Russian Frequency Dictionary 2 - Intermediate Vocabulary

Intermediate Russian Vocabulary List: 2501-5000 Most Common Russian Words

This book is a follow-up of the Russian Frequency Dictionary - Essential Vocabulary. 

This book expands on the Russian word list of the first book in the Russian learning series. You will improve your vocabulary from about CEFR A2+ up to CEFR B2+ level. This frequency dictionary is intended for intermediate Russian students. 

If you know the 5000 most common Russian words, you will have a vocabulary similar to an adult native speaker who finished high-school.

You can express yourself with ease, and go about your daily life effortlessly. Shopping, small talk, and regular conversations are easy enough for you. You can read and understand virtually all radio and TV shows, websites, and the newspaper. Reading literature is still challenging, and discussing technical issues in-depth will have you looking for words. 

In technical terms: you can understand 89% of all spoken Russian and 85% of all written Russian.

You don't have to have read the 1st book in the series to enjoy this frequency dictionary. Any intermediate Russian learner will benefit from this book.

You can use this book as a stand-alone Russian course. You can also use it together with any other intermediate Russian lessons, courses or methods.

This book contains the 2501 to 5000 most common Russian words. The Russian word list is presented to you in a neatly organized manner.

• intermediate Russian vocabulary, with English translation(s).

• Russian words ranked by general frequency and alphabet.

• Frequency as part of speech (the most used adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.)

• Russian to English example sentences.

• Phonetic spelling of Russian words (IPA phonetic transcriptions)

What is Inside This Russian Dictionary?

The basis of this dictionary consisted of over 1 million words. All raw data has been lemmatized and cleaned. We do not list conjugations of verbs and adjectives as separate entries. This book only lists only the root word, just like in a regular dictionary.

This Russian word list for intermediate students can roughly be divided into three sections:

• 2500 Russian words, ranked by general frequency.
• Frequency lists by part of speech: 
• list of adjectives in Russian
• list of adverbs in Russian
• list of conjunctions in Russian
• list of prepositions in Russian
• list of pronouns Russian
• list of nouns in Russian
• list of common Russian verbs
•  2,500 Russian words in alphabetical order.

Russian pronunciation can be challenging. We added phonetic transcriptions of Russian words, so you know how to pronounce Russian words right. The phonetic spelling of words is done with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Intermediate Russian: Summary

The Russian Frequency Dictionary 2 – Intermediate Vocabulary gives you a high-frequency word list to learn intermediate Russian. Study the most used words to expand your Russian vocabulary rapidly. 

These high-frequency words are an excellent tool for intermediate Russian lessons.

This word list roughly covers CEFR vocabulary ratings from A2+ (advanced beginner) to B2+ (independent user).

Genre: Foreign Language Study.

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The print editions are 6 x 9 inch (15.2 x 22.9 cm), approximately 216 pages each. You can pre-order them now. They are expected to ship in Q1 2027. You pay at checkout and your copy ships as soon as printing is complete. The e-book is a separate option on this page.