# French Dictionary & Thesaurus — user reviews

> 72 indexed App Store user reviews of French Dictionary & Thesaurus by Farlex, Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 907 ratings.

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- Rating breakdown: 5★ 730 · 4★ 122 · 3★ 31 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 10

## What do users think of French Dictionary & Thesaurus?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Helpful for looking up words
- 👍 Provides good explanations and examples
- 👍 Useful for learning and improving French
- 👍 Comprehensive dictionary with multiple sources
- 👍 Convenient and faster than physical dictionary
- 👍 Helpful with verb conjugations

**Cons**

- 🐛 Missing frequently used words and verbs
- 🔍 Inconsistent in displaying English translations
- 🔍 Annoying to scroll down to find verb conjugations
- 🔍 Slow performance in some cases
- 🔍 Limited offline functionality

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Unable to find simple common words
- Incorrect translations for some words
- Audio pronunciation not working at times

**Most requested features**

- Add more frequently used words and verbs
- Improve search functionality and UI
- Provide written pronunciation guides
- Integrate with other apps for seamless lookup
- Improve offline capabilities

## Newest reviews (16 of 72)

### 3/5 — Missing key features

*2022-08-24*

Verb conjunction pronunciation,

And all the info is on one page it’s annoying to scroll all the way down to see verbs.

Good stuff if there’s many examples for the words.

### 5/5 — Me ajuda com a pronúncia correta

*2022-08-09*

Eu gosto muito desse aplicativo, pois aparece, na maioria das palavras, a maneira correta de se falar. Porém, um ponto negativo é a falta de fluidez do aplicativo ao procurar uma palavra. Parece que fica carregando e demora um pouco.

### 5/5 — Excellent dictionary

*2020-11-21*

Much better than I thought when I got the app, so helpful to understand a word.

### 5/5 — Great app

*2020-11-06, version 2.0*

Thanks, best French dictionary app out there.  Reminds me of the Petite Robert .

### 4/5 — Amazing!

*2020-10-07*

It’s a great app and it helps me a lot with French class! A little slow, but overall great!

### 3/5 — Not complete

*2020-10-02*

Some words not possible to translate such as various cuss words

### 4/5 — Great tool

*2020-05-13*

A quick way to improve vocabulary. Reasonably fast, quite accurate, and not too many annoying ads.

### 5/5 — Better than the robert-collins i spent $14 on,

*2020-05-02*

As the title says. I got this for free and yet i find every word i look for and find less than half in the robert-collins i spent $14 on. Save your money and get this one

### 5/5 — Complémentaire

*2020-03-28*

Thank you for this up 
It is very useful and also complete and full of examples

### 3/5 — Inconsistent

*2020-03-23*

Love the multiple definitions, contexts, and sources. Pronunciation is clear, quick and helpful. But the English translation appears only inconsistently and unpredictably for some reason, which makes it useless for me. I see no way of controlling that. Too bad.

**Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback! The availability of English translations varies from word to word depending on the source material.

### 5/5 — Mind-blowingly perfect !!

*2020-01-04*

Thank you, thank you, thank you ! for the perfect audio pronunciation❤️🙏🏻

### 4/5 — French dictionary

*2019-11-28*

V. Good

### 5/5 — FRENCH DICTIONARY

*2019-10-31*

I LOVE THIS APP SOOOO MUCH
I love this app because it helps me a lot in French class

### 4/5 — Good

*2019-10-25*

Good app but it has adds. 
Anyways it’s good

### 4/5 — Really really useful - could do with the addition of phrases / cultural references

*2019-10-13*

Apart from not being able to find certain phrases, such as « pieds-noirs » , absolutely brilliant!

### 5/5 — Really helpful

*2019-10-12*

It’s faster than using a physical dictionary

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — What is so good about this dictionary?

*2023-02-18, version 3.2*

It does not have simple words like was, am, is, to, be.This dictionary may be helpful to someone who already knows the words, but for someone who is new to French I do not see it’s value at all.

### 1/5 — Pink

*2019-12-15*

Dictionary couldn’t find pink meaning))))

### 1/5 — Wouldn’t use again

*2018-06-06, version 1.7*

It’s a barely sufficient app or dictionary wouldn’t stop asking me for a review witch was quite an annoyance 1 star

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2018-04-28, version 1.7*

Want to know the definition of frustration.  Try this app. Better yet don’t waste your time.

### 1/5 — Terrible

*2016-10-08, version 1.5*

I m french and i was looking for a dictionary app to help my wife to learn french and most of the translations are wrong or couldn't find them. Not even "almost" is in the dictionary?!?! You look for "at least" and it gives you "son" when it actually means "au moins". Ridiculous!!

### 1/5 — Unfit for purpose

*2016-10-05*

Off line is very limited. Even online it is almost useless. I learned almost nothing about the sample French words I looked up. Deleting now.

### 2/5 — Many frequently used words are not in this dictionary

*2024-11-14*

This is a good go to app if you are looking for words you don’t know. It has good explanations on different meanings and different uses. It also has verb conjugations which I find very helpful. But the biggest short coming of this app is that many frequently used verbs are not in this dictionary. For example: s’assoir (to sit down) is not here. Pretty much every day I encounter a verb I could not find here. So to improve this app, please have the complete set of frequently used verbs added to this app.

**Developer response:** Thank you for reaching out! I see what you mean about searching for a reflexive verb in the app. However, we do have an entry for "asseoir".

### 2/5 — Could be better

*2018-09-02*

When I search some words they don't translate it.

### 2/5 — Written pronunciations

*2017-08-04, version 1.7*

This app could be better if it had written pronunciations. I'm trying to write down French words but it's pointless if you read how it's supposed to be pronounced.

### 3/5 — Excellent dictionary

*2025-11-29*

Very through.  Definitions and usage at different times and areas of interest.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Very good resource for looking up words

*2026-01-24*

Very good resource for looking up words

### 5/5 — Great

*2025-10-21*

Great French dictionary

### 5/5 — Awesome!!!

*2024-09-03*

For someone who is learning French or who need to improve his French, I absolutely recommend this Dictionary!!

### 5/5 — Good for French to English translation

*2024-07-03*

Often when I look up a word, it is part of a phrase, which changes the meaning. This gives you all uses of the word and phrases. Super helpful.

### 5/5 — Handy tool

*2023-08-16*

So glad to have a dictionary that gives the French meaning and not merely a translation.

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2023-07-26*

It’s very useful some times If you live in Quebec

### 5/5 — Good guidance

*2023-06-22*

Both on examples in French and English; also the pronunciation (the toughest part in learning French.

But the soft keyboard mapping is weird.

### 5/5 — Very Helpful!

*2023-06-13*

I had been looking for French pronunciation help with diacritical markings and also verbal/oral pronunciation.  This app has just that!

The definitions with examples make this app very thorough.  

I am so very glad I found it!  I definitely recommend this app and have told others about it.

### 5/5 — ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

*2022-10-02*

Great app! It has everything needed including English translations for the words and conjugation charts for verbs! The translations are simple and easy to understand too! Plus the app is free, which is really amazing considering all the useful things you can find in the app!

### 5/5 — Surprised

*2022-09-18, version 3.2*

9/18/22 Surprised that the audio is working now. It hadn’t been working for quite some time. Glad to hear you again! Thank you!

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