The 100 most common French words

Ranked by how often they're really used, each with its English translation. In the course, every one of them gets a picture and a funny sentence to help it stick.

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The 100 most common French words
Rank	Word	Translation
1	de	of
2	la	the
3	et	and
4	en	in
5	des	some
6	pas	not
7	il	he
8	pour	for
9	dans	in
10	qui	who
11	au	to the
12	sur	on
13	par	by
14	on	one
15	mais	but
16	ça	that
17	tu	you
18	elle	she
19	son	his
20	ai	have
21	ou	or
22	si	if
23	tout	all
24	fait	does
25	nous	we
26	comme	like
27	bien	well
28	aux	to the
29	même	same
30	me	me
31	mon	my
32	lui	him
33	aussi	also
34	peut	can
35	deux	two
36	moi	me
37	quand	when
38	après	after
39	très	very
40	tous	all
41	sans	without
42	où	where
43	va	goes
44	encore	still
45	alors	so
46	entre	between
47	temps	time
48	ans	years
49	autres	other
50	dit	says
51	là	there
52	peu	little
53	monde	world
54	fois	time
55	faut	must
56	toujours	always
57	voir	to see
58	bon	good
59	contre	against
60	votre	your
61	avant	before
62	donc	so
63	notre	our
64	sous	under
65	jamais	never
66	vie	life
67	toi	you
68	déjà	already
69	quoi	what
70	trop	too
71	ton	your
72	chez	at the home or place of
73	gens	people
74	oui	yes
75	vraiment	really
76	grand	big
77	pays	country
78	français	French
79	beaucoup	a lot
80	jour	day
81	premier	first
82	parce	because
83	personne	person
84	cela	that
85	trois	three
86	homme	man
87	ici	here
88	chose	thing
89	doit	must
90	partie	part
91	car	because
92	mal	badly
93	fin	end
94	mieux	better
95	pendant	during
96	petit	small
97	année	year
98	moment	moment
99	place	place
100	plusieurs	several

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