French reference

French nature vocabulary

30 words with English translations. 30 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.

30words
30in the top 5,000
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WordEnglishHow common
le arbretree#982 0.008% of speech
la fleurflower#1154 0.011% of speech
la feuilleleaf#3722 0.001% of speech
la branchebranch#3717 0.001% of speech
la forêtforest#1744 0.004% of speech
la montagnemountain#1734 0.008% of speech
la rivièreriver#1728 0.004% of speech
le laclake#1787 0.004% of speech
la mersea#943 0.009% of speech
le océanocean#2066 0.004% of speech
la plagebeach#1447 0.005% of speech
le cielsky#818 0.010% of speech
le soleilsun#746 0.011% of speech
la lunemoon#1007 0.008% of speech
la étoilestar#1663 0.008% of speech
le nuagecloud#440 0.001% of speech
la pluierain#1669 0.005% of speech
la neigesnow#1683 0.005% of speech
le ventwind#1187 0.007% of speech
le tonnerrethunder#3652 0.002% of speech
le éclairlightning#3653 0.002% of speech
le volcanvolcano#3496 0.018% of speech
le désertdesert#2014 0.004% of speech
la prairiegrassland#3522 0.013% of speech
la cascadewaterfall#3506 0.016% of speech
la rocherock#3837 0.000% of speech
le sablesand#2421 0.003% of speech
la terreearth#338 0.029% of speech
le feufire#382 0.022% of speech
la herbegrass#1887 0.004% of speech

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