What are the most common French words? Here are numbers 41 to 50.
41) non no
synonyms for [/]non
42) savoir to know
all about savoir
43) nous we, us
personal pronoun
44) puis next, then
adverb
45) mon, ma, mes my
possessive adjectives
46) moi me
personal pronoun
47) tout every, all
adjective
48) très very
synonyms for très
49) que that, which, who
relative pronoun
50) pouvoir can, to be able
all about pouvoir
Notes
Words with different forms but the same essential meaning (such as mon, ma and mes: masculine, feminine, and plural possessive adjectives) are combined into a single listing.
Words with different grammatical functions (such as que: relative pronoun and que: conjunction) are usually listed separately.
The words ah and oh were numbers 45 and 47, respectively, but since they are just interjections with no real meaning, I left them 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
