I compared the Cambridge YLE list to the Trakaido wordlists. What I found was that most of the missing words were either deliberate ⚙️ modal verbs like "can", as well as pronouns, are handled outside the wordlists, correct 💡 ice skating, jellyfish, or toothache do not need to be on the list, or irrelevant 💡 having "grandfather" instead of "grandpa" is fine ... though it would be good to improve the synonyms.
=== Summary ===
starters 490 YLE entries -> 337 matched, 108 missing, 26 missing-compound, 19 skipped, 19 pos-mismatch, 1 excluded-but-in-yle
movers 388 YLE entries -> 264 matched, 80 missing, 29 missing-compound, 15 skipped, 25 pos-mismatch, 2 excluded-but-in-yle
flyers 505 YLE entries -> 323 matched, 132 missing, 32 missing-compound, 18 skipped, 15 pos-mismatch, 1 excluded-but-in-yle
=== Missing from DB (by level) ===
[starters] English (adj,n) -- School
[starters] I (pron) -- -
[starters] Mr (title) -- -
[starters] Mrs (title) -- -
[starters] OK (adj,dis) -- -
[starters] a (det) -- -
[starters] a lot (adv,pron) -- -
[starters] a lot of (det) -- -
[starters] alien (n) -- Toys
[starters] alphabet (n) -- School
[starters] an (det) -- -
[starters] at (prep) -- -
[starters] ball (n) -- Sports & leisure, Toys
[starters] balloon (n) -- Toys
[starters] baseball cap (n) -- Clothes
[starters] bat (as sports equipment) Ben (n) -- -
[starters] bike (n) -- Sports & leisure, Toys, Transport
[starters] birthday (n) -- Time
[starters] board game (n) -- Toys
[starters] bookshop (n) -- Places & directions
[starters] boots (n) -- Clothes
[starters] bounce (v) -- Sports & leisure
[starters] burger (n) -- Food & drink
[starters] can (v) -- -
[starters] candy (UK sweet(s)) (n) -- -
[starters] chips (n) -- Food & drink
[starters] clap (v) -- -
[starters] class (n) -- School
[starters] classmate (n) -- Family & friends
[starters] classroom (n) -- School
[starters] clothes (n) -- Clothes
[starters] cool (adj,excl) -- -
[starters] cow (n) -- Animals
[starters] crayon (n) -- School
[starters] cupboard (n) -- The home, School
[starters] dad (n) -- Family & friends
[starters] do (v) -- -
[starters] don’t worry (excl) -- -
[starters] double (adj) -- -
[starters] fantastic (adj,excl) -- -
[starters] for (prep) -- -
[starters] fries (n) -- Food & drink
[starters] fun (adj,n) -- -
[starters] glasses (n) -- Clothes
[starters] go to bed (v) -- -
[starters] go to sleep (v) -- -
[starters] grandma (n) -- Family & friends
[starters] grandpa (n) -- Family & friends
[starters] handbag (n) -- Clothes
[starters] have got (v) -- -
[starters] he (pron) -- -
[starters] her (poss) -- -
[starters] hers (pron) -- -
[starters] hi (excl) -- -
[starters] him (pron) -- -
[starters] hippo (n) -- Animals
[starters] his (poss) -- -
[starters] hobby (n) -- Sports & leisure
[starters] hooray (excl) -- -
[starters] how old (int) -- -
[starters] ice cream (n) -- Food & drink
[starters] in (prep) -- Places & directions, Time
[starters] in front of (prep) -- Places & directions
[starters] it (pron) -- -
[starters] its (poss) -- -
[starters] jellyfish (n) -- Animals
[starters] keyboard (n) -- School
[starters] kid (n) -- Family & friends
[starters] kite (n) -- Sports & leisure
[starters] kiwi (n) -- Food & drink
[starters] letter (n) -- -
[starters] let’s (v) -- -
[starters] lizard (n) -- Animals
[starters] look at (v) -- -
[starters] lots (adv,pron) -- -
[starters] lots of (det) -- -
[starters] mat (n) -- The home
[starters] me (pron) -- -
[starters] me too (dis) -- -
[starters] meatballs (n) -- Food & drink
[starters] motorbike (n) -- Toys
[starters] mum (n) -- Family & friends
[starters] my (poss) -- -
[starters] next to (prep) -- -
[starters] not (adv) -- -
[starters] of (prep) -- -
[starters] oh (dis) -- -
[starters] oh dear (excl) -- -
[starters] on (prep) -- Places & directions
[starters] our (poss) -- -
[starters] ours (pron) -- -
[starters] pardon (int) -- -
[starters] pet (n) -- Animals
[starters] piano (n) -- Sports & leisure
[starters] pick up (v) -- -
[starters] pie (n) -- Food & drink
[starters] playground (n) -- Places & directions, School
[starters] polar bear (n) -- Animals
[starters] poster (n) -- School
[starters] right (dis) -- -
