Most Common French Words - Top 100 French Words

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What are the most common French words? Here are numbers 21 to 30.

21) mais    but
     conjunction


22) elle / elles*    she / they
     subject pronouns


23) en    in, to
     preposition


24) le, la, l' / les    it / them
     direct object pronouns


25) dire    to say, tell
     all about dire


26) y    there
     adverbial pronoun


27) du / des    of, from the
     contraction of de + definite article le / les


28) pour    for
     preposition


29) dans    in
     preposition


30) me    me, myself
     personal pronoun


Notes

*I would have listed elle and elles separately, but they were combined in the source document.

Words with different forms but the same essential meaning (such as le and la: masculine and feminine direct object pronouns) are combined into a single listing.

Words with different grammatical functions (such as le: definite article and le: direct object pronoun) are usually listed separately.

This list of the most common French words is adapted from the following source:

Gougenheim 2.00 - Fréquences orales et de production http://www.lexique.org/public/gougenheim.php