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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Lexicon Databases by Difficulty and Frequency #182152 01/29/2009 4:19 PM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 Boston MA and Online StrictlyEnglish stranger StrictlyEnglish stranger Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 Boston MA and Online Hi everyone. How could I find free databases of words grouped by "frequency of use" or by "level of difficulty / reading level"? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help out! Yours. Jon Hodge, Ph.D. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lexicon Databases by Difficulty and Frequency StrictlyEnglish #182172 01/29/2009 10:55 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Hi John, and welcome to the Forum. I have no idea how to find it out, but I am sure someone will help, be patient. Also I have a PM coming. Luke ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lexicon Databases by Difficulty and Frequency LukeJavan8 #182182 01/30/2009 1:27 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont welcome, Jon! how about Word Frequency Database? a google of frequency of word use got me all sorts of fun things, especially this one. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lexicon Databases by Difficulty and Frequency Buffalo Shrdlu #182206 01/30/2009 6:30 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Most helpful, this site has a wealth of information. I've 'favorited' this one: fascinating. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lexicon Databases by Difficulty and Frequency LukeJavan8 #182218 01/31/2009 1:10 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 Most helpful, this site has a wealth of information. I've 'favorited' this one: fascinating. I didn't. I bookmarked it instead. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lexicon Databases by Difficulty and Frequency Buffalo Shrdlu #182224 01/31/2009 3:37 AM Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 United States janet FAP stranger janet FAP stranger Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 United States If you're using Microsoft Word, Under Tools, Spelling and Grammar options you may select "readability". This will analyze selected text in your Word document. Google the term 'free readability', and that may help too. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lexicon Databases by Difficulty and Frequency janet FAP #182229 01/31/2009 6:49 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Hi Janet Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lexicon Databases by Difficulty and Frequency Zed #182244 01/31/2009 11:09 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Welcome JanetFAP ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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