[starters] right (adj) -- -
[starters] robot (n) -- Toys
[starters] rug (n) -- The home
[starters] ruler (n) -- School
[starters] scary (adj) -- -
[starters] see you (excl) -- -
[starters] she (pron) -- -
[starters] shell (n) -- The world around us
[starters] silly (adj) -- -
[starters] skateboard (n) -- Sports & leisure
[starters] sofa (n) -- The home
[starters] sport (n) -- Sports & leisure
[starters] story (n) -- School, Sports & leisure
[starters] sweet(s) (US candy) (n) -- -
[starters] table tennis (n) -- Sports & leisure
[starters] tablet (n) -- -
[starters] teddy (n) -- Toys
[starters] tennis racket (n) -- Sports & leisure
[starters] thanks (dis) -- -
[starters] the (det) -- -
[starters] their (poss) -- -
[starters] theirs (pron) -- -
[starters] them (pron) -- -
[starters] then (dis) -- -
[starters] they (pron) -- -
[starters] tick (n,v) -- School
[starters] ugly (adj) -- -
[starters] us (pron) -- -
[starters] we (pron) -- -
[starters] well done (dis) -- -
[starters] would like (v) -- -
[starters] you (pron) -- -
[starters] your (poss) -- -
[starters] yours (pron) -- -
[movers] CD (n) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] DVD (n) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] address (n) -- The home
[movers] after (prep) -- Time
[movers] all right (adj,adv) -- -
[movers] at (prep) -- -
[movers] be called (v) -- -
[movers] beard (n) -- The body and the face
[movers] before (prep) -- Time
[movers] best (adj,adv) -- -
[movers] better (adj,adv) -- -
[movers] blond (adj) -- The body and the face
[movers] boring (adj) -- -
[movers] brilliant (adj,excl) -- -
[movers] bus station (n) -- Places & directions, Transport
[movers] bus stop (n) -- Places & directions, Transport
[movers] by (prep) -- -
[movers] café (n) -- Places & directions
[movers] cage (n) -- Animals
[movers] car park (n) -- Places & directions
[movers] centre (n) -- Places & directions
[movers] cinema (n) -- Places & directions, Sports & leisure
[movers] circus (n) -- Places & directions, Work
[movers] clever (adj) -- -
[movers] cloudy (adj) -- Weather
[movers] clown (n) -- Work
[movers] come on (excl) -- -
[movers] comic (n) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] comic book (n) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] countryside (n) -- The world around us
[movers] curly (adj) -- The body and the face
[movers] dance (n,v) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] difference (n) -- -
[movers] downstairs (adv,n) -- The home
[movers] dress up (v) -- -
[movers] e-book (n) -- -
[movers] earache (n) -- Health
[movers] exciting (adj) -- -
[movers] film (US movie) star (n) -- -
[movers] funfair (n) -- Places & directions
[movers] get dressed (v) -- -
[movers] get off (v) -- -
[movers] get on (v) -- -
[movers] get undressed (v) -- -
[movers] get up (v) -- -
[movers] go shopping (v) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] goal (n) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] grown-up (n) -- Family & friends
[movers] have (got) to (v) -- -
[movers] holiday (n) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] hop (v) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] how much (adv,int) -- -
[movers] how often (adv,int) -- -
[movers] hundred (n) -- Numbers
[movers] ice skates (n) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] ice skating (n) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] into (prep) -- -
[movers] invite (v) -- -
[movers] jungle (n) -- -
[movers] kitten (n) -- Animals
[movers] look for (v) -- -
[movers] milkshake (n) -- Food & drink
[movers] model (n) -- Toys
[movers] moustache (n) -- The body and the face
[movers] must (v) -- -
[movers] naughty (adj) -- -
[movers] noodles (n) -- Food & drink
[movers] on (adv,prep) -- -
[movers] out of (prep) -- -
[movers] o’clock (adv) -- Time
[movers] pair (n) -- Numbers
[movers] pirate (n) -- Work
[movers] player (n) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] pool (n) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] pop star (n) -- Work
[movers] practise (v) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] puppy (n) -- Animals
[movers] put on (v) -- -
[movers] rainbow (n) -- Weather
