1,838 French words you already know.
Eight spelling patterns turn English words into French ones. Each list has every everyday French word that follows its pattern, the most common first.
- -tionSame spelling in Englishactionsituationconversation531 words
- -ty → -téEnglish -ty becomes -télibertylibertébeautybeautésecuritysécurité230 words
- -ic → -iqueEnglish -ic (or -ical) becomes -iquemusicmusiquemagicmagiqueelectricélectrique303 words
- -able · -ibleSame spelling in Englishpossiblecapableterrible120 words
- -ence · -anceSame spelling in Englishsilencepresenceprésenceimportance100 words
- -ly → -mentEnglish -ly becomes -mentexactlyexactementsimplysimplementcompletelycomplètement294 words
- -ous → -euxEnglish -ous becomes -euxserioussérieuxdangerousdangereuxnervousnerveux87 words
- -alSame spelling in Englishnormalgeneralgénéralanimal173 words
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1000 Most Common French Words
The 1,000 words that make up about 70% of everyday written French, grouped by theme and by the patterns that link French to English, each with IPA, an easy English respelling and three example sentences glossed word by word.