Various sources suggest that the average person has a vocabulary of about 4000 words, whereas Shakespeare used between 17000 and 29000 different words in his works (it depends on what you consider to be different words). Any way you cut it, Shakespeare uses a lot more words than people now know or his audience then had heard of.
Generally, most people have a vocabulary of about 10,000 words, and this has not changed much. Shakespeare used about 30,000 wprds. The King James Bible, written at about the same time, used about 8,000.
It's estimated that Shakespeare used over thirty thousand words, many more than most people. The King James Bible uses a vocabulary of about eight thousand words.
Famously, he is the first person to use the word "assassination" in print. He created many words, not all of which have caught on and become part of our vocabulary. "Superflux" is one of my favourites.
It depends on the modern writer. Dr. Suess used very few words indeed. Others have a much more extensive vocabulary.
His vocabulary was larger than the average person. An average person's vocabulary is 10,000 words-15,000 words if you are really smart. William Shakespeare's vocabulary was over 29,000 words!!!!
Unfortunately, there is no possible way to count all words in the English language because some words could be considered as having two separate meanings and therefore there would be no true answer.
It's estimated that Shakespeare used over thirty thousand words, many more than most people. The King James Bible uses a vocabulary of about eight thousand words.
Famously, he is the first person to use the word "assassination" in print. He created many words, not all of which have caught on and become part of our vocabulary. "Superflux" is one of my favourites.
It depends on the modern writer. Dr. Suess used very few words indeed. Others have a much more extensive vocabulary.
His vocabulary was larger than the average person. An average person's vocabulary is 10,000 words-15,000 words if you are really smart. William Shakespeare's vocabulary was over 29,000 words!!!!
It is estimated that the average adult knows between 20,000 to 35,000 words. However, vocabulary size can vary greatly depending on factors such as education level and life experiences.
Unfortunately, there is no possible way to count all words in the English language because some words could be considered as having two separate meanings and therefore there would be no true answer.
vocabulary is how many words that you know and use.
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Probably the same as people these days--5000 to 10,000. Shakespeare used something like 30,000 words, many of which he made up, so his audiences must have had to figure out a lot of them from context.
Vocabulary has five syllables (vo-cab-u-lar-y).
The average graduated (educated) person has a vocabulary count of about 23000 words! So unless you are a Genius and know a FEW languages NO one person could know that many words.
"The Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss contains around 236 unique vocabulary words.