Ratatouille — Top 100 Words

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If you are wondering, "What are the most common English words in Ratatouille?" the answer lies in the film’s kitchen drama and character conflicts. Learners will encounter practical action verbs and nouns at CEFR A1–B2 levels, such as fire (A1), stop (A2), taste (A1), toast (A2), and file (B1). Essential phrases like make it (B1), get out (A2), come back (A1), work out (B1), and take out the garbage (A2) appear naturally in scenes with Remy, Linguini, and Chef Skinner. The story also explores themes of ambition and failure with words like steal food (A2), lose job (A2), lead to (B1), trap (B1), and give credit (B2). Watching this movie lets you see vocabulary in context, making it ideal for A2–B2 learners.

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This show (the 2007 Pixar film) is best suited for learners at A2 (pre-intermediate) to B2 (upper-intermediate) levels. The dialogue is relatively clear, and the emotional stakes around steal food, trap, and lead to make vocabulary memorable. Beginners at A1 can still pick up high-frequency words like stop and taste, while advanced learners will appreciate idiomatic phrases such as give credit and work out.

#	Word / Phrase	Level	Count
1	fire	B1	4	+
2	stop	A2	3	+
3	interest	B1	2	+
4	steal food	A2	2	+
5	steal	A2	2	+
6	taste	A2	2	+
7	toast	B1	2	+
8	lead to	B1	2	+
9	make it	B1	2	+
10	get out	A2	2	+
11	lose job	B1	2	+
12	finish	B1	2	+
13	trap	B1	2	+
14	come back	A2	2	+
15	fail	A2	2	+
16	work out	B1	2	+
17	lose	B1	2	+
18	file	B1	2	+
19	take out the garbage	A2	2	+
20	give credit	B2	1	+
21	aware of	B1	1	+
22	not a big deal	B1	1	+
23	worthy	B2	1	+
24	rise and shine	B1	1	+
25	come up	B1	1	+
26	celebrate success	B1	1	+
27	taste check	B1	1	+
28	thin for someone who likes food	B1	1	+
29	forgive for intruding	B2	1	+
30	done yet	A2	1	+
31	involuntary	B2	1	+
32	open up	B1	1	+
33	noble cause	B2	1	+
34	risk something	B1	1	+
35	selfish	B1	1	+
36	condemn to the tourist trade	C1	1	+
37	get all needed	B1	1	+
38	work up	B2	1	+
39	anyone can cook	A2	1	+
40	colony	B2	1	+
41	humble origins	B2	1	+
42	steal all you want	B1	1	+
43	no one will ever know	A2	1	+
44	cute job	B1	1	+
45	on one's side	B1	1	+
46	according to tradition	B1	1	+
47	bring food over	A2	1	+
48	fresh out	B1	1	+
49	visit	B1	1	+
50	bribe	B2	1	+
51	responsible for	B1	1	+
52	reach for	B1	1	+
53	book	B1	1	+
54	short	B1	1	+
55	sporting chance	B2	1	+
56	change nature	B1	1	+
57	freak out	B2	1	+
58	scamper	B2	1	+
59	get a job	A2	1	+
60	turn out	B1	1	+
61	offer up	B2	1	+
62	puppet	B1	1	+
63	to the ends of the earth	B2	1	+
64	seriously now	B1	1	+
65	designed to	B1	1	+
66	in charge of	B1	1	+
67	secret life	B2	1	+
68	gross understatement	C1	1	+
69	trust	A2	1	+
70	worry	A2	1	+
71	dig	B2	1	+
72	out of the way	B1	1	+
73	fill a book	B1	1	+
74	do well	A2	1	+
75	take away a star	B2	1	+
76	that's exactly what I said not to do	B1	1	+
77	not know someone is alive	B2	1	+
78	cold	B1	1	+
79	take a bold risk	B2	1	+
80	push off	B1	1	+
81	all out	B1	1	+
82	rightful owner	B2	1	+
83	tough out there	B1	1	+
84	one of us	A2	1	+
85	throw in	B1	1	+
86	all this time	B1	1	+
87	guts	B2	1	+
88	drop by	B1	1	+
89	lock up	B1	1	+
90	borrow	A2	1	+
91	subtle	B2	1	+
92	old flame	B2	1	+
93	have a gift	B1	1	+
94	extraordinary position	C1	1	+
95	in front of the press	B2	1	+
96	motorcycle away	B1	1	+
97	ask about	A2	1	+
98	study under	B2	1	+
99	gourmet kitchen	B2	1	+
100	stay out of	B1	1	+

* These frequency counts are approximate values based on AI-extracted vocabulary data.