The 200 most common French words in TCF Reading
Ranked by how many TCF Canada exam questions use them, counting only verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs; every form of a word counts toward it, and a question counts once however often the word appears. Tap a word for its meanings, forms and exam sentences.Ranked by number of questions, content words only; all forms count toward the base word.
- 1êtreverbto beto be1,011 questions
- 2avoirverbto haveto have682 questions
- 3faireverbto do, to maketo do, to make459 questions
- 4pouvoirverbcan, to be able tocan, to be able to408 questions
- 5plusadverbmoremore387 questions
- 6pasadverbnotnot366 questions
- 7bonadjectivegood; rightgood; right296 questions
- 8proposerverbto suggest, to offerto suggest, to offer234 questions
- 9devoirverbmust, to have tomust, to have to191 questions
- 10nouveauadjectivenewnew185 questions
- 11allerverbto go; to be going toto go; to be going to184 questions
- 12autreadjectiveotherother181 questions
- 13réponsenounanswer, replyanswer, reply175 questions
- 14toutadverball, completelyall, completely170 questions
- 15heurenounhour; timehour; time158 questions
- 16venirverbto come; to have justto come; to have just158 questions
- 17donnerverbto giveto give157 questions
- 18siadverbso, suchso, such157 questions
- 19announyearyear153 questions
- 20grandadjectivebig, largebig, large149 questions
- 21voirverbto seeto see149 questions
- 22enfantnounchildchild141 questions
- 23articlenounarticlearticle138 questions
- 24vouloirverbto wantto want133 questions
- 25bienadverbwellwell132 questions
- 26prendreverbto taketo take132 questions
- 27apprendreverbto learnto learn130 questions
- 28travailnounwork, jobwork, job129 questions
- 29permettreverbto allow, to enableto allow, to enable126 questions
- 30vienounlifelife125 questions
- 31aussiadverbalso, tooalso, too124 questions
- 32trouververbto findto find123 questions
- 33pourquoiadverbwhywhy121 questions
- 34annéenounyearyear119 questions
- 35mêmeadverbeveneven119 questions
- 36tempsnountime; weathertime; weather118 questions
- 37trèsadverbveryvery115 questions
- 38coursnounclass, courseclass, course112 questions
- 39jeuneadjectiveyoungyoung109 questions
- 40mondenounworld; peopleworld; people109 questions
- 41demanderverbto ask; to requestto ask; to request107 questions
- 42oùadverbwherewhere107 questions
- 43entreprisenouncompany, businesscompany, business106 questions
- 44petitadjectivesmall, littlesmall, little102 questions
- 45placenounplace, room; squareplace, room; square101 questions
- 46mettreverbto put; to take (time)to put; to take (time)99 questions
- 47savoirverbto know; to know howto know; to know how99 questions
- 48direverbto say, to tellto say, to tell98 questions
- 49moinsadverblessless98 questions
- 50auteurnounauthorauthor97 questions
- 51organiserverbto organizeto organize97 questions
- 52servicenounserviceservice97 questions
- 53françaisadjectiveFrenchFrench96 questions
- 54devenirverbto becometo become94 questions
- 55falloirverbto be necessary, mustto be necessary, must94 questions
- 56informationnouninformationinformation94 questions
- 57journoundayday94 questions
- 58nombreuxadjectivenumerous, manynumerous, many93 questions
- 59écrireverbto writeto write91 questions
- 60lieunounplaceplace91 questions
- 61expliquerverbto explainto explain89 questions
- 62partirverbto leave, to go awayto leave, to go away89 questions
- 63premieradjectivefirstfirst89 questions
- 64présenterverbto present, to introduceto present, to introduce89 questions
- 65offrirverbto offer; to giveto offer; to give86 questions
- 66villenouncity, towncity, town84 questions
- 67beaucoupadverba lot, mucha lot, much83 questions
- 68participerverbto take partto take part83 questions
- 69passerverbto spend (time); to passto spend (time); to pass83 questions
- 70peuadverba little; fewa little; few83 questions
- 71produitnounproductproduct83 questions
- 72pointnounpointpoint82 questions
- 73écolenounschoolschool81 questions
- 74activiténounactivityactivity79 questions
- 75dernieradjectivelastlast79 questions
- 76messagenounmessagemessage79 questions
- 77rencontrerverbto meetto meet79 questions
- 78souventadverboftenoften78 questions
- 79formationnounformation, forming, developmentformation, forming, development77 questions
- 80rendez-vousnoundatedate77 questions
- 81acheterverbto buyto buy76 questions
- 82découvrirverbto discoverto discover76 questions
- 83maisonnounhouse, homehouse, home76 questions
- 84resterverbto stay; to remainto stay; to remain76 questions
- 85alorsadverbthen, sothen, so75 questions
- 86élèvenounschoolboy, pupil, studentschoolboy, pupil, student75 questions
- 87connaîtreverbto know, to be familiar withto know, to be familiar with74 questions
- 88étudenounstudies; studystudies; study74 questions
- 89sitenounwebsite; sitewebsite; site74 questions
- 90choisirverbto chooseto choose73 questions
- 91personnenounpersonperson73 questions
- 92effetnouneffecteffect72 questions
- 93ainsiadverbin this way, thusin this way, thus71 questions
- 94internetnounthe Internetthe Internet71 questions
- 95professionneladjectiveprofessionalprofessional71 questions
- 96textenountexttext71 questions
- 97aujourd'huiadverbtoday; nowadaystoday; nowadays70 questions
- 98chaqueadjectiveeach, everyeach, every69 questions
- 99cheradjectivedear, beloveddear, beloved69 questions
