A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish: Core Vocabulary for Learners

Routledge Frequency Dictionaries

by Mark Davies

The only up-to-date frequency dictionary of Spanish currently available, this is an invaluable tool for all learners of Spanish that provides a list of the 5,000 most commonly used words in the language. Based on a twenty million word corpus evenly divided between spoken, fiction and non-fiction texts from both Spain and Latin America, the Dictionary provides a detailed frequency-based list, as well as alphabetical and part-of-speech indexes to ensure maximum ease of access to the information and efficiency of use. All entries in the rank frequency list feature the English equivalent, a sample sentence and, where applicable, an indication of major register variation. The Dictionary also contains thirty thematically organized lists of frequently used words on a variety of topics, such as animals, weather, materials, and family terms. A CD version is available to purchase separately. Designed for use by corpus and computational linguists it provides the full text in a format that researchers can process and turn into suitable lists for their own research work

Genres: Reference, Spanish Literature, Language, Nonfiction, Linguistics

296 pages, Paperback

Published December 6, 2005

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best frequency dictionary I've ever found, bar none. Has a Spanish phrase and English translation for each word. Has an alphabetical list in addition to the main frequency list. I went through it to fill in any patches I may have in my vocabulary, and they seem to have used a reasonably well-rounded corpus. Excellent book.

[Anna Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished head listing this book using the Gold List Method on July 8th, 2018.

[Sergei Jerestsenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent dictionary especially for beginners!

[lin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I memorized A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish front to back. If you are curious how I did it, see (this is not my deck, nor is it an endorsement). I personally generated my own deck, however it is a one-to-one transcription of the dictionary.

A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish by Mark Davies is phenomenal, and an essential vocabulary builder for any Spanish learner. The text constitutes 5,000 Spanish words sorted by frequency translated into English, and vice versa. After memorizing this volume backwards and forwards, any beginner will be capable of reading and speaking at a B1-B2 level. I could not recommend this book enough.