French Nouns 501-1000 (by frequency)

French nouns ordered by how often they are used.
(word frequency source: DiploFreq, http://www.up.univ-mrs.fr/~veronis)

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the difference, dissimilarity

la différence

the occupation

l'occupation (f)

the iron

le fer

God

le dieu

the air

l'air (m)

the equality

l'égalité (f)

the urgency

l'urgence (f)

the commitment, contract

l'engagement (m)

the institute, beauty salon

l'institut (m)

the desk

le bureau

the laying

la pose

the approach

l'approche (f)

the youth

la jeunesse

the small room

le réduit

the stability

la stabilité

the minority

la minorité

the vice, foible

le vice

the road, highway

la route

the nationalism

le nationalisme

the painting

le tableau

the advertisement

la publicité

the universe

l'univers (m)

the team, gang

l'équipe (f)

the legitimacy

la légitimité

the immigration

l'immigration (f)

the ground

le sol

the coast, hill

la côte

the figure, number

le chiffre

the announcement, advertisement

l'annonce (f)

the decade

la décennie

the act, action

l'acte (m)

the sign, indication

le signe

the privatization

la privatisation

the exclusion

l'exclusion (f)

the priority

la priorité

the civilization

la civilisation

the exit, solution, outcome, denouement

l'issue (f)

the walk, pace

la marche

the expansion

l'expansion (f)

the era

l'ère (f)

the walk, gait

la démarche

the purchase

l'achat (m)

the liberalism

le libéralisme

the trust, faith, belief, conviction

la foi

the tower

la tour

the turn, revolution

le tour

the traffic, trade

le trafic

the birth

la naissance

the attempt

la tentative

the representative

l'élu (m)

the survival

la survie

the communism

le communisme

the modernity

la modernité

the sale

la vente

the dimensions, size

la dimension

the reading

la lecture

the disappearance

la disparition

the consensus

le consensus

the type, kind

le genre

the flow, flux, influx, ebb and flow

le flux

the candidate

le candidat

the hero

le héros

the withdrawal, collection, cancelling

le retrait

the union, merging

la réunion

the funds, credit

le crédit

the consequence

la conséquence

the rhythm

le rythme

the number, act (in show), issue (in series)

le numéro

the treatment, salary, handling

le traitement

the threat

la menace (f)

the definition

la définition

the explosion, outburst, blast, sudden increase

l'explosion (f)

the carriage, postage

le port

the strike, shore, beach (strand)

la grève

the relief, relief team, replacement

la relève

the luck, chance, opportunity

la chance

the fate, destiny, fortune, circumstances

le destin

the light, lighting

la lumière

the snow chains

les chaînes (f)

the bill, check, note, mark, grade

la note

the judge

le juge

the loss, waste, ruin

la perte

the climate

le climat

the stake (bet), issue

l'enjeu (m)

the breaking

la rupture

Canada

le canada

the modernization

la modernisation

the problem, worry

le souci

the billion

le milliard

the revolt

la révolte

the card, pass, map, chart, menu

la carte

the home, hostel, club, hearth, hotbed

le foyer

the list

la liste

the fruit

le fruit

the layer, diaper

la couche

the theme

le thème

the week

la semaine

the magazine, journal, examination

la revue

the bedroom

la chambre

the pact

le pacte

the vigour

la vigueur

the advance, lead

l'avance (f)

the productivity

la productivité

the day before, eve

la veille

the unification

la unification

the membership

l'adhésion (f)

the offensive

l'offensive (f)

the division of local government

le département

the task, job

la tâche

the stretching

l'extension (f)

the dependence, outbuilding

la dépendance

the assistance

l'assistance (f)

the settling

le règlement

the knowledge

la connaissance

the exile

l'exil (m) / l'exilé (m)

the funds

les finances (f)

the guerrilla warfare

la guérilla

the quarter

le quart

the gap, distance

l'écart (m)

the reign

le règne

the increase, extra

le surcroît

the housing

le logement

the wood

le bois

the handing over

la remise

the pretext, excuse

le prétexte

the dollar

le dollar

the diffusion, broadcast, distribution

la diffusion

the agency

l'agence (f)

the conquest

la conquête

the show

le spectacle

the machine

la machine

the debt, indebtedness

l'endettement (m)

the transformation, change

la transformation

the domination

la domination

the guard

le garde

the nurse, defence guard (sport)

