273 most popular French irregular verbs

• êtreto be, used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs, used to form the passive voice
• avoirasset, possession
• taireto be quiet, to be silent, to shut up
• faireto do, to make, to say
• allerto go, to attend, to be going ; will soon; forms a near-future tense
• pouvoircan, to be able to, may
• direto say, to tell, to tell of
• vouloirto want, wish, desire
• savoirto know, to know how, to be able to
• suivreto follow, to follow; to get, to take
• plaireto please, to appeal to, to enjoy
• devoirduty, exercise, assignment
• voirto see
• venirto come, See venir de
• luireto shine; to glimmer
• prendreto take, to eat; to drink, to get; to buy
• croireto believe, to accept as true, to have faith
• partirto share, to share out, to divide
• maintenirto maintain, to stick to, to stay fair
• faillirto almost do something, to fail
• falloirto need, have to, to be necessary
• sortirto exit, go out, come out
• mourirto die; to be dying, to be dying
• comprendreto understand, comprehend, to comprise
• mettreto put; to place, to put on, to set
• connaîtreto know, to be familiar with, to experience
• sentirto smell, to taste, to feel
• tenirto have; to hold, to keep, to stay; to hold
• vivreto live, to experience
• revenirto come back, to return, to grow back
• nuireto harm, to spoil
• boireto drink
• courirto run, to hurry; to rush, to go
• paîtreto graze
• lireto read, to be read
• devenirfuture
• apprendreto learn, to teach
• foutreto do, to fuck around with, to dick around
• revoirto see again, to re-examine
• soudreresolve, pay off
• ouvrirto open, to begin, to initiate
• dormirto sleep
• écrireto write
• poindreto prick, sting, to sting
• servirto serve, to be used for, to be useful
• battreto beat; to defeat, to beat up, to fight
• recevoirto receive, to entertain
• mentirto lie
• promettreto promise, to promise oneself, to be promising
• offrirto offer; to provide, to give as a gift, to buy for oneself
• suffireto be enough, to suffice
• valoirto be worth, to earn, to win
• disparaîtreto disappear, to despawn
• parfaireto finish, to complete, to make a supplementary payment
• découvrirto discover, to show, to reveal
• permettreto permit, to allow, to enable
• conduireto drive, to lead, to conduct
• asseoirto sit down, to seat, make sit
• remettreto put back, replace, to put back on
• obtenirto get, to obtain
• combattreto fight, to combat, to oppose
• rireto laugh
• détruireto destroy, to destruct, to demolish
• reconnaîtreto recognise, to acknowledge, to admit
• bouillirto boil, to seethe
• reprendreto take back, recover, regain
• souriresmile
• craindreto fear, to suck
• ressentirto feel, to suffer from the effects of
• rejoindreto join, to join up, to rejoin
• prévenirto prevent, to avert, to guard against
• paraîtreto appear, to be published, to seem
• souffrirto suffer, to endure
• prévoirto anticipate, foresee, expect
• survivreto survive, to outlive
• appartenirto belong, to concern
• couvrirto cover up, to cover
• secourirto succor; to help out
• surprendreto surprise, to catch out, to overhear
• atteindreto attain, to reach, to accomplish
• produireto produce, to yield, to happen
• poursuivreto pursue, to chase, to persecute
• départirto divest, dispose of, to distribute
• bruireto make a low noise, to rustle, to rattle
• construireto build
• retenirto hold back, rein in, to keep
• admettreto admit, to accept, to recognize
• naîtreto be born
• refaireto redo, to do over, to do again
• résoudreto resolve, to make up one's mind
• joindreto join, to join up, to reach
• éteindreto turn off, to put out, to extinguish
• rompreto break, to snap, to stop
• interdireto forbid, ban, prohibit
• soutenirto support, to keep up, to maintain
• commettreto commit
• repartirto leave again, to go back, to restart
• discourirto talk, discourse, hold forth
• haïrto hate
• contenirto contain, to hold back, to keep in check
• plaindreto pity, to complain
• décevoirto disappoint, to deceive; to trick
• pleuvoirto rain
• endormirto put to sleep, to fall asleep
• abattreto butcher; to slaughter for meat, to shoot dead, to cut down
• apparaîtreto appear, to seem, to spawn
• conclureto conclude, to attain, to reach
• convenirto admit; to agree, to suit; to be convenient for, to be appropriate or admissible
• peindreto paint
• réduireto reduce, to cut ; to shorten ; to reduce, scale down
• choirto fall
• interrompreto interrupt
• accueillirto welcome, to accommodate, to host
• ravoirto have once again, to re-acquire
• concourirto compete, to contend, to contribute
• transmettreto transmit
• décrireto describe
• satisfaireto satisfy, to fulfil, to meet
• maudireto curse
• apercevoirto see, to glimpse, to catch sight of
• ressortirto go or come back out; to go/come out again, to take back out; to take out, to emerge from
• parcourirto go through, to pass through, to read through
• intervenirto intervene, to take part
• cuireto cook
• débattreto negotiate, to discuss, debate
• détenirto detain, to possess, to have
• compromettreto compromise, jeopardise
• concevoirto conceive, to conceive of; to understand, to comprehend
• séduireto seduce, to lure
• inscrireto inscribe, to inscribe; jot down, sign up
• élireto elect, to take up
• provenirto originate, to arise
• parvenirto reach, to succeed
• redevenirto become again
