Dictionary with frequency of word-use

Question

Do you know an online English-Spanish-English dictionary which shows the frequency of word usage? It can generally indicate how often a word is used or ,preferably, it would indicate frequency of usage in particular context, for example in formal and informal useage. While learning Spanish I come across a lot of new words but there's no point in trying to remember all of them so I'd like to know if I a particular word is useful to remember.

This would be very helpful... - kerflop, Nov 9, 2010

Answer 1

Here is a place to start: Wiki

Common verbs is another useful link.

Using the search box and entering frequency will take you to yet even more.

Answer 2

There are many frequency lists in Spanish, but all the ones I've seen are based on a written corpus. For example, lists based on newspapers often have the word "Gobierno" (Government) within the top 20, which would have never happened if a spoken corpus had been used. Another list I've seen was generated by some customs officers, and words like "visa" appeared in the top 20.

The list, in any case, is likely to change from country to country, as well as from source to source.

Answer 3

Thanks for your posts, frequency lists may be helpful but are not very convenient to use, When I look a word up I'd like to know at the instance if it is worth learning. There is one online dictionary http://www.ling.pl/index.html which shows frequency of a word-use ( yellow indicator on the left side - {pospolito?? hasla}) but it works only for English words.