[movers] roller skates (n) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] roller skating (n) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] sauce (n) -- Food & drink
[movers] score (v) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] shall (v) -- -
[movers] shopping centre something (pron) -- -
[movers] shower (n) -- The home
[movers] skate (n,v) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] sports centre sweater (n) -- -
[movers] stair (n) -- The home
[movers] station (n) -- Places & directions, Transport
[movers] stomach-ache (n) -- Health
[movers] sunny (adj) -- Weather
[movers] supermarket (n) -- Places & directions
[movers] swimming pool (n) -- -
[movers] swimsuit (n) -- Clothes
[movers] text (n,v) -- School, Sports & leisure
[movers] then (adv) -- -
[movers] thirsty (adj) -- Food & drink
[movers] toothache (n) -- Health
[movers] toothpaste (n) -- The home
[movers] treasure (n) -- -
[movers] vegetable (n) -- Food & drink
[movers] video (n,v) -- Sports & leisure
[movers] village (n) -- The world around us
[movers] weak (adj) -- -
[movers] windy (adj) -- Weather
[movers] world (n) -- The world around us
[movers] worst (adj,adv) -- -
[movers] would (v) -- -
[flyers] a few (det) -- -
[flyers] a little (adv,det) -- -
[flyers] a.m. (for time) agree (v) -- -
[flyers] adventure (n) -- -
[flyers] after (adv,conj) -- Time
[flyers] amazing (adj,excl) -- -
[flyers] anything (pron) -- -
[flyers] arrive (v) -- -
[flyers] as (adv) -- -
[flyers] as ... as (adv) -- -
[flyers] astronaut (n) -- Work
[flyers] at the moment (adv) -- -
[flyers] backpack (n) -- School, Sports & leisure
[flyers] beetle (n) -- Animals
[flyers] before (adv,conj) -- Time
[flyers] bin (n) -- School
[flyers] biscuit (n) -- Food & drink
[flyers] by myself (adv) -- -
[flyers] by yourself (adv) -- -
[flyers] calendar (n) -- Time
[flyers] cartoon (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] cereal (n) -- Food & drink
[flyers] channel (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] chat (v) -- -
[flyers] chemist (n) -- Health, Places & directions
[flyers] club (n) -- Places & directions, School
[flyers] college (n) -- Places & directions, School
[flyers] cooker (n) -- The home
[flyers] cookie (n) -- Food & drink
[flyers] costume (n) -- Clothes
[flyers] could (v) -- -
[flyers] crown (n) -- Clothes
[flyers] cycle (v) -- -
[flyers] delicious (adj) -- -
[flyers] designer (n) -- Work
[flyers] diary (n) -- The home, Sports & leisure
[flyers] dictionary (n) -- School
[flyers] dinosaur (n) -- Animals
[flyers] drum (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] entrance (n) -- The home, The world around us
[flyers] environment (n) -- The world around us
[flyers] ever (adv) -- -
[flyers] excellent (adj,excl) -- -
[flyers] exit (n) -- The world around us
[flyers] expensive (adj) -- -
[flyers] explore (v) -- -
[flyers] extinct (adj) -- Animals
[flyers] fall over (v) -- Health
[flyers] festival (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] fetch (v) -- -
[flyers] find out (v) -- -
[flyers] fire engine (n) -- -
[flyers] fire fighter (n) -- Work
[flyers] foggy (adj) -- Weather
[flyers] for (prep) -- -
[flyers] fridge (n) -- The home
[flyers] frightening (adj) -- -
[flyers] furry (adj) -- -
[flyers] get to (v) -- Places & directions
[flyers] glue (n,v) -- School
[flyers] go away (excl) -- -
[flyers] go out (v) -- -
[flyers] horrible (adj) -- -
[flyers] how long (adv,int) -- Time
[flyers] if you want (excl) -- -
[flyers] in a minute (excl) -- -
[flyers] interesting (adj) -- -
[flyers] invitation (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] kilometre king (n) -- -
[flyers] later (adv) -- Time
[flyers] left (adj,n) -- -
[flyers] letter (n) -- -
[flyers] light (adj,n) -- -
[flyers] look after (v) -- -
[flyers] look like (v) -- -
[flyers] lovely (adj) -- -
[flyers] magazine (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] make sure (v) -- -
[flyers] match (n) -- -
[flyers] member (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] midday (n) -- Time
[flyers] might (v) -- -
[flyers] million (n) -- Numbers
[flyers] mix (v) -- -
[flyers] motorway (n) -- Transport
[flyers] nest (n) -- Animals