• adjoindreto adjoin, to join up
• s'enfuirto flee; to run away
• reproduireto reproduce, to recreate, to regenerate
• distraireto distract
• inclureto include, to enclose, to feature
• émettreto emit, to state, to express
• défaireto take down, take apart, dismantle
• entretenirto maintain, to look after, to support
• exclureto exclude, to leave out
• desservirto serve, to have as or in its catchment area
• traduireto translate, to summon
• soumettreto submit
• bienvenirto welcome
• cloreclose
• introduireto introduce, to insert, to put in
• raireto troat, cry, bellow
• oindreto anoint
• méprendreto mistake, to make a mistake, to misunderstand
• conquérirto conquer, to capture, to win
• extraireextract, mine
• pourvoirto equip, provide, endow someone
• enfreindreto infringe
• prédireto predict, foretell
• acquérirto acquire, to obtain, to purchase
• revivreto live again; to relive, to relive
• déplaireto be displeasing or disliked, to be ill at ease
• recourirto run again, to race again, to resort
• corrompreto corrupt, impair, deprave
• promouvoirto promote
• émouvoirto move emotionally; to touch
• recouvrirto cover again or completely, to cover up
• démentirto contradict, gainsay, to deny
• redireresay, say again, retell
• reêtreto rebe, to be another time
• renaîtreto be reborn, to be born again, to reappear
• traireto milk
• teindreto dye, to tint, tinge
• reconstruirerebuild
• coudreto sew, to mend
• recueillirto collect, gather, to obtain
• requérirto call for, to require, to request
• retraireto withdraw; to take out
• percevoirto perceive, to make out, to collect
• moudreto grind
• prescrireto prescribe, To lose by prescription, to lapse
• frireto fry
• déduireto deduce; to work out, to deduct
• cueillirto gather, pick, to grab
• contredireto contradict
• équivaloirto be equivalent, to be the same
• croîtreto grow
• contraindreto constrain, to compel; force
• rouvrirto reopen, to open again
• relireto reread, to read again, to proofread
• manuscrireto handwrite
• dissoudreto dissolve, break up, separate
• feindreto fake; to feign
• consentirto consent
• réapparaîtreto reappear, to respawn
• recoudreto resew, mend, to stitch together
• advenirto happen, to occur
• survenirto occur, to happen unexpectedly, to appear
• surseoirto defer, to postpone, to stay
• reconduireto renew, to accompany ; to take
• entreprendreto undertake
• seoirto be suitable for; to be proper for, to be situated, sit down
• réavoirto rehave, to have another time
• forfaireto forfeit, to act against one's duties as a public official
• réécrireto rewrite, to write back
• comparaîtreto appear before a judge or government official
• instruireto instruct, to teach, to hear
• repeindreto repaint
• revaloirto get even
• omettreto omit
• vêtirto dress, to clothe, get dressed
• dépourvoirto unequip
• issirto leave, to go out
• restreindreto restrict, to limit, to restrain
• accroîtreto increase, to grow
• attraireto attract, to sue
• écloreto hatch, to bloom
• déchoirto wane, to strip
• encloreto enclose, to fortify
• resservirto serve again
• rabattreto make something lower, to close, shut
• reconquérirto reconquer, to regain, to win back
• induireto induce, to cause, to infer by inductive reasoning
• assaillirto assail; to assault; to attack
• abstenirto abstain
• geindreto moan, groan
• subvenirto provide for, to meet
• étreindreto hug, to clutch, grip
• rendormirto fall asleep again, to fall back to sleep, to go back to sleep
• accourirto rush up, run up, hurry
• rasseoirto re-sit, to sit back down
• assavoirto know
• éprendreto burn, to become enamoured with, fall in love with
• conjoindreto conjoin
• abstraireto abstract
• gésirto lie, especially when dead or wounded, to be located
• déteindreto bleach, to lose one's color, to bleed ; to transfer some color
• surfaireto overmake, to oversell
• enduireto plaster, to coat, cover
• inouïrto make someone live something incredible, to dazzle
• démettreto dismiss, discharge, to nonsuit
• circoncireto circumcise
• reboireto re-drink; to drink again
• pressentirto have a premonition, to foresee
• défaillirto faint, feel faint, to weaken
• absoudreto absolve
• ébattreto frolic, to frolic away
• soustraireto subtract, to avoid, to escape
• malfairedo wrong
• réélireto reelect
• entrevoirto make out, see vaguely; to glimpse, to foresee
• découdreto unsew, unstitch, to do battle
• réapprendreto relearn
• échoirto befall, to happen by chance, to become payable
• méfaireto do wrong; to do something immoral
• dépeindreto depict, portray, to depaint
• contrefaireto forge, counterfeit, to imitate
• remouvoirto move
• réouvrirto reopen
• revêtirto clothe, dress, to invest
• codétenirto detain together with another
• ouïrto hear, to listen
• enceindreto surround
• survêtirto overdress
• retransmettreto retransmit
• souscrireto subscribe
• proscrireto banish, to ban, prohibit
• redécouvrirto rediscover
• complaireto get stuck in, to get caught in, to take pleasure in
• repaitrepost-1990 spelling of repaître
• repouvoirto be able to again
• méconnaitrepost-1990 spelling of méconnaître
• prévaloirto prevail, to boast, to claim
• éconduireto dismiss, to get rid of, to refuse
• mouvoirto move, to go around, to move about

Conjugation data from Kaikki.org (extracted from English Wiktionary), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.