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B2 French listening practice · French · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:57 video in French at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 193 words per minute, rated 4.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Health & Wellness - Fitness, mental health, nutrition, sleep, and self-care.
- ▸Travel - Travel vlogs, tips, cultural experiences, and life abroad.
- ▸Sports - Soccer, basketball, tennis, the Olympics, and athletes.
From Le Parisien↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 French listening practice listening practice?
88.7%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common French words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday French.
General French frequency
83.1%
Top 1,000
88.7%
Top 2,000
94.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken French frequency
86.1%
Top 1,000
96.7%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-French data than in general usage, so it may feel closer to everyday conversation.
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s B2 level.
écluse
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
lock (water system)
balisée
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
marked (with signs)
caniculaire
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
heatwave-related
vider nos piscines
1×
not using public pools during heat
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · Lexique 3.83 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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