English Vocabulary Lists
Boost your English vocabulary with the Oxford 3000, Oxford 5000, and Longman 300 word lists. These lists contain the most common words you need to know for communication, reading, and writing.
Oxford 3000
The Oxford 3000 list contains the 3000 most frequent words in English. Learning these words will help you understand about 90% of written English.
Oxford 5000
The Oxford 5000 list contains the 5000 most frequent words in English. Learning these words will help you understand about 95% of written English.
Longman 3000
The Longman Communication 3000 compiles the 3,000 most commonly used words in spoken and written English. This list is built upon a statistical analysis of the vast Longman Corpus Network, encompassing nearly 390 million words of authentic English text.