What are the most common French words? Here are numbers 11 to 20.
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
Notes
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
