What are the most common French words? Here are numbers 21 to 30.

21) mais but
conjunction

22) elle / elles* she / they
subject pronoun

23) en in, to
preposition

24) le, la, l' / les it / them
direct object pronouns

25) dire to say, tell
all about dire

26) y there
adverbial pronoun

27) du / des of, from the
contraction of de + definite article le / les

28) pour for
preposition

29) dans in
preposition

30) me me, myself
personal pronoun