Do you know the most common French words? Here are numbers 71 to 80.
71) arriver to arrive, happen
all about arriver
72) beaucoup a lot
adverb of quantity
73) croire to believe
all about croire
74) heure hour, o'clock
telling time in French
75) rien nothing
negative pronoun
76) jour day
French days of the week
77) mettre to put
all about mettre
78) passer to pass, spend
all about passer
79) un peu a little
adverb of quantity
80) devoir must, to have to
all about devoir
Notes
Words with different grammatical functions (such as devoir: verb and devoir: noun) 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
