What are the most common French words? Here are the top 100.
1) le, la, l', les the
definite article
2) être to be
all about être
3) avoir to have
all about avoir
4) de of, from
preposition
5) un, une, des a, an, some
indefinite article
6) je I
subject pronoun
7) il / ils* he, it / they
subject pronouns
8) ce this
indefinite demonstrative pronoun
9) pas not
negative adverb
10) à to, in
preposition
51) parce que because
conjunction
52) avec with
preposition
53) lui him/her
personal pronoun
54) son, sa, ses his/her/its
possessive adjectives
55) enfin then, finally
adverb
56) falloir to be necessary
all about falloir
57) par by
preposition
58) quand when
interrogative adverb, conjunction*
59) vouloir to want
all about vouloir
60) petit small, short
synonyms for
petit | 11) et and conjunction 12) on one, you, we indefinite subject pronoun 13) vous you personal pronoun 14) ça this, that indefinite demonstrative pronoun 15) que that conjunction 16) ne not negative adverb 17) faire to do, make all about faire 18) qui who/what interrogative pronoun, relative pronoun 19) oui yes synonyms for oui 20) alors then, so adverb 61) si if all about si 62) plus more comparative adverb 63) même same, even, (one)self* all about même ) sur on preposition 65) ou or conjunction 66) autre other indefinite adjective 67) deux two number 68) venir to come all about venir 69) prendre to take all about prendre 70) tout all pronoun | 21) mais but conjunction 22) elle / elles* she / they subject pronouns 23) en in, to preposition 24) le, la, l' / les it / them direct object pronouns 25) dire to say, tell all about dire 26) y there adverbial pronoun 27) du / des of, from the contraction of de + definite article le / les 28) pour for preposition 29) dans in preposition 30) me me, myself personal pronoun 71) arriver to arrive, happen all about arriver 72) beaucoup a lot adverb of quantity 73) croire to believe all about croire 74) heure hour, o'clock telling time in French 75) rien nothing negative pronoun 76) jour day French days of the week 77) mettre to put all about mettre 78) passer to pass, spend all about passer 79) un peu a little adverb of quantity 80) devoir must, to have to all about devoir | 31) se himself, herself, oneself reflexive pronoun 32) aller to go all about aller 33) au / aux to, at, in the contraction of à + definite article le / les 34) bien well, good bien vs bon 35) ce, cet, cette / ces this, that / these, those demonstrative adjectives 36) tu you subject pronoun 37) en some adverbial pronoun 38) là there adverb 39) comme like, as conjunction 40) voir to see 81) aussi too, also comparative adverbs 82) encore again adverb of frequency 83) trois three number 84) parler to talk, speak expressions with parler 85) toujours still, forever encore vs toujours 86) trouver to find expressions with trouver 87) quoi what (exclamative) "what" in French 88) grand big, tall French adjectives ) donner to give expressions with donner 90) le temps weather, time French weather | 41) non no synonyms for [/]non 42) savoir to know all about savoir 43) nous we, us personal pronoun 44) puis next, then adverb 45) mon, ma, mes my possessive adjectives 46) moi me personal pronoun 47) tout every, all adjective 48) très very synonyms for très 49) que that, which, who relative pronoun 50) pouvoir can, to be able all about pouvoir 91) après after preposition 92) une fois time expressions with fois 93) te you personal pronoun 94) une chose thing expressions with chose 95) an year an vs année 96) où where, when relative pronoun 97) cent hundred French number 98) comprendre to understand expressions with comprendre 99) maintenant now adverb of time 100) bon good bon vs bien |