How long does it take to read The Living Word Vocabulary?
a national vocabulary inventory
The Living Word Vocabulary by Edgar Dale takes about 14 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 18 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1976. 780 pages, about 214,500 words.
29 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 23 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A vocabulary dictionary listing the grade level and percentage correct for each word.
Subjects: Vocabulary, Glossaries, vocabularies
