Learn French on Netflix and YouTube with interactive subtitles and videos filtered by how many words you already know.
Users
160
+17 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
12
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#70K
#58K among extensions
Version
1.3.2
updated 29 Sep 2026
Users
monthly, 7 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:160 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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monthly, 7 months
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:12 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Be French - Learn French Through Immersion
Start for free, no account required, on any French YouTube or Netflix video!
NEW: Level System, Daily Quests, Achievements, and More...
⭐️ Beginner? Start building real vocabulary from Netflix and YouTube videos from day one
⭐️ Intermediate & beyond: word-level highlighting, instant pop-up definitions, AI explanations, one-click flashcard creation, and always know exactly how much of any video you understand
Sign up and start learning at befrench.io
🌐 Built exclusively for French learners by native French speakers
🎬 Works directly on YouTube and Netflix, no need for tab switching, no copy-pasting, no friction
📊 Personalized difficulty ratings so you always watch at the right level, the videos are sorted based on your known-words.
LEARN FRENCH THE WAY FRENCH PEOPLE ACTUALLY SPEAK IT:
• Study from real videos made by French creators for French audiences
• Understand exactly how much of any video you already know before you press play
• Go from beginner to fluent through comprehensible immersion, the most effective method proven by research
• Every word you look up, every card you make, every video you watch moves your progress forward
ALWAYS KNOW WHERE YOU STAND:
• Live vocabulary tracker on every Netflix and YouTube pages, it shows your % comprehension of the current video
• Global counter tracks every unique French word you've ever acquired
• Color-coded subtitles (Red = Unknown, Orange = Learning, Nothing = Known) give you an instant reading of any sentence
• Personalized difficulty analysis: find videos that challenge you just enough
FEATURES INCLUDE:
⭐️Smart Video Catalog
• Browse a curated library of native French YouTube videos, ranked by how easy or hard they'll be for you specifically
• Double-handle difficulty slider: filter to only show videos where you already know 50–95% of the words for example
• See word count, known word count, video length, views, and more at a glance
• Filter by category (Vlogs, Gaming, Education, ...), sort by easiest, hardest, newest, or most viewed
• Find your perfect comprehensible input video in seconds
⭐️ Interactive Netflix and YouTube Subtitles:
• Custom French subtitles injected directly over the video player
• Click any word to instantly look it up, without losing your pace
• Every word color-coded to your personal learning progress in real time
⭐️ Contextual Dictionary & AI Explanations
• Instant pop-up with translation, part-of-speech, and frequency rating the moment you click a word
• AI-generated explanations (and definitions) that go beyond a basic definition; understand nuance, register, and usage
• Word frequency badges so you know if you're learning a common word or a rare one
⭐️ One-Click Flashcard Creation (SRS)
• Turn any subtitle line into a rich flashcard with sentence, audio, screenshot of the video, and context in one click
• Spaced Repetition System built in; study the minimum cards needed to remember the most words
• Review your deck directly inside the extension; no need to open another app
• Online sync so your progress is never lost
Sign up and start learning at befrench.io!
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