- 100chercherverbto look forto look for69 questions
- 101objectifnounobjective, goal, aimobjective, goal, aim69 questions
- 102plusieursadjectiveseveralseveral69 questions
- 103projetnounplan, projectplan, project69 questions
- 104socialadjectivesocialsocial68 questions
- 105sociéténouncompany, frequentationcompany, frequentation68 questions
- 106idéenounideaidea67 questions
- 107nonadverbnono67 questions
- 108parinounwager, betwager, bet67 questions
- 109qualiténounqualityquality67 questions
- 110doncadverbso, thereforeso, therefore66 questions
- 111parentnounparent; relativeparent; relative66 questions
- 112prixnounpriceprice66 questions
- 113semainenounweekweek66 questions
- 114ensembleadverbtogethertogether65 questions
- 115étudiantnounstudentstudent65 questions
- 116euronouneuroeuro65 questions
- 117moisnounmonthmonth65 questions
- 118toujoursadverbalways; stillalways; still65 questions
- 119encoreadverbstill; againstill; again64 questions
- 120objetnounthing, objectthing, object64 questions
- 121publicnounpublicpublic64 questions
- 122famillenounfamilyfamily63 questions
- 123rendreverbto make; to give backto make; to give back63 questions
- 124voyagenountrip, traveltrip, travel63 questions
- 125annoncenounadvertisementadvertisement62 questions
- 126associationnounassociationassociation62 questions
- 127changerverbto exchangeto exchange62 questions
- 128modenounfashion, trendfashion, trend62 questions
- 129paysnouncountrycountry62 questions
- 130utiliserverbto useto use62 questions
- 131histoirenounstorystory61 questions
- 132mieuxadverbbetterbetter61 questions
- 133préparerverbto prepareto prepare61 questions
- 134travaillerverbto workto work61 questions
- 135envoyerverbto sendto send60 questions
- 136ouvrirverbto opento open60 questions
- 137montrerverbto showto show59 questions
- 138aimerverbto like; to loveto like; to love58 questions
- 139commentadverbhowhow58 questions
- 140créerverbto createto create58 questions
- 141lignenounlineline58 questions
- 142nombrenounnumbernumber58 questions
- 143recevoirverbto receiveto receive58 questions
- 144jouerverbto playto play57 questions
- 145parlerverbto speak, to talkto speak, to talk57 questions
- 146comprendreverbto understand; to includeto understand; to include56 questions
- 147livrenounbookbook56 questions
- 148penserverbto thinkto think56 questions
- 149cuisinenounkitchenkitchen55 questions
- 150emploinounjobjob55 questions
- 151seuladjectivealone; onlyalone; only55 questions
- 152languenounlanguagelanguage54 questions
- 153nouveaunounnew person, new thingnew person, new thing54 questions
- 154recherchenounresearchresearch54 questions
- 155expériencenounexperienceexperience53 questions
- 156fêtenounwinter holidayswinter holidays53 questions
- 157jeunoungamegame53 questions
- 158visitenounvisitvisit53 questions
- 159aminounfriendfriend52 questions
- 160problèmenounproblemproblem52 questions
- 161repasnounmealmeal52 questions
- 162répondreverbto reply, to answerto reply, to answer52 questions
- 163vacancenounholidays (vacances)holidays (vacances)52 questions
- 164annoncerverbto announceto announce51 questions
- 165classenounclass, type, groupclass, type, group51 questions
- 166foisnountime (occurrence)time (occurrence)51 questions
- 167grâcenoungrace, charmgrace, charm51 questions
- 168monsieurnounmister, sirmister, sir51 questions
- 169suivreverbto follow; to take (a class)to follow; to take (a class)51 questions
- 170arriververbto arrive; to happento arrive; to happen50 questions
- 171beauadjectivehandsome, fine, attractivehandsome, fine, attractive50 questions
- 172espacenounspacespace50 questions
- 173filmnounmovie, filmmovie, film50 questions
- 174journéenoundayday50 questions
- 175questionnounquestionquestion50 questions
- 176aiderverbto helpto help49 questions
- 177culturenounfarming, cultivation, crop growingfarming, cultivation, crop growing49 questions
- 178développementnoundevelopmentdevelopment49 questions
- 179gratuitadjectivefree of chargefree of charge49 questions
- 180inscrireverbto sign up, to registerto sign up, to register49 questions
- 181prochainadjectiveupcomingupcoming49 questions
- 182sallenounhallhall49 questions
- 183conditionnounterm, conditionterm, condition48 questions
- 184différentadjectivedifferent; variousdifferent; various48 questions
- 185madamenouna title or form of address for a woman, formerly for a married woman and now commonly for any adult woman regardless of marital status, used both in direct and third-person addressa title or form of address for a woman, formerly for a married woman and now commonly for any adult woman regardless of marital status, used both in direct and third-person address48 questions
- 186moyennounmeans, waymeans, way48 questions
- 187originenounoriginorigin48 questions
- 188partienounpartpart48 questions
- 189programmenounprogramme, scheduleprogramme, schedule48 questions
- 190restaurantnounrestaurantrestaurant48 questions
- 191résultatnounoutcomeoutcome48 questions
- 192scolaireadjectiveschoolschool48 questions
- 193soirnouneveningevening48 questions
- 194artnounartart47 questions
- 195intérêtnouninterestinterest47 questions
- 196inviterverbto inviteto invite47 questions
- 197pourtantadverbhowever, yethowever, yet47 questions
- 198professeurnounteacherteacher47 questions
- 199souhaiterverbto wishto wish47 questions
- 200apporterverbto bringto bring46 questions
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