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French household vocabulary

30 words with English translations. 28 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.

30words
28in the top 5,000
Frenchlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
la tabletable#691 0.012% of speech
la chaisechair#1696 0.005% of speech
le litbed#478 0.017% of speech
le canapésofa#2183 0.004% of speech
la lampelamp#3166 0.002% of speech
la cuisinièrestove#3296 0.003% of speech
le réfrigérateurrefrigerator#1689 0.005% of speech
le micro-ondesmicrowave#3129 0.004% of speech
le fouroven#3128 0.001% of speech
le lave-lingewashing machine#3313 0.002% of speech
le sèche-lingedryer#3311 0.001% of speech
le éviersink#3132 0.003% of speech
la doucheshower#1576 0.005% of speech
la baignoirebathtub#3198 0.002% of speech
les toilettestoiletoutside the top 5,000
le miroirmirror#2308 0.003% of speech
la fenêtrewindow#864 0.009% of speech
la portedoor#246 0.046% of speech
le rideaucurtain#3167 0.003% of speech
le tapiscarpet#2103 0.004% of speech
le tableaupicture#1756 0.004% of speech
la horlogeclock#3186 0.003% of speech
la étagèreshelf#3165 0.003% of speech
la télévisiontelevision#2368 0.003% of speech
le ordinateurcomputer#1123 0.007% of speech
le téléphonetelephoneoutside the top 5,000
le ventilateurfan#3317 0.002% of speech
la climatisationair conditioning#935 0.009% of speech
la lumièrelight#628 0.013% of speech
le escalierstairs#1735 0.004% of speech

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