La rénovation des Catacombes de Paris expliquée
B2 French listening practice · French from France · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 11:30 video in French at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 169 words per minute, rated 3.9/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
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- ▸Language Learning - Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and real conversation practice.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 French listening practice listening practice?
88.5%
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
83.7%
Top 1,000
88.5%
Top 2,000
94.7%
Top 5,000
Spoken French frequency
86.8%
Top 1,000
97.1%
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.
catacombes
20×
Rare / outside top 5,000
catacombs
ossuaire
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
ossuary
empire de la mort
1×
domain controlled by death
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · Lexique 3.83 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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