French reference

French conjunctions

39 words with English translations. 18 of them appear in the 5,000 most common French words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

39words
18in the top 5,000
Frenchlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
etand#13 1.431% of speech
ouor#64 0.224% of speech
maisbut#29 0.571% of speech
mais plutôtbut ratheroutside the top 5,000
quoiquealthough#2672 0.002% of speech
parce quebecauseoutside the top 5,000
alorsthen#73 0.189% of speech
puisquesince#1231 0.006% of speech
carbecause#275 0.033% of speech
pendant quewhileoutside the top 5,000
siif#37 0.491% of speech
niniether#296 0.030% of speech
doncso#115 0.098% of speech
de sorte queso thatoutside the top 5,000
de manière queso thatoutside the top 5,000
puisthen#235 0.040% of speech
par conséquentthereforeoutside the top 5,000
de ce faitthereforeoutside the top 5,000
cependantnevertheless#1844 0.004% of speech
néanmoinsnotwithstanding#2943 0.000% of speech
mêmeeven#90 0.143% of speech
non plusneigheroutside the top 5,000
peut-êtremaybe#111 0.107% of speech
possiblementmaybeoutside the top 5,000
commelike#55 0.301% of speech
bien queeven thoughoutside the top 5,000
pour queso thatoutside the top 5,000
afin quein order tooutside the top 5,000
avant quebeforeoutside the top 5,000
après queafteroutside the top 5,000
jusqu'à ce queuntiloutside the top 5,000
à moins queunlessoutside the top 5,000
sauf siunlessoutside the top 5,000
même sieven thoughoutside the top 5,000
c'est-à-direthat is to say#2186 0.004% of speech
autrement ditthat is to sayoutside the top 5,000
en plusbesidesoutside the top 5,000
par-dessus le marchéon top of thatoutside the top 5,000
surtoutover all#575 0.015% of speech

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