French reference

French descriptive words

64 words with English translations. 52 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.

64words
52in the top 5,000
Frenchlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
grandlarge#228 0.041% of speech
petitsmall#161 0.065% of speech
hauthigh#546 0.016% of speech
baslow#469 0.017% of speech
longlong#630 0.013% of speech
courtshort#1132 0.007% of speech
largewide#2500 0.003% of speech
étroitnarrow#2907 0.000% of speech
mincethin#1407 0.006% of speech
épaisthickoutside the top 5,000
beaubeautiful#362 0.024% of speech
laidugly#4025 0.002% of speech
séduisanthandsome#4357 0.001% of speech
jolipretty#762 0.011% of speech
vieuxold#320 0.027% of speech
jeuneyoung#364 0.024% of speech
nouveaunew#256 0.037% of speech
uséwornoutside the top 5,000
modernemodern#2685 0.002% of speech
ancienold#1161 0.007% of speech
rectangulairerectangularoutside the top 5,000
rondround#4665 0.002% of speech
ovaleovaloutside the top 5,000
carrésquareoutside the top 5,000
rapidefast#1078 0.008% of speech
lentslow#2887 0.000% of speech
lourdheavy#2081 0.004% of speech
légerlight#1791 0.004% of speech
douxsoft#1442 0.006% of speech
durhard#397 0.021% of speech
fragilefragile#2801 0.001% of speech
fortstrong#411 0.021% of speech
faibleweak#1290 0.006% of speech
richerich#1159 0.007% of speech
pauvrepoor#488 0.017% of speech
facileeasy#468 0.017% of speech
difficiledifficult#492 0.016% of speech
calmeeasy#514 0.016% of speech
anxieuxanxious#2872 0.000% of speech
aimablekind#2723 0.001% of speech
antipathiqueunfriendly#4282 0.001% of speech
courageuxbrave#2276 0.003% of speech
lâchecowardly#1147 0.007% of speech
généreuxgenerous#2655 0.002% of speech
égoïsteselfish#2631 0.002% of speech
polipolite#2866 0.000% of speech
impolirude#4411 0.001% of speech
ordonnéorderlyoutside the top 5,000
désordonnéuntidyoutside the top 5,000
intéressantinteresting#979 0.008% of speech
ennuyeuxboring#2618 0.002% of speech
bruyantnoisyoutside the top 5,000
silencieuxquiet#2781 0.001% of speech
chaudhot#770 0.010% of speech
froidcold#793 0.010% of speech
saledirty#672 0.012% of speech
propreclean#380 0.022% of speech
profonddeep#2156 0.004% of speech
peu profondshallowoutside the top 5,000
lissesmooth#885 0.009% of speech
rugueuxrough#3744 0.007% of speech
mouilléwetoutside the top 5,000
secdryoutside the top 5,000
rêcheroughoutside the top 5,000

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