Italian Frequency Dictionary - Advanced Vocabulary

This is the 3rd book in the Italian Frequency Dictionary series.

With this book, you will increase your vocabulary from roughly CEFR B2+ up to CEFR C1+.

This book is for advanced students of Italian, and meant for those who want to improve their Italian even further.

By knowing the most used 7.500 words, you will have a vocabulary comparable to an adult native speaker with higher education. You will be able to express yourself comfortably, and are able to understand 93% of all Italian text, and 97% of all spoken Italian.

It is not necessary to have read the 1st or 2nd book in the series for you to enjoy this frequency dictionary. It can be used as a stand-alone tool, or in conjunction with any other language method.

This book contains:

• The most common 5.001-7.500 Italian words, with English translations.


• Italian vocabulary ranked by general frequency and alphabet.


• Frequency as part of speech (most used adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.)


• 2.500 Italian to English example sentences.


• Phonetic spelling of Italian

Why Study By Frequency?

While it's important to note it's impossible to pin down these numbers and statistics with 100% accuracy, these are a global average of multiple sources. According to research, this is the amount of vocabulary needed for varying levels of fluency:



• 250 words: the essential core of a language. Without these words, you cannot construct sentences.


• 750 words: those that are used every single day by every person who speaks the language.


• 2500 words: those that should enable you to express everything you could possibly want to say, although some creativity might be required.


• 5000 words: the active vocabulary of native speakers without higher education. You will understand 95% of all spoken language.


• 10,000 words: the active vocabulary of native speakers with higher education.


• 20,000 words: the amount you need to recognize passively in order to read, understand, and enjoy a work of literature such as a novel by a notable author.



What is Inside This Book?

A frequency list of the most frequently used Italian words, based on analysis of 20 gigabytes of Italian subtitles, the equivalent of 80.000 books of 200 pages each; more than two large libraries worth of text.

A large base text collection is absolutely vital in order to establish a reliable general frequency list.

Subtitles have the advantage of corresponding both to written and spoken language. This makes subtitles the best method for creating a useful and practical word frequency list.

This Italian to English frequency dictionary can roughly be divided in three parts.

• 2.500 Italian words in ranked by general frequency




• Frequency ranking by part of speech (E.G, The most used adject