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French travel vocabulary

29 words with English translations. 25 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.

29words
25in the top 5,000
Frenchlanguage
WordEnglishHow common
le aéroportairport#1598 0.005% of speech
le avionaircraft#687 0.020% of speech
le volflight#957 0.008% of speech
le billetticket#1529 0.009% of speech
le bagagebaggage#950 0.008% of speech
la valisesuitcase#2384 0.003% of speech
le sac à dosbackpackoutside the top 5,000
le passeportpassport#4739 0.002% of speech
le visavisa#4922 0.000% of speech
la douanecustoms#4921 0.000% of speech
la sécuritésecurity#406 0.021% of speech
le terminalterminaloutside the top 5,000
la porte d'embarquementgateoutside the top 5,000
le embarquementboarding#4614 0.013% of speech
le retarddelay#576 0.015% of speech
la escalestopover#4931 0.000% of speech
la destinationdestination#2819 0.001% of speech
le itinéraireitinerary#4926 0.000% of speech
la arrivéearrivaloutside the top 5,000
le départdeparture#967 0.008% of speech
le siègeseat#1707 0.005% of speech
la fenêtrewindow#864 0.009% of speech
le couloiraisle#1994 0.004% of speech
le taxicab#1226 0.007% of speech
le traintrain#307 0.029% of speech
le busbus#1182 0.007% of speech
le métrosubway#4661 0.002% of speech
le bateauboat#698 0.012% of speech
la cartemap#603 0.021% of speech

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