[flyers] newspaper (n) -- Work
[flyers] no problem (excl) -- -
[flyers] no-one (pron) -- -
[flyers] of course (adv) -- -
[flyers] olives (n) -- Food & drink
[flyers] over (adv,prep) -- Places & directions
[flyers] p.m. (for time) pizza (n) -- -
[flyers] passenger (n) -- Transport
[flyers] platform (n) -- Transport
[flyers] pleased (adj) -- -
[flyers] police station (n) -- Places & directions, Work
[flyers] pop music (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] popular (adj) -- -
[flyers] postcard (n) -- -
[flyers] prize (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] programme pajamas (n) -- -
[flyers] queen (n) -- Work
[flyers] quiz (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] racing (adj) -- Transport
[flyers] railway (n) -- Transport
[flyers] repeat (v) -- -
[flyers] right (adj) -- Places & directions
[flyers] right (n) -- Places & directions
[flyers] rock music (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] rocket (n) -- Transport, Work
[flyers] rucksack (n) -- School
[flyers] score (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] search (n,v) -- -
[flyers] shampoo (n) -- The home
[flyers] should (v) -- -
[flyers] since (prep) -- -
[flyers] singer (n) -- Work
[flyers] ski (n,v) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] skyscraper (n) -- Places & directions
[flyers] sledge (n,v) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] snowball (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] snowboard (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] snowboarding (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] snowman (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] spaceship (n) -- Transport
[flyers] spend (v) -- -
[flyers] spotted (adj) -- Clothes, Colours
[flyers] straight on (adv) -- Places & directions
[flyers] stripe (n) -- Clothes, Colours
[flyers] striped (adj) -- Clothes, Colours
[flyers] student (n) -- School
[flyers] subject (n) -- School
[flyers] sunglasses (n) -- Clothes
[flyers] surname (n) -- Family & friends
[flyers] swing (n,v) -- The home, Sports & leisure
[flyers] thousand (n) -- Numbers
[flyers] tidy (adj,v) -- -
[flyers] timetable (n) -- School
[flyers] tomorrow (adv,n) -- Time
[flyers] tonight (adv,n) -- Time
[flyers] tortoise (n) -- Animals
[flyers] tour (n) -- Transport
[flyers] traffic (n) -- Transport
[flyers] trainers (n) -- Clothes
[flyers] tune (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] turn off (v) -- -
[flyers] turn on (v) -- -
[flyers] tyre (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] unfriendly (adj) -- -
[flyers] unhappy (adj) -- -
[flyers] uniform (n) -- Clothes
[flyers] university (n) -- Places & directions, School
[flyers] unkind (adj) -- -
[flyers] untidy (adj) -- -
[flyers] unusual (adj) -- -
[flyers] violin (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] wifi (n) -- -
[flyers] winner (n) -- Sports & leisure
[flyers] wonderful (adj) -- -
[flyers] x-ray (n) -- Health
[flyers] yet (adv) -- -
[flyers] yoghurt (n) -- Food & drink
[flyers] you’re welcome (excl) -- -
=== Difficulty outliers (per YLE level) ===
[starters] expected band 1-6
highest DB difficulty in starters:
31 'board' (noun, lemma id=2589)
31 'pen' (noun, lemma id=2610)
31 'school' (noun, lemma id=2592)
31 'sentence' (noun, lemma id=2585)
30 'animal' (noun, lemma id=1204)
30 'afternoon' (noun, lemma id=1873)
30 'board' (noun, lemma id=1332)
30 'brother' (noun, lemma id=1385)
30 'body' (noun, lemma id=801)
30 'bus' (noun, lemma id=586)
[movers] expected band 7-15
highest DB difficulty in movers:
31 'bat' (noun, lemma id=2451)
31 'call' (verb, lemma id=2630)
31 'coat' (noun, lemma id=2548)
31 'field' (noun, lemma id=2417)
31 'field' (noun, lemma id=2539)
31 'rock' (noun, lemma id=2533)
31 'sweet' (adjective, lemma id=2394)
31 'star' (noun, lemma id=2404)
31 'star' (noun, lemma id=2597)
31 'top' (noun, lemma id=2453)
lowest DB difficulty in movers:
1 'hospital' (noun, lemma id=668)
1 'library' (noun, lemma id=674)
1 'soup' (noun, lemma id=1075)
2 'bottle' (noun, lemma id=1023)
2 'bowl' (noun, lemma id=1794)
2 'cup' (noun, lemma id=1014)
2 'fish' (noun, lemma id=1636)
2 'plate' (noun