26words
24in the top 5,000
Frenchlanguage
| Word | English | How common |
|---|---|---|
| rapidement | quickly | #1347 0.006% of speech |
| lentement | slowly | #2248 0.004% of speech |
| ici | here | #56 0.253% of speech |
| là | there | #8 1.680% of speech |
| toujours | always | #103 0.120% of speech |
| jamais | never | #86 0.152% of speech |
| aujourd'hui | today | #229 0.041% of speech |
| hier | yesterday | #357 0.024% of speech |
| demain | tomorrow | #232 0.041% of speech |
| très | very | #83 0.161% of speech |
| peu | little | #100 0.123% of speech |
| assez | quite or enough | #206 0.046% of speech |
| trop | too much | #123 0.092% of speech |
| bien | well | #36 0.501% of speech |
| mal | badly | #142 0.076% of speech |
| tôt | early | #506 0.017% of speech |
| tard | late | #234 0.040% of speech |
| près | close | #386 0.022% of speech |
| loin | far | #341 0.026% of speech |
| souvent | often | #593 0.014% of speech |
| au grand jamais | never ever | outside the top 5,000 |
| peut-être | maybe | #111 0.107% of speech |
| maintenant | now | #93 0.140% of speech |
| après | later or after | #129 0.087% of speech |
| bientôt | soon | #435 0.019% of speech |
| à peine | barely | outside the top 5,000 |
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