Le maire de Shawinigan piste un dépositaire sauvage
B1 French listening practice · Québec French · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 2:22 video in French at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 212 words per minute, rated 4.5/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Nature & Environment - The natural world, climate, and sustainability.
From Radio-Canada Info↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 French listening practice listening practice?
87.8%
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
84.3%
Top 1,000
87.8%
Top 2,000
94.9%
Top 5,000
Spoken French frequency
86.5%
Top 1,000
96.4%
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 B1 level.
grossiste
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
wholesaler
aviser
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to notify
bébette
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
bug (informal)
avoir les mains attachées
1×
to be legally unable to act
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · Lexique 3.83 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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