Un rocher de 10 tonnes pour protéger une maison
B2 French listening practice · Québec French · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 2:21 video in French at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 195 words per minute, rated 4.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 French listening practice listening practice?
87.9%
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
81.4%
Top 1,000
87.9%
Top 2,000
95.7%
Top 5,000
Spoken French frequency
83.9%
Top 1,000
95.9%
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.
lampadaire
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
street lamp
débroussailler
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to clear underbrush
franchissant
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
crossing
roc de Gibraltar
1×
very strong and unyielding person
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · Lexique 3.83 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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