FrequencyFree test · 20 words · 2 minutes
See what % of Portuguese words you know
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How it works
Twenty words, from the most common to the less common. Pick the English meaning. We'll estimate how much of everyday spoken Portuguese you'd recognise.
See a word
Four from each band of the list, easy first.
Pick a meaning
Four options. Guess if you're unsure.
Get your %
The share of words said that you'd recognise.
European Portuguese. Takes about two minutes. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Question 1 of 20
Pick the English meaning
European Portuguese
You recognise about 0%
of the words people say in everyday Portuguese.
This is an estimate from 20 questions, four from each band of the frequency list. Each band counts in proportion to how much of everyday speech its words make up, so the most common words matter most. Lucky guesses count too — a multiple-choice quiz can't tell them apart.