NEW GENERAL SERVICE LIST PROJECT
the most important words for second language learners of English
a New General Service List (NGSL) of 2818 core high frequency vocabulary words for students of English as a second language, a major update of Michael West’s 1953 General Service List . First published in early 2013, the NGSL provides over 92% coverage for most general English texts (the highest of any corpus-derived general English word list to date).