French conjugation: 250 verbs
The 250 verbs that turn up most often in this course’s sentences — each with every tense, our own example sentences, what is special about it and a short exercise. Search for a verb or filter by pattern.
A
- accompagnerto accompany
- accorderto tune
- acheterto buy
- acquérirto acquire
- acterto record formally
- aiderto help
- aimerto like, to love
- ajouterto add
- alerterto alert
- allerto go
- analyserto analyse
- annoncerto announce
- annulerto cancel
- appartenirto belong
- s’appelerto be called
- apporterto bring
- apprendreto learn
- s’approcherto come closer
- appuyerto press
- arrêterto arrest
- arriverto arrive
- assurerto insure
- atteindreto reach
- attendreto wait for
- augmenterto increase
- autoriserto allow
- avancerto move forward
- avoirto have
B
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- cacherto hide
- casserto break
- céderto give in
- changerto change
- chaufferto heat up
- chercherto look for
- chiffrerto encrypt
- choisirto choose
- chuterto fall sharply
- citerto quote
- commanderto order
- commencerto begin
- comparerto compare
- compléterto fill in
- comprendreto understand
- compterto count
- conduireto drive; to lead
- confirmerto confirm
- connaîtreto know (a person)
- construireto build
- contenirto contain
- contrôlerto check
- convenirto suit, to agree on
- corrigerto correct
- se coucherto go to bed
- coulerto leak
- couperto cut off
- coûterto cost
- couvrirto cover
- créerto create
- creuserto dig
- croireto believe
- cuireto cook through
D
- déciderto decide
- déclarerto declare to the tax office
- déclencherto trigger
- décrireto describe
- demanderto ask for
- dépasserto overtake
- dépendreto depend (on)
- déplacerto move
- déposerto pay in
- descendreto go down
- devenirto become
- devoirto have to
- différerto differ
- diminuerto reduce
- direto say
- disparaîtreto disappear
- donnerto give
- dormirto sleep
- doublerto double
- durerto last
E
- échangerto exchange
- échouerto fail
- écouterto listen to
- écrireto write
- empêcherto prevent
- s’emporterto lose one’s temper
- enleverto take off
- enquêterto investigate
- enregistrerto save
- entendreto hear
- s’entraînerto train
- entrerto come in
- envoyerto send
- épargnerto save (money)
- établirto establish (find as fact)
- étiqueterto label
- êtreto be
- éviterto avoid
- exigerto require
- existerto exist
- expliquerto explain
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- paraîtreto seem; to come out (a book)
- parcourirto browse
- parlerto speak
- partagerto share
- partirto leave, to set off
- passerto pass
- payerto pay
- penserto think
- perdreto lose
- permettreto permit
- peserto weigh
- plaireto please
- pleuvoirto rain
- plierto fold
- porterto wear
- poserto put down
- poursuivreto carry on with
- pousserto grow
- pouvoirto be able, to be allowed
- préciserto clarify
- préférerto prefer
- prendreto take
- présenterto introduce
- prêterto lend
- prévenirto let somebody know
- prévoirto allow for
- protégerto protect
- prouverto prove
- publierto publish
R
- raconterto tell
- ralentirto slow down
- rangerto tidy up
- rappelerto ring back
- rapporterto report
- recevoirto receive
- reconnaîtreto acknowledge
- reculerto move back
- réduireto reduce
- refaireto redo
- refuserto refuse
- regarderto look at, to watch
- releverto raise
- relierto connect
- relireto proofread
- remarquerto notice
- rembourserto refund
- remettreto put off
- remplacerto stand in for, to replace
- remplirto fill in
- rendreto return
- rentrerto come home
- réparerto repair
- répéterto repeat
- répondreto answer
- se reposerto rest
- reprendreto resume, to take up again
- réserverto book
- resterto stay
- résumerto sum up
- retenirto retain
- retirerto withdraw
- réunirto gather
- réussirto pass (an exam)
- révélerto reveal
- revenirto come back
- rompreto break (off)
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How this list is made
We counted how often the forms of each verb appear in the sentences of this course — in word lists, grammar topics and reading texts. A form that could belong to two verbs, or is usually a different word, does not count. The list holds the 250 verbs with the most occurrences that also have at least two example sentences here. The forms are not copied but calculated, twice: once from endings and rules, once from the principal parts. A page is only built when both calculations agree on every single form.
The forms are calculated from the rules of the language — twice, in two independent ways — and checked against every hand-written form in this course. The example sentences are the course’s own.