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Most Common French Words - Top 100 French Words

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Top French Words: 81-90

1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | 51-60 | 61-70 | 71-80 | 81-90 99-100

Do you know the most common French words? Here are numbers 81 to 90.

81) aussi     too, also
      comparative adverbs


82) encore     again
      adverb of frequency


83) trois     three
      number


84) parler     to talk, speak
      expressions with parler


85) toujours     still, forever
      encore vs toujours


86) trouver     to find
      expressions with trouver


87) quoi     what (exclamative)
      "what" in French


88) grand     big, tall
      French adjectives


89) donner     to give
      expressions with donner


90) le temps     weather, time
      French weather


Notes

Words with different grammatical functions (such as quoi: exclamative and quoi: interrogative) are usually listed separately.

Hein was tied with parler at 84, but since it's just an interjection with no real meaning, I left it 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

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