Online English Vocabulary Size Test

arealme.com ^ | July 12, 2016 | http://www.arealme.com/

[Jed Eckert]

Ever wonder about your vocabulary size? Even if you are a daily English speaker or a native English speaker, you still might find this test challenging!

We conducted academic research and looked at online resources to design the model of this quiz. We believe we've prepared the best quiz for you!

[tomkat]

Would like to see the answer sheet re how many/which we missed  :-\

[grey_whiskers]

30,150.

[grey_whiskers]

Phooey and double phooey!

[SoFloFreeper]

you scored higher than me.

I was at 22,050, in the top 6.6%

[SoFloFreeper]

yeah, but then again didn’t they wipe their butts with corn cobs?

[Honorary Serb]

I got 29625 (top 0>19%).

They said that I was “Shakespeare”and would even be capable of making up new words that could go in the English dictionary!!!!

Of course, I DO make up new words and phrases—right here on FR!

[Dad x 3]

Whoa! 30325 ★★★ Top 0.01% You are Shakespeare! You can even create new words that will expand the English dictionary.

[SES1066]

Would like to see the answer sheet re how many/which we missed :-\

With the top score that I have seen posted being 30500, followed by 30325 then 30150, it appears that at the top scores are valued at 175 BUT 175*50=8750 and 30500/50=610 so I'd guess that there is a sliding scale working here somewhere. Translation, no clue!

[Duchess47]

Your English Vocabulary Size is: 23550 ★★★ Top 4.27% Your vocabulary size is equal to that of a 30-year-old successful American businessperson!

[kabar]

29,975—top 0.12% — You are Shakespeare! You can even create new words that will expand the English dictionary.

[Covenantor]

Me, too! Funny, a lot of Shakespeares here on FreeRepublic, how is this possible?

You recall that old chestnut about a million monkeys sitting before typewriters eventually coming up with "Hamlet"?

Well, would you care to share some bananas?

30,325+

;>)

[rdcbn]

In Shakespeare’s time spelling wasn’t so uniform; more individual freedom. :-)

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I guess I was born five hundred years too late.

Since I was bored I put put on my digital trench coat and slunk on down to the DU.

Lookey at what I found.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9742163

Overall, they are a LOT smarter over there than us Neanderthals over here.

They have some really sharp people, English PhDs, no less, posting scores of 37,000 to 42,000. :-)

I'm too lazy to do a proper regression and curve fit for the normal distribution from the results posted here, but the mathematical intuition and my gut from taking the test suggests to me that the highest possible score tops out at somewhere in the 32 -34,000 range.

DU vocabulary scoring seems to have much in common with Democrat Party vote counting

[Damifino]

You know there’s no single word to describe a person having a large vocabulary. That’s pretty funny actually.

[jocon307]

“30150, which is probably the highest this test goes.”

Darling dear it goes at least to 30325, my exact score ;)

[Gamecock]

29,275.

Not bad for a SC public school graduate.

[little jeremiah]

Perfect illustration of mere brain “smarts” are worthless (or even harmful!) without a moral compass, sound principles and good ol’ motherwit.

[little jeremiah]

ROTFLOL!!!

[gop4lyf]

You beat me.

[little jeremiah]

They didn’t have corn.

[kosciusko51]

The test they used on DU is completely different. The “test” gives you two pages of words and ask you to check the one you know.

So, as usual, they can make outrageous claims without the need to prove them.