Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellent in research, and Oxford is proud to be involved in research conducted in partnership with institutions including the University of Melbourne and Flinders University, South Australia.

Our most recent research, which investigated the high frequency words in children’s writing and reading development in the first five years of school, produced the Oxford Wordlist and Oxford Wordlist Plus, both of which can be downloaded here.

Please also visit www.oxfordwordlist.com, where you can access the Oxford Wordlist Interactive Tool – the complete Oxford Wordlist database that lets you create and analyse your own wordlists according to text types and demographic characteristics.


OXFORD WORDLIST

Oxford Wordlist
The 307 most frequently used words by students in their first three years of school.
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Oxford Wordlist Plus
The 404 most frequently used words by Years 3 and 4 students.
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Oxford Wordlist Research Summary
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Oxford Wordlist Plus Research Summary
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