la garde

the arming

l'armement (m)

the arm

le bras

the resolution

la résolution

the representation, performance (live)

la représentation

the diplomacy

la diplomatie

the exercise, practice

l'exercice (m)

the emergence

l'émergence (f)

the reader

le lecteur / la lectrice

the threshold

le seuil

the competitiveness

la compétitivité

the disarmament

le désarmement

the ripe

le mur

the station

le rang

the terrorism

le terrorisme

the decline, close

le déclin

the tax

l'impôt (m)

the fashion, custom, style

la mode

the way, mood

le mode

the publishing

l'édition (f)

the document

le document

the invasion

l'invasion (f)

the casualty

la victime

the liberalization

la libéralisation

the difficulty

la difficulté

the reform

la réforme

the wager, bet

la mise

the date, time

la date

the running, racing

la course

the colour, paint, suit (cards), hue

la couleur

the end, stop

la cesse

Germany

l'Allemande (m)

the ruler

la règle

the gas (chemistry)

le gaz

the control

la maîtrise

the close

la conclusion

the stage, phase

la phase

the diversity

la diversité

the postman, postwoman

le facteur / la factrice

the edge, side, riverbank, rim, curb

le bord

the merit

le mérite

the defeat

la défaite

the company

la compagnie

the adjutant

le major

the language

le langage

the increase, rise

la hausse

the event

l'événement (m)

the contents

le contenu

the whole, entirety

la totalité

the fault, failing, defect, flaw, shortage

le défaut

the signing

la signature

the philosophy

la philosophie

the murder, assassination

l'assassinat (m)

the mandate

le mandat

the concept

le concept

the mobilization

la mobilisation

the challenge

le défi

the proportion, ratio

la proportion

the racism

le racisme

the instrument

l'instrument (m)

the springtime

le printemps

the doctrine

la doctrine

the desire, wish

le désir

the intention, idea, purpose

l'intention (f)

the division, partition, splitting

la division

the democratization

la démocratisation

the distribution, delivery

la distribution

the contract, agreement

le contrat

the volume

le volume

the notion

la notion

the impact, mark, wallop, blow

l'impact (m)

the apartheid

l'apartheid (m)

the transfer, relocation, carry over

le transfert

the circulation

la circulation

the thread, linen

le fil

the theory

la théorie

the charter

la charte

the current affairs

l'actualité (f)

the story

le récit

the driving

la conduite

the message

le message

the crime, murder

le crime

the attack, raid, stroke

l'attaque (f)

the telecommunications

la télécommunication

the opinion, advice, notice

l'avis (m)

the margin

la marge

the mayor

le maire

the foundation, beginning

la fondation

the impression

l'impression (f)

the illness

la maladie

the reconstruction, rebuilding

la reconstruction

the face, visage

le visage

the stage, stop

l'étape (f)

the music

la musique

the hunger, desire, yearning, starvation

la faim

the colonel

le colonel

the offer, proposal, suggestion, proposal

la proposition

the concentration

la concentration

the inhabitant

le habitant

the ballot, voting system

le scrutin

the treatment, care

les soins (m)

the recession

la récession

the stop, stopping

l'arrêt (m)

the evening, night, eve

le soir

the factory, plant, works

l'usine (f)

the colonization

la colonisation

the memo, dissertation

le mémoire

the memory

la mémoire

the purse, grant, scholarship

la bourse

the wealth, fortune

la fortune

the reaction

la réaction

the promotion, offer

la promotion

the inheritance, heritage, heirloom, legacy

le héritage

the fear, anxiety, disquiet, awe

la crainte

the bond

le lien

the sharing out

la répartition

the relationship

la relation

the growth, rise, increasing, boom (sales)

l'accroissement (m)

the reserve

la réserve

the individual

l'individu (m)

the strictness, harshness, rigour

la rigueur

the bankruptcy, breach, end, collapse

la faillite

the tourism

le tourisme

the defacement

la dégradation

the daughter

la fille

the propaganda

la propagande

the love

l'amour (m)

the back, spine

le dos

the weakness, smallness

la faiblesse

the monopoly

le monopole

the stylized

le style

the myth

le mythe

the competition, contest, rivalry, challenger

la compétition

the thesis, dissertation, opinion, argument

la thèse

the success, achievement

la réussite