Vocabulary

This vocabulary test measures how many words you recognize from a large database, helping estimate the size of your English vocabulary. If you test at least 100 words, you will get an estimate of the size of your English vocabulary.

About the Vocabulary Test

This vocabulary test measures how many words you recognize from a large database, helping estimate the size of your English vocabulary.

The test presents one word at a time. Click 'I Know This' if you are certain you know the word and its meaning. Click 'Don't Know' if you are unsure or don't know the word.

If you don’t respond within 5 seconds, it counts as 'I Don’t Know'.

Click 'Stop' to stop or if you need a break. Continue again with the 'Start' button.

If you test at least 100 words, you will get an estimate of how may words in this database are in your vocabulary.

For unknown words, a brief definition will be displayed (from https://dictionaryapi.dev/, showing one or few meanings of the word. For more detailed definitions, use the links to Wiktionary or Merriam Webster or Google. This will allow you to study the words thoroughly and include them in your vocabulary.

The Database

This database of over 40,000 English words was compiled by modifying some common word lists found on the internet (see: here and here). Although much larger lists are available, they include thousands of very rarely used words and are beyond the scope of this page.

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