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
3641
languages (long form) les langues 0
3642
retired man retraité 0
3643
whisk fouet 0
3644
promised (3rd person singular, simple past) promit 0
3645
animated (feminine singular) animée 0
3646
local (masculine plural) locaux 0
3647
understood (feminine singular) comprise 0
3648
coin pièce 0
3649
nursing home maison de repos 0
3650
strainer passoire 0
3651
cartoon dessin animé 0
3652
natural (feminine plural) naturelles 0
3653
to promise promettre 0
3654
equal; are equalling égalent 0
3655
to regret regretter 0
3656
UFOs ovnis 0
3657
food aliments 0
3658
fire station caserne de pompiers 0
3659
to cook (short form) cuisiner 0
3660
to slice trancher 0
3661
zester zesteur 0
3662
to be unemployed être au chômage 0
3663
to fail rater 0
3664
to shake secouer 0
3665
increased (masculine singular) majoré 0
3666
to vary varier 0
3667
oval (masculine) oval 0
3668
H H 0
3669
Australian (masculine plural) australiens 0
3670
to be necessary falloir 0
3671
to do; to put (vulgar) foutre 0
3672
chalet; lodge chalet 0
3673
bottle opener ouvre-bouteille 0
3674
retired woman retraitée 0
3675
wok wok 0
3676
provided (masculine plural) munis 0
3677
reimbursed (feminine plural) remboursées 0
3678
animated (feminine plural) animées 0
3679
leave; are leaving laisses 0
3680
to keep garder 0