Top 25 French nouns
1. tre (m.) being
2. avoir (m.) possession
3. pas (m.) footstep
4. pouvoir (m.) power
5. son (m.) sound, bran
6. dire (m.) saying
7. devoir (m.) duty
8. avant (m.) front
9. deux (m.) two
10. bien (m.) good
11. fois (f.) time, times
12. nouveau (m.) new (thing)
13. vouloir (m.) desire
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Top 25 French verbs
1. tre to be
2. avoir to have
3. pouvoir can, to be able
4. faire to do, make
5. mettre to put, place
6. dire to say
7. devoir to have to, owe
8. prendre to take
9. donner to give
10. aller to go
11. vouloir to want
12. savoir to know
13. falloir to take, require, need
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Top 25 French adjectives
1. un a, an, one
2. sur sour (on, upon)
3. leur their (theirs, them)
14. moins (m.) minus
15. temps (m.) time, times
16. savoir (m.) knowledge
17. raison (f.) reason
18. non (m.) no
19. an (m.) year
20. monde (m.) world, people
21. jour (m.) day
22. monsieur (m.) mister, sir, gentleman
23. personne (f.) person, people, anyone,
nobody
24. part (f.) share
25. pendant (m.) perndant
14. voir to see
15. demander to ask for
16. trouver to find
17. rendre to render, return, yield, give up
18. venir to come
19. passer to pass
20. comprendre to understand
21. rester to stay
22. tenir to hold
23. porter to wear, carry
24. parler to speak
25. montrer to show
14. fort strong
15. certain certain, sure
16. fin fine
4. avant before 17. enfant child
5. mme same 18. fait done, fact
6. bien well 19. tel such
7. nouveau new 20. droit right
8. moins less 21. quel which, what
9. aucun none, either, neither, not any 22. chaque each
10. quelque some 23. possible possible
11. pendant during 24. moyen medium
12. bon bon 25. plusieurs several
13. seul alone, only
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Top 25 French adverbs

1. ne not 14. encore again, yet
2. pas not 15. dj already
3. plus then 16. grand great, big, tall
4. tout there 17. moins less
5. mais still, yet 18. trs very
6. comme so, therefore 19. quelque some
7. si only 20. non no, not
8. y already 21. alors then, so
9. avant more 22. aprs after
10. mme same, even, self 23. peu little
11. aussi too, also, as 24. bon good
12. bien well 25. depuis since, for
13. o where
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Top 23 French conjunctions

1. et and 14. comment how
2. que that, which, who, whom 15. lorsque when
3. mais but 16. or now
4. comme like, as 17. cependant however
5. ou or 18. puisque since
6. si if, whether 19. toutefois however
7. aussi too, also, as 20. combien how much, how many
8. quand when 21. sinon otherwise, or else
9. donc so, then, therefore, thus 22. nanmoins nevertheless
10. soit either ... or 23. quoique although, though
11. car because
12. pourquoi why Only 23 conjunctions appear in the
13. ni nor top 5000 French words.
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Top 25 French prepositions

1. de of, from, some, any 14. pendant during
2. to, at, in 15. depuis since, for
3. en in, by 16. contre against
4. pour for, in order to 17. sous under
5. dans in, into, from 18. jusque to, up to, until
6. sur on, upon 19. vers toward
7. par by 20. ds from, as soon
8. avec with 21. devant in front, ahead
9. avant before 22. chez at, with
10. entre between 23. prs near, nearby, close by
11. moins less 24. selon according to
12. sans without 25. parmi among
13. aprs after
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Top 25 French pronouns

1. le him, her, it, them 14. leur them, their, theirs
2. un a, an, one 15. y there
3. en in, by 16. elle she, her
4. que that, which, who, whom 17. mme same, even, self
5. ce this, that 18. celui that, the one, he, him
6. il he, it 19. o where
7. qui who, whom 20. vous you
8. se oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves 21. cela that, it
9. je I 22. me me, to me, myself
10. tout all 23. aucun none, either, neither, not any
11. autre other 24. lui him, her
12. on one, we 25. dont whose, of which
13. nous we, us
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Top 25 French determiners

1. le the 14. notre our
2. de some, any 15. certain certain
3. un a, an, one 16. trois three
4. ce this, that 17. tel such
5. tout all, very 18. quel which, what
6. son his, her, its 19. chaque each
7. autre other 20. plusieurs several
8. leur them, their, theirs 21. votre your
9. deux two 22. quatre four
10. premier first 23. cinq five
11. mon my 24. ton your
12. aucun none, either, neither, not any 25. dix ten
13. quelque some