Vocabulary by category
16969 words · 347 lists · 20 topics
20 areas across 347 word lists and 16969 words. Each category can be practised as a whole — across its lists and across the levels.
The largest is “Nature and natural sciences” with 1550 words, the smallest “Family, home and clothes” with 324. Both numbers are calculated and nowhere typed by hand.
The 20 categories
- Basic words: numbers, time, verbsGreetings, pronouns, numbers, colours, basic verbs, measures, time.
- Family, home and clothesFamily, flat, household, clothes, renting, moving, garden.
- Food, shopping and errandsEating out, cooking, shopping, bank, post, weather, directions.
- Transport and travelTravel, car, garage, hotel, tourism, trains, planes, boats.
- Work and jobsJob hunting, contracts, meetings, office, customers, logistics.
- Authorities, school, health carePaperwork, public offices, school, university, health system.
- Law and contractsCourts, employment law, data protection, criminal and civil law.
- Buildings, cities and energyArchitecture, city planning, transport, energy, water, waste.
- History, research and dataScience, history, statistics, archives, archaeology, libraries.
- Farming and food productionAgriculture, wine, beer, coffee, bakery, fishing, butchery.
- Nature and natural sciencesNature, climate, birds, geology, astronomy, physics, genetics.
- Money, finance and economyBusiness, personal finance, banking, tax, insurance, accounting.
- Health and the bodyBody, doctor, pharmacy, emergencies, dentist, medical fields.
- Technology and industryDevices, data, networks, machines, electrics, robotics.
- Free time and sportSport, festivals, beach, camping, mountains, games.
- Society, politics and mediaNews, politics, migration, social media, religion, environment.
- Language and expressionLinking words, register, idioms, saying verbs, translation.
- People and feelingsFeelings, character, friendship, small talk, body language.
- Art and cultureArt, literature, film, music, theatre, photography, crafts.
- Opinions and arguingOpinion, debate, philosophy, ethics, logic, rhetoric.
Practise a category as a whole
Every category page has a quiz drawn from all its lists. If you would rather have the full choice — level, mode, length — you will also find the categories in the “Area” field of the practice page, each as the first entry of its group.