There is no definitive answer to this question, it is difficult to decide what is 'English', there are Latin words used in Law and French words used in cooking. However there is a dictionary know to contain 171,416 words in current use and 47,156 obsolete words. All in all there may be 250,000 words available in English.
There are more than 100,000,000 English words.
There are about 228,132 words total in the English language.
The book the History of English states that English is a combination of many languages. There are many French words. German words, a bit of Latin, and words from many sources including Native American.
There are more than 100,000,000 English words.
There are more than 100,000,000 English words.
there are 479,623 words currently
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There are at least 8,801 five-letter words in the English language.
how many words are there in the oxford English dictionary 2nd edition? thank you for your answer stormy
There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.
Many English words come from a variety of languages including Latin, French, and Germanic languages like Old English. Over time, English has borrowed and adapted words from these languages, leading to the rich and diverse vocabulary we have today.