Learn French in just 5 minutes a day
1,000 words cover 85% of everyday French. Start there, reach 6,000, and review each word just before you would forget it.
French vocabulary, in frequency order
The words you need to order in a Paris bistro without pointing at the menu, or to follow a French film without subtitles.
Frequency decides the order
You start with the words French speakers use every day, from the counter of a boulangerie to a work email. The themes follow what people actually go to France for: a stay, a course, a bilingual job, a family on the other side.
Reviews come back with the sound
The app works out when a word is about to fade and brings it back that day, audio first. A French word revised in silence is a word you will still miss when someone says it.
A coach that sets the pace
The coach watches the gap between what you recognise and what you retrieve, and slows the intake when reviews pile up. Twenty words on a good week, five minutes and nothing else on a bad one.
Five ways to meet the same word
Flashcards, multiple choice, typing, riddles, matching pairs. The typing exercise matters more in French than elsewhere, because hearing a word and spelling it are two different skills once liaison gets involved.
What a session looks like
Pick your level and topics
You tell the app where you are starting from, then pick what you need French for. A trip, a move, an exam, a family: each one pulls a different set of words to the front.
Learn in 5-minute sessions
About 10 new words per session. Every card plays, so the spelling and the sound go in together instead of drifting apart.
Review right on time
The app tells you what is due. Get it right and the word moves further out; miss it and it returns sooner, audio first.
Why the timing of a review matters
You forget about 70% of what you learn within 24 hours, and the sound of a word fades faster than its spelling. A review placed just before that drop resets both.
Answer correctly and the next review moves further out. Read how spaced repetition works.
Questions we get
The app tracks when each word is likely to fade and puts the review on that day. Intervals grow as you keep getting the word right: 1 day, then 3, 7, 14, 30. Get it wrong and the word comes back sooner.
1,000 words cover about 85% of everyday speech. A few thousand more and you can order dinner, ask for directions and hold a conversation without hunting for words. French Progress covers 6,000, in frequency order. See the full numbers.
You can download it and start learning at no cost. A subscription, monthly or yearly, lets you learn and review without limits.
The interface is in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and Korean. Each word carries its translation and its audio, so you learn French from your own language.
Yes. You start with the words that come up most in daily life, and the exercises get harder as your vocabulary grows. The app is built for beginners and intermediate learners. Start from the French words English already gave you.
The vocabulary side of it, yes. All three exams test comprehension across everyday topics: work, housing, health, admin. Those are the themes the app is built from, and the listening sections reward words you recognize instantly rather than words you can reconstruct. It does not replace exam practice or teach the format. Read the TEF and TCF preparation guide, or the one for GCSE French revision if the exam is a school one.
Your first session takes 5 minutes
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