What are the most common French words? Here are the top 1-10.

1) le, la, l', les the
definite article

2) être to be
all about être

3) avoir to have
all about avoir

4) de of, from
preposition

5) un, une, des a, an, some
indefinite article

6) je I
subject pronoun

7) il / ils* he, it / they
subject pronouns

8) ce this
indefinite demonstrative pronoun

9) pas not
negative adverb

10) à to, in
preposition