La tornade de Maskinongé, 35 ans plus tard
B2 French listening practice · Québec French · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 2:18 video in French at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 196 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.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
From Radio-Canada Info↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 French listening practice listening practice?
88.8%
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
83.3%
Top 1,000
88.8%
Top 2,000
95%
Top 5,000
Spoken French frequency
86.4%
Top 1,000
95.7%
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.
annonciatrice
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(formal) announcer
commémoré
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
commemorated
criaient
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
cried
27 secondes d'enfer
1×
27 seconds of intense, traumatic experience
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · Lexique 3.83 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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