How many Italian words do you know?

A two-minute test measures your vocabulary — honestly, by asking you what words mean, not whether you think you know them. Then Glotalot trains the words just beyond your frontier, a few minutes a day, so the number keeps climbing.

Vocabulary grows in steps. The first ones are the words you meet everywhere — in Italian, they go like this:

  • 0–100 wordsdopo, volta, sembrare
  • 100–200 wordsallora, servizio, bisogno
  • 200–400 wordscittadino, rispondere, scrivere
  • 400–700 wordsazienda, andata, bisogna
  • 700–1,000 wordsutile, riprendere, conferma
  • 1,000–2,000 wordsregista, appunto, addosso
  • 2,000–4,000 wordspremere, incubo, fallire
  • 4,000–7,300 wordschiacchiera, funebre, massimizzare

Past 7,300 words the common ones are behind you, and what changes is how rarely a word stops you:

  • 7,300 words1 unknown word in 20You can follow a book or a film — with effort.
  • 13,500 words1 unknown word in 50You follow comfortably, without looking words up.
  • 18,500 words1 unknown word in 100Near-native. Unknown words are a rarity.

Your test tells you where you stand on this ladder — and how many words the next step costs.

I’m learning

  • ⚡ two-minute placement, first estimate after 8 words
  • 🎯 then 6 new words a day — more if you want — always at your exact level
  • 🔒 no signup, nothing to install