100 Most common French Words

Here you will find the top 100 most common French words and their meaning. Perfect for you who want to learn French super fast!

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Below down you will find the 100 most common French words.

Top 100 Most Common Words in French

By learning the 100 most common French words your learning will accelerate. Here you will find a full list of basic French words. These are the top 100 words in French (with meaning) that will make you better at speaking the language.

Number	French	in English
1	comme	as
2	je	I
3	son	his
4	que	that
5	il	he
6	était	was
7	pour	for
8	sur	on
9	sont	are
10	avec	with
11	ils	they
12	être	be
13	à	at
14	un	one
15	avoir	have
16	ce	this
17	à partir de	from
18	par	by
19	chaud	hot
20	mot	word

French words

Here you will find a list of common French words that are frequently used. Perfect for you who want to learn the French language by practicing your vocabulary every day.

Number	French	in English
21	mais	but
22	que	what
23	certains	some
24	est	is
25	il	it
26	vous	you
27	ou	or
28	eu	had
29	la	the
30	de	of
31	à	to
32	et	and
33	un	a
34	dans	in
35	nous	we
36	boîte	can
37	dehors	out
38	autre	other
39	étaient	were
40	qui	which

Best list with French words PDF

The best language learners take the French word list and daily use the French words with meaning (PDF). The 100 most common French words are basic and therefore very useful in every conversation.

Number	French	in English
41	faire	do
42	leur	their
43	temps	time
44	si	if
45	volonté	will
46	comment	how
47	dit	said
48	un	an
49	chaque	each
50	dire	tell
51	ne	does
52	ensemble	set
53	trois	three
54	vouloir	want
55	air	air
56	bien	well
57	aussi	also
58	jouer	play
59	petit	small
60	fin	end

100 Most Used French Words

Number	French	in English
61	mettre	put
62	maison	home
63	lire	read
64	main	hand
65	port	port
66	grand	large
67	épeler	spell
68	ajouter	add
69	même	even
70	terre	land
71	ici	here
72	il faut	must
73	grand	big
74	haut	high
75	tel	such
76	suivre	follow
77	acte	act
78	pourquoi	why
79	interroger	ask
80	hommes	men

Find the 100 most used words in French

100 words in French with meaning – here you will find the most used French words. A full vocabulary list of the 100 most common words in French can be found below:

Number	French	in English
81	changement	change
82	est allé	went
83	lumière	light
84	genre	kind
85	de	off
86	besoin	need
87	maison	house
88	image	picture
89	essayer	try
90	nous	us

Most frequent French words

Want to learn French online? Take a look at the longer list of the most frequent French words – the 1000 most common French words.

Number	French	in English
91	encore	again
92	animal	animal
93	point	point
94	mère	mother
95	monde	world
96	près de	near
97	construire	build
98	soi	self
99	terre	earth
100	père	father

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