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Most Common French Words - Top 100 French Words

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

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:

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

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