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B1 French listening practice · French · Curated for intermediate learners

About this clip

A 38s video in French at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 175 words per minute, rated 3.8/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
  • Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
  • Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B1 French listening practice listening practice?

90.7%
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

79.4%
Top 1,000
90.7%
Top 2,000
96.9%
Top 5,000

Spoken French frequency

88%
Top 1,000
97.6%
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.

alcoolisé
Rare / outside top 5,000
intoxicating
fêtard
Rare / outside top 5,000
partygoer
richissimes
Rare / outside top 5,000
very rich
tf
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) TF — television channel
tfx
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) TFX — television channel
richissimes vacanciers
extremely wealthy vacationers

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · Lexique 3.83 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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