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
3721
liquid liquide 0
3722
local (masculine) local 0
3723
rare; bloody saignant 0
3724
curly (feminine plural) bouclées 0
3725
understand (1st person plural) comprenons 0
3726
guinea pig (used for experiments) cobaye 0
3727
peeler éplucheur 0
3728
to taste goûter 0
3729
singlet; vest maillot 0
3730
natural (masculine) naturel 0
3731
to commit commettre 0
3732
common (masculine) courant 0
3733
cost; am costing coûte 0
3734
to get fat grossir 0
3735
slower plus lent 0
3736
spaghetti spaghetti 0
3737
to convince convaincre 0
3738
to fly voler 0
3739
to serve servir 0
3740
passionate passion 0
3741
vocal (feminine plural) vocales 0
3742
colourful (feminine) colorée 0
3743
to lather savonner 0
3744
colon (:) deux-points 0
3745
public (feminine singular) publique 0
3746
pagoda pagode 0
3747
trade (long form) le commerce 0
3748
dentist dentiste 0
3749
layer couche 0
3750
to get married se marier 0
3751
to be hired être embauché 0
3752
to rest se reposer 0
3753
comics bandes dessinées 0
3754
hope; are hoping espères 0
3755
come up; are coming up montez 0
3756
private (feminine singular) privée 0
3757
seen (feminine plural) vues 0
3758
had (1st person singular) avais 0
3759
Hello? (for answering the phone) Allô ? 0
3760
local (feminine) locale 0