100 Most Common French Words

The 100 most common French words, ranked by frequency. Function words and the handful of verbs and nouns you will use in every conversation.

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100 words

#	Freq	Word	Translation	Part of speech	Qualifications
1	1	êtreto be	to be	verb	AQA GCSE
2	2	deof, from	of, from	preposition	AQA GCSE
3	3	jeI	I	pronoun	-
4	4	avoirto have	to have	verb	-
5	5	pasnot (in ne...pas negation)	not (in ne...pas negation)	adverb	-
6	6	àto, at, in	to, at, in	preposition	-
7	7	lethe (masculine singular)	the (masculine singular)	definite-article	AQA GCSE
8	8	quethat, which, what	that, which, what	conjunction	-
9	9	lathe (feminine singular)	the (feminine singular)	definite-article	AQA GCSE
10	10	vousyou (formal or plural)	you (formal or plural)	pronoun	AQA GCSE
11	11	tuyou (informal singular)	you (informal singular)	pronoun	-
12	12	una, an (masculine)	a, an (masculine)	indefinite-article	-
13	13	etand	and	conjunction	-
14	14	ilhe, it (masculine)	he, it (masculine)	pronoun	AQA GCSE
15	15	cethis, that, it (demonstrative)	this, that, it (demonstrative)	determiner	-
16	16	nenot (first part of negation)	not (first part of negation)	particle	-
17	17	lesthe (plural)	the (plural)	definite-article	-
18	18	faireto do, to make	to do, to make	verb	AQA GCSE
19	19	allerto go	to go	verb	-
20	20	enin, to (preposition); of it, some (pronoun)	in, to (preposition); of it, some (pronoun)	preposition	-
21	21	onone, we, people (informal)	one, we, people (informal)	pronoun	-
22	22	çathat, it (informal demonstrative pronoun)	that, it (informal demonstrative pronoun)	pronoun	-
23	23	unea, an (feminine)	a, an (feminine)	indefinite-article	-
24	24	pourfor, in order to	for, in order to	preposition	-
25	25	toutall, every, quite, everything	all, every, quite, everything	determiner	-
26	26	pouvoirto be able to, can	to be able to, can	verb	-
27	27	direto say, to tell	to say, to tell	verb	-
28	28	dessome, of the (plural indefinite and partitive article; also contraction of de + les)	some, of the (plural indefinite and partitive article; also contraction of de + les)	indefinite-article	-
29	29	quiwho, which, that (relative pronoun); who? (interrogative)	who, which, that (relative pronoun); who? (interrogative)	pronoun	-
30	30	maisbut	but	conjunction	-
31	31	vouloirto want	to want	verb	-
32	32	savoirto know (facts, how to)	to know (facts, how to)	verb	-
33	33	dansin, inside	in, inside	preposition	-
34	34	nouswe, us	we, us	pronoun	-
35	35	elleshe, her, it (feminine)	she, her, it (feminine)	pronoun	-
36	36	meme, to me, myself (first-person singular object pronoun)	me, to me, myself (first-person singular object pronoun)	pronoun	-
37	37	bienwell, good, very	well, good, very	adverb	-
38	38	siif; so (intensifier); yes (contradicting a negative statement)	if; so (intensifier); yes (contradicting a negative statement)	conjunction	-
39	39	dusome, any (masculine); of the	some, any (masculine); of the	partitive-article	-
40	40	ythere, to it, about it (adverbial pronoun)	there, to it, about it (adverbial pronoun)	pronoun	-
41	41	nonno, not	no, not	adverb	-
42	42	avecwith	with	preposition	-
43	43	plusmore; no more (in negation ne...plus)	more; no more (in negation ne...plus)	adverb	-
44	44	monmy (masculine singular possessive)	my (masculine singular possessive)	determiner	-
45	45	voirto see	to see	verb	-
46	46	teyou, to you, yourself (second-person singular object pronoun)	you, to you, yourself (second-person singular object pronoun)	pronoun	-
47	47	devoirto have to, must; duty	to have to, must; duty	verb	-
48	48	moime, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun)	me, I (stressed tonic first-person pronoun)	pronoun	-
49	49	ouiyes	yes	adverb	-
50	50	suron, on top of, about, over (preposition); also 'sure, certain' as the adjective sûr/sûre	on, on top of, about, over (preposition); also 'sure, certain' as the adjective sûr/sûre	preposition	-