Most Used French words 1-50 Rank Audio French word

When starting to learn French, it is always a good idea to memorize the most common words first. Some words in the list perform a similar function and can be grouped into a single entry with a higher combined rank. Support our free site with a small donation (4 NZD) and download a PDF version!

1 When starting to learn French, it is always a good idea to memorize the most common words first. This will enable you to understand many more situations than if you were leaning your French vocabulary from random sources. Here's the list of most common French words along with their English translation. Note that some words in the list perform a similar function and can be grouped into a single entry with a higher combined rank. These words include: de and d' -- translated as of, from, by, than, in, with. Combining them brings de/d' to the second position in the list. un, une and des -- the French equivalents for a, an and some le, la, l' and les -- the French equivalents for the mon, ma and mes -- the French equivalents for my t' and te -- the French equivalents for you, yourself Support our free site with a small donation (4 NZD) and download a PDF version! of 1000 French words PDF version is perfectly formatted for printing (21 pages). Most Used French words 1-50 Rank Audio French word 1. {audio}media/mp3/common1.mp3{/audio} être to be; being verb, auxiliary verb 2. {audio}/media/mp3/common2.mp3{/audio} avoir to have verb, auxiliary ver 3. {audio}/media/mp3/common3.mp3{/audio} je I personal pronoun 4. {audio}/media/mp3/common4.mp3{/audio} de of, from, by, than, in, with preposition (see #28) 5. {audio}/media/mp3/common5.mp3{/audio} ne not 6. {audio}/media/mp3/common6.mp3{/audio} pas not; step, pace 1 / 6

2 7. {audio}/media/mp3/common7.mp3{/audio} le the; him, it (refering to a m 8. {audio}/media/mp3/common8.mp3{/audio} la the; her, it (refering to a 9. {audio}/media/mp3/common9.mp3{/audio} tu you 10. {audio}/media/mp3/common10.mp3{/audio} vous you, yourself personal pronoun 11. {audio}/media/mp3/common11.mp3{/audio} il he, it 12. {audio}/media/mp3/common12.mp3{/audio} et and 13. {audio}/media/mp3/common13.mp3{/audio} à in, to, with 14. {audio}/media/mp3/common14.mp3{/audio} un a, an; one (used before a l' the (used instead of ''le'' o 16. {audio}/media/mp3/common16.mp3{/audio} qui who, whom; that, which 17. {audio}/media/mp3/common17.mp3{/audio} aller to go 18. {audio}/media/mp3/common18.mp3{/audio} les the; them (referring to a p 19. {audio}/media/mp3/common19.mp3{/audio} en in, into, to, as 20. {audio}/media/mp3/common20.mp3{/audio} ça this, that (see #203) 21. {audio}/media/mp3/common21.mp3{/audio} faire to do, make 22. {audio}/media/mp3/common22.mp3{/audio} tout all, everything, any; very, 2 / 6

3 23. {audio}/media/mp3/common23.mp3{/audio} on we, you 24. {audio}/media/mp3/common24.mp3{/audio} que that; what; which 25. {audio}/media/mp3/common25.mp3{/audio} ce this, that (see #73, 99, {audio}/media/mp3/common26.mp3{/audio} une a, an; one (used before a 27. {audio}/media/mp3/common27.mp3{/audio} mes my (used before plural no d' of, from, by, than, in, with 29. {audio}/media/mp3/common29.mp3{/audio} pour for 30. {audio}/media/mp3/common30.mp3{/audio} se himself, herself, themselv 31. {audio}/media/mp3/common31.mp3{/audio} des some (used before a plur 32. {audio}/media/mp3/common32.mp3{/audio} dire to say, tell 33. {audio}/media/mp3/common33.mp3{/audio} pouvoir can, to be able to 34. {audio}/media/mp3/common34.mp3{/audio} vouloir to want 35. {audio}/media/mp3/common35.mp3{/audio} mais but 36. {audio}/media/mp3/common36.mp3{/audio} me, myself 37. {audio}/media/mp3/common37.mp3{/audio} nous we, us 3 / 6

4 38. {audio}/media/mp3/common38.mp3{/audio} dans in, into 39. {audio}/media/mp3/common39.mp3{/audio} elle she, it (refers to a feminin 40. {audio}/media/mp3/common40.mp3{/audio} savoir to know; languagedaily d 41. {audio}/media/mp3/common41.mp3{/audio} du (de + le/les) = of the, from 42. {audio}/media/mp3/common42.mp3{/audio} où where, that y it, there t' you, yourself (shortened 45. {audio}/media/mp3/common45.mp3{/audio} bien well, very; good 46. {audio}/media/mp3/common46.mp3{/audio} voir to see 47. {audio}/media/mp3/common47.mp3{/audio} plus more 48. {audio}/media/mp3/common48.mp3{/audio} non no 49. {audio}/media/mp3/common49.mp3{/audio} te you, yourself 50. {audio}/media/mp3/common50.mp3{/audio} mon my (used before a mascu 4 / 6

5 We are aware of French lists that rank 'de' as the most frequently occurring word. The position of words varies from one frequency list to another.this list ranks lemmas according to the body of movie sub-titles. An alternative ranking of lemmas according to the corpus of books would bring slightly different results. The frequency list is based on original work of Boris New, Christophe Pallier, 2001 L'équipe de Lexique. The voice is by Vion Nicolas, a speaker from Région Parisienne, living in Paris. Audio copyright Vion Nicolas 2006 CC-BY. If you are also learning Russian, get and app to learn Russian Words on iphone, ipod, ipad and Android. Index of most common French words - Top 50 French words - Most common French words: Most common French words: Most common French words: Most common French words: Most common French words: / 6

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