Tap through 30 Spanish words sampled from A1 to C2 level. You'll get an instant estimate of your vocabulary size and CEFR level. Free, no signup, ~3 minutes.
How many words are there in Spanish? The Royal Spanish Academy’s dictionary (DLE) contains about 93,000 entries, and estimates for the full language run far higher once regional variants across 20+ countries are counted. You need a tiny fraction of that: roughly 500 words covers A1 basics and about 4,000 puts you at B2 fluency. This test estimates how many you already know.
Looking for a Spanish word counter? This is the version that counts you: instead of counting words in a text, it tallies how many Spanish words you actually know, estimating your vocabulary size across CEFR levels A1 to C2.
30 words · 2–3 minutes · be honest — only count words you could actually translate
Tip: use ← (don't know) and → (know) on a keyboard
| Score | CEFR | What you can actually do |
|---|---|---|
| ~500 | A1 | Introduce yourself, order food, survive as a tourist |
| ~1,200 | A2 | Handle routine daily exchanges and simple messages |
| ~2,500 | B1 | Hold real conversations and understand most everyday texts |
| ~4,000 | B2 | Work in Spanish, follow films and news comfortably |
| ~6,000–8,000 | C1 | Study at university level, read novels without a dictionary |
| 8,000+ | C2 | Near-native range: nuance, idiom, and register |
There is no single official count, but the reference points are useful: the RAE’s Diccionario de la lengua española lists about 93,000 entries, and the real total is effectively open-ended once you count regional vocabulary from Mexico to Argentina. For learners the practical numbers are far smaller: the 3,000 to 5,000 most frequent words cover the bulk of everyday Spanish, which is why frequency-ordered decks are the fastest way in. For how word counts map to CEFR levels across languages, see how many words you need to speak a language.
This test measures how many Spanish words you recognize. The free Spanish synonym quiz measures the other half: whether you know those words well enough to connect them to their synonyms — the difference between recognizing vocabulary and actually owning it. Two minutes, no signup, level-matched questions from the same CEFR-graded decks.
Vocabulary research maps CEFR levels to approximate word counts: ~500 words for A1, ~1,200 for A2, ~2,500 for B1, ~4,000 for B2, and 6,000–8,000+ for C1/C2. The test shows you a random sample of words from each level's decks; the share you recognize at each level estimates how much of that level's vocabulary you own. Curious how we schedule reviews after the test? See the interactive forgetting-curve simulator.
A few of the Spanish words the test draws on at each level:
| A1 | hola, adiós, buenos días, buenas tardes |
| A2 | el aspecto, delgado, gordo, rubio |
| B1 | la nómina, la prestación, la sede, la sucursal |
| B2 | el sufragio, el plebiscito, la promulgación, el mandato |
| C1 | el paradigma, el constructivismo, el empirismo, la triangulación |
| C2 | la hamartía, la hybris, el deus ex machina, la elipsis narrativa |
The test samples words from CEFR-leveled decks (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) and estimates your vocabulary size from how many you recognize at each level. It's a directional estimate, good for choosing where to start studying, not a certified assessment. Retaking it gives you a fresh random sample.
Take this free test: you tap through a sample of Spanish words from A1 to C2, marking each as known or unknown, and it estimates your total vocabulary size and CEFR level in about 3 minutes. No signup is needed, and you can retake it any time for a fresh sample.
Roughly 500 words covers A1 basics, 1,200 gets you to A2, 2,500 to B1 independence, 4,000 to B2 fluency in most conversations, and 6,000 to 8,000+ to C1/C2 mastery. Frequency matters more than raw count; the most common words do most of the work.
An educated native speaker typically knows tens of thousands of words, but you need far fewer to communicate well. Around 3,000 to 5,000 well-chosen words cover most everyday conversation, which is why frequency-based study is so efficient.
Start studying at the level where you stopped recognizing words. All our Spanish decks are free, so copy one to your library and review with FSRS spaced repetition, which schedules each word right before you'd forget it.
In a sense, yes — instead of counting the words in a piece of text, it counts how many Spanish words you personally know. You tap through a sample of Spanish words from A1 to C2, and it estimates your total vocabulary size from how many you recognise, in about 3 minutes with no signup.
The Diccionario de la lengua española, published by the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), contains about 93,000 entries, and estimates for the full language run far higher once Americanisms and regional variants from 20+ Spanish-speaking countries are counted. For learners the practical number is much smaller: the 3,000 to 5,000 most frequent Spanish words cover most everyday conversation.
Educated native Spanish speakers know tens of thousands of words, but learners need far fewer: about 500 words covers A1 basics, 1,200 reaches A2, 2,500 gives you B1 independence, and around 4,000 frequency-ordered words puts you at B2, where you can follow Spanish TV and hold real conversations. This test estimates where you currently sit on that scale.
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