French reference

French common nouns

50 words with English translations. 50 of them appear in the 5,000 most common French words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

50words
50in the top 5,000
Frenchlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
la maisonhouse#162 0.069% of speech
le chiendog#511 0.023% of speech
le chatcat#1191 0.007% of speech
le livrebook#401 0.021% of speech
la tabletable#691 0.012% of speech
la chaisechair#1696 0.005% of speech
la voiturecar#218 0.049% of speech
la portedoor#246 0.046% of speech
la fenêtrewindow#864 0.009% of speech
le amifriend#231 0.075% of speech
la écoleschool#373 0.023% of speech
le professeurteacher#771 0.010% of speech
le étudiantstudent#2121 0.007% of speech
le travailwork#211 0.045% of speech
le argentmoney#181 0.056% of speech
la nourriturefood#997 0.008% of speech
la eauwater#336 0.026% of speech
la villecity#283 0.031% of speech
le payscountry#431 0.019% of speech
la montagnemountain#1734 0.008% of speech
la plagebeach#1447 0.005% of speech
le soleilsun#746 0.011% of speech
la lunemoon#1007 0.008% of speech
la étoilestar#1663 0.008% of speech
le arbretree#982 0.008% of speech
la fleurflower#1154 0.011% of speech
la rivièreriver#1728 0.004% of speech
la mersea#943 0.009% of speech
le cheminroad or path#561 0.015% of speech
le tempstime or weather#101 0.123% of speech
le jourday#172 0.101% of speech
la nuitnight#184 0.058% of speech
le garçonboy#407 0.030% of speech
la fillegirl#152 0.095% of speech
la mèremother#150 0.072% of speech
le pèrefather#126 0.091% of speech
le frèrebrother#245 0.039% of speech
la sœursister#52 0.327% of speech
la famillefamily#207 0.051% of speech
la boissondrink#895 0.009% of speech
la musiquemusic#526 0.016% of speech
le filmmovie#462 0.024% of speech
la histoirestory or history#237 0.040% of speech
la ruestreet#631 0.017% of speech
le jardingarden#1463 0.005% of speech
le magasinstore#1059 0.008% of speech
le supermarchésupermarket#3259 0.004% of speech
le hôpitalhospital#532 0.016% of speech
le parcpark#1443 0.006% of speech
la bibliothèquelibrary#2277 0.003% of speech

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