Most Used French words 1-50 Rank
Audio__ French word
English translation
Part of speech
1. être to be; being verb, auxiliary verb, noun 2. avoir to have verb, auxiliary verb 3. je I personal pronoun 4. de of, from, by, than, in, with (see #28) preposition 5. ne not adverb 6. pas not; step, pace adverb, noun 7. le the; him, it (refering to a masculine singular noun) (se e #8, #8, 15, 15, 18) 18) defi defini nite te arti articl cle, e, pers person onal al pron pronou oun n 8. la the; her, it (refering to a feminine singular noun) (see #7, #7, 15, 15, 18) 18) defi defini nite te arti articl cle, e, pers person onal al pron pronou oun n 9. tu you personal pronoun 10. vous you, yourself personal pronoun 11. il he, it personal pronoun 12. et and conjunction 13. à in, to, with preposition 14. un a, an; one (used before a masculine singular noun) (see #26, 31) indefinite article 15. --l' the (used instead of ''le'' or ''la'' before nouns that begi begin n wit with h a vow vowel el) ) (see (see #7, #7, 8, 8, 18) 18) defi defini nite te art artic icle le, , per perso sona nal l pro prono noun un 16. qui who, whom; that, which relative pronoun, interrogative pronoun 17. aller to go verb 18. les the; them (referring to a plural noun) (see #7, 8, 15) definite article, personal pronoun 19. en in, into, to, as preposition, personal pronoun, a dverb 20. ça this, that (see #203) demonstrative pronoun 21. faire to do, make verb 22. tout all, everything, any; very, quite adjective, indef inite adjective, indefinite pronoun, adverb, noun 23. on we, you personal pronoun 24. que that; what; which relative pronoun, interrogative pronoun 25. ce this, that (see #73, 99, 201) demonstrative pronoun, d emonstrative adjective 26. une a, an; one (used before a feminine singular noun) (see # 14, 31) 31) indefi indefinit nite e articl article e 27. mes my (used before plural nouns) (see #50, 108) possessi ve adjective 28. --d' of, from, by, than, in, with (used before a vowel or mut e h) (see #4) preposition 29. pour for preposition 30. se himself, herself, themselves (see #60) personal pronoun 31. des some (used before a plural noun) (see #14, 26) indefini te article 32. dire to say, tell verb, noun 33. pouvoir can, to be able to verb, noun 34. vouloir to want verb 35. mais but conjunction 36. me me, myself personal pronoun 37. nous we, us personal pronoun 38. dans in, into preposition 39. elle she, it (refers to a feminine singular noun) personal pronoun 40. savoir to know ve v erb
41. du (de + le/les) = of the, from the definite article 42. où where, that relative pronoun, interrogative pronoun 43. --y it, there personal pronoun 44. --t' you, yourself (shortened form used before a vowel) personal pronoun 45. bien well, very; good adverb, noun 46. voir to see verb 47. plus more adverb 48. non no adverb 49. te you, yourself personal pronoun 50. mon my (used before a masculine singular noun) (see #27, 108 ) possessive adjective 51. au (à + le) = at the, to the, in the definite article 52. avec with preposition 53. moi I, me personal pronoun 54. si yes, so; if adverb, conjunction 55. quoi what (exclamatory, interrogative, after preposition) adjectiv e, relative pronoun, interrogative pronoun 56. devoir to have to, must; duty, test verb, noun 57. oui yes adverb 58. ils they (refers to a group of masculine or mixed masculine/feminine nouns) personal pronoun 59. comme as, like; how, same conjunction, adverb 60. s' himself, herself, themselves (used before a vower) (see #30) personal pronoun, conjunction 61. venir to come, occur verb 62. sur on, upon; over; sour preposition, adjective 63. toi you, yourself (after preposition) personal pronoun 64. ici here adverb 65. rien nothing indefinite pronoun 66. lui he, him, it, her personal pronoun 67. bon good, right, kind; voucher; then adjective, onomatopoeia, noun, adverb 68. là there, here, then adverb 69. suivre to follow verb 70. pourquoi why adverb, conjunction 71. parler to speak, talk verb 72. prendre to take, get verb 73. cette this, that (before a feminine noun) (see #25, 99, 201) demonstr ative adjective 74. quand when, whenever conjunction 75. alors then, yet, so adverb 76. chose thing, matter noun 77. par per, by, through, out of preposition 78. son his (masculine), her (feminine), its (thing) possessive adjec tive 79. croire to believe, think verb 80. aimer to love, like, be fond of verb 81. falloir it is necessary, must, have to verb 82. comment how; what adverb, conjunction, onomatopoeia 83. très very adverb 84. ou or conjunction 85. passer to pass, go by, cross verb 86. penser to think verb 87. aussi also, too adverb 88. jamais never adverb 89. attendre to wait for, expect verb 90. trouver to find verb 91. laisser to leave verb 92. petit small, little; child, baby adjective, noun
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merci même sa ta autre arriver ces donner
thanks, thank you onomatopoeia, noun same; even, very adverb, adjective his, her, its (feminine) possessive adjective your (reminine) possessive adjective other, another, different adjective, indefinite pronoun to arrive verb these, those (see #25, 73, 201) demonstrative adjective to give, give away verb
