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French days, months and dates

30 words with English translations. 28 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
28in the top 5,000
Frenchlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
le jourday#172 0.101% of speech
la semaineweek#379 0.038% of speech
le moismonth#276 0.033% of speech
l' annéeyear#369 0.040% of speech
la datedate#1302 0.006% of speech
aujourd'huitoday#229 0.041% of speech
demaintomorrow#232 0.041% of speech
hieryesterday#357 0.024% of speech
avant-hierthe day before yesterdayoutside the top 5,000
après-demainthe day after tomorrowoutside the top 5,000
lundiMonday#1724 0.005% of speech
mardiTuesday#2078 0.004% of speech
mercrediWednesday#3674 0.002% of speech
jeudiThursday#2178 0.004% of speech
vendrediFriday#1423 0.006% of speech
samediSaturday#1480 0.005% of speech
dimancheSunday#1536 0.005% of speech
janvierJanuary#3719 0.001% of speech
févrierFebruary#3720 0.001% of speech
marsMarch#2037 0.004% of speech
avrilApril#3711 0.001% of speech
maiMay#3669 0.002% of speech
juinJune#3724 0.001% of speech
juilletJuly#3708 0.001% of speech
aoûtAugust#3721 0.001% of speech
septembreSeptember#3690 0.002% of speech
octobreOctober#3726 0.001% of speech
novembreNovember#3739 0.001% of speech
décembreDecember#3723 0.001% of speech
anniversairebirthday#668 0.012% of speech

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