Apparently my vocabulary is somewhat mighty...

[the_vulture]

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Go ahead; test your vocabulary.

According to this test, most adult native English speakers score somewhere between 20,000 to 35,000 estimated words in their vocabulary. I scored 31,800. Yay me!  :)

Comments

[nekosensei.livejournal.com]

Wow...you did much better than I did. I got 26,400.

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

I was in school way too long...

[itsjustc.livejournal.com]

You did loads better than me too, I only got 25,700.

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

I was quite the bookworm in my youth and took a number of English lit and writing classes during my college years.

[marina-bonomi.livejournal.com]

I took it as well,I wonder wether the results can be a bit skewed in favor of native speakers of romance languages, a lot of 'difficult' English words have Latin or Greek roots that are, at the very least, familiar to us.

I'd be also curious to know if there are differences in average results between native speakers from different countries, I'll keep an eye on that site.

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

I do believe, based on the survey they give at the end, that they are tracking results by nation, as well as age, gender, and native/non-native English speakers. I'm curious as to the results they draw from that, too.

[campybear.livejournal.com]

http://testyourvocab.com/?r=505044 I think I might read too much...

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

Possibly. :P

37,400 words here

[spinderella-nb.livejournal.com]

I was rather surprised, as I don't read a lot of non-fiction for the most part.

Re: 37,400 words here

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

After a bit of discussion in other parts, the conclusion I've arrived at is that this test favours the vocabulary of those who've read a lot of classic literature, as opposed to knowing a lot of technical language. That, and as I discovered retaking the test, just knowing one or two words more at the higher end makes a HUGE difference in the score.