Frequency Dictionaries for Language Learners

A frequency dictionary lists the most commonly used words in a language, ranked by how often they appear in everyday speech and writing. Unlike alphabetical dictionaries, a frequency dictionary shows you which words to learn first for the fastest path to fluency.

The science is clear: the 2,500 most common words in any language account for 95% of daily communication. Mastering just 10,000 words gives you comprehension of 98% of spoken language and 97% of written language — enough to understand meaning through context alone.

Each MostUsedWords frequency dictionary includes:

• A thoroughly researched, modern frequency list based on subtitle corpus data
• Example sentences showing each word used in context
• Phonetic transcriptions for correct pronunciation
• Sublists of the most common nouns, verbs, and adjectives

Browse our frequency dictionaries by language:

• Bulgarian

• Czech

• Danish

• Dutch

• Estonian

• Finnish

• French

• German

• Greek

• Italian

• Polish

• Portuguese

• Romanian

• Spanish

• Swedish