 0
3624
to be discouraged se décourager 0
3625
be sois 0
3626
to faint tomber dans les pommes 0
3627
colourful (feminine plural) colorées 0
3628
to saw scier 0
3629
to like kiffer 0
3630
likely (singular) susceptible 0
3631
soda soda 0
3632
Q Q 0
3633
farm ferme 0
3634
spatula spatule 0
3635
tongs pinces 0
3636
inexpensive bon marché 0
3637
to press appuyer 0
3638
must devoir 0
3639
reimbursed (masculine singular) remboursé 0
3640
seen (feminine singular) vue 0