← French Level Checker
Learn French by level
A short, no-nonsense guide to every CEFR level. What it actually means, what you can do at it, the grammar and vocabulary that define it, and how to climb to the next one.
- A1~80 hours of study · ~500 words
A1 French
First contact: greetings, present tense, concrete topics.
- A2~180 hours of study · ~1000 words
A2 French
Past tense, simple connectors, everyday topics handled with confidence.
- B1~350 hours of study · ~2000 words
B1 French
Opinions, narratives, travel, simple subjunctive. The threshold level.
- B2~600 hours of study · ~4000 words
B2 French
Abstract topics, complex subjunctive, newspaper opinion pieces without a dictionary.
- C1~1000 hours of study · ~8000 words
C1 French
Literary tenses, idioms, nuance, register-switching at will.
- C2~1500+ hours of study · ~15,000+ words
C2 French
Effectively native: puns, regionalisms, stylistic intent.