Most Common French Words - Top 100 French Words

By Laura K. Lawless, About.com Guide

1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | 51-60 | 61-70 | 71-80 | 81-90 | 91-100

What are the most common French words? Here are numbers 31 to 40.

31) se    himself, herself, oneself
     reflexive pronoun


32) aller    to go
     all about aller


33) au / aux    to, at, in the
     contraction of à + definite article le / les


34) bien    well, good
     bien vs bon


35) ce, cet, cette / ces    this, that / these, those
     demonstrative adjectives


36) tu    you
     subject pronoun


37) en    some
     adverbial pronoun


38) là    there
     adverb


39) comme    like, as
     conjunction


40) voir    to see
     all about voir


Notes

Words with different forms but the same essential meaning (such as ce and cette: masculine and feminine demonstrative adjectives) are combined into a single listing.

Words with different grammatical functions (such as en: preposition and en: adverbial 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