This was from a post of someone talking about a Japanese text they read (so take Japan with a grain of salt):
There's often talk of how many x thousand words is enough to cover x% of any average text. A book I was reading had statistics for a few languages.
English
1000 words covers 80.5%
2000 words covers 86.6%
5000 words covers 93.5%
French
1000 words covers 83.5%
2000 words covers 89.4%
5000 words covers 96.0%
Spanish
1000 words covers 81.0%
2000 words covers 86.6%
5000 words covers 92.5%
Chinese (Mandarin)
1000 words covers 73.0%
2000 words covers 82.2%
5000 words covers 91.64%
Japanese
1000 words covers 60.5%
2000 words covers 70.0%
5000 words covers 81.7%
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Unknown titlesh Turkish Dutch Lithuanian Greek Ukrainian Home About Pricing Forum Blog Log in Sign Up Free LingQ Forums Open Forum Vocabulary Coverage Ratios roan Japan Vocabulary coverage ratios April 2011 <span>There's often talk of how many x thousand words is enough to cover x% of any average text. A book I was reading had statistics for a few languages. English 1000 words covers 80.5% 2000 words covers 86.6% 5000 words covers 93.5% French 1000 words covers 83.5% 2000 words covers 89.4% 5000 words covers 96.0% Spanish 1000 words covers 81.0% 2000 words covers 86.6% 5000 words covers 92.5% Chinese (Mandarin) 1000 words covers 73.0% 2000 words covers 82.2% 5000 words covers 91.64% Japanese 1000 words covers 60.5% 2000 words covers 70.0% 5000 words covers 81.7% Korean 1000 words covers 73.9% 2000 words covers 81.2% 5000 words covers 89.3% Russian 1000 words covers 67.46% 2000 words covers 80.0% 5000 words covers 92.0% German 1000 words covers Summary
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