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Most Common French Words - Top 100 French Words

By Laura K. Lawless, About.com

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Top French Words: 91-100

1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | 51-60 | 61-70 | 71-80 | 81-90 | 99-100

Do you know the most common French words? Here are numbers 91 to 100.

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)      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


Notes

Words with different grammatical functions (such as : relative and : interrogative) are usually listed separately.

Eh bien was originally number 94, but since it's just an interjection with no real meaning, I left it out of my list.

This list of the most common French words is adapted from the following source:
    Boris New, Christophe Pallier, Ludovic Ferrand, Rafael Matos. (2001) "Une base de données lexicales du français contemporain sur LEXIQUE," L'Année psychologique, 101, 447-462. http://www.lexique.org

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