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:
- 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
