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French sports vocabulary

28 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.

28words
18in the top 5,000
Frenchlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
le sportsport#1660 0.005% of speech
le footballsoccer#2372 0.003% of speech
le basketballbasketballoutside the top 5,000
le tennistennis#4276 0.001% of speech
le volleyballvolleyballoutside the top 5,000
la natationswimming#4436 0.000% of speech
le athlétismeathleticsoutside the top 5,000
le cyclismecycling#4438 0.000% of speech
le baseballbaseballoutside the top 5,000
le golfgolf#2317 0.003% of speech
le skiskiing#4045 0.002% of speech
la boxeboxing#4462 0.000% of speech
la gymnastiquegymnastics#4466 0.000% of speech
la luttewrestling#2137 0.004% of speech
le surfsurfingoutside the top 5,000
le patinageskating#4205 0.001% of speech
la randonnéehiking#4042 0.002% of speech
la pêchefishing#2188 0.004% of speech
la chassehunting#1312 0.006% of speech
la équitationhorseback riding#3993 0.002% of speech
le yogayoga#4356 0.001% of speech
les arts martiauxmartial artsoutside the top 5,000
la haltérophilieweightliftingoutside the top 5,000
le avironrowingoutside the top 5,000
la escaladeclimbing#3994 0.002% of speech
la courserunning#1216 0.011% of speech
le bowlingbowlingoutside the top 5,000
le tir à l'arcarcheryoutside the top 5,000

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