Vocabulary size test

Find out how many words you know. Tick the words you recognise and get an estimate of your vocabulary. Free, no account.

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How the estimate is made

Words are grouped by how common they are: the first thousand most frequent, the second thousand, and so on up to rare words. A few words are shown from each group. If you know half the words shown from a group, you are assumed to know about half the words in that group. The groups are then added up.

What this test does not do

It does not check whether you can use a word in speech — only whether you recognise it. Recognition is always wider than active vocabulary. And it is an estimate: the result moves between attempts, which is why the number is rounded to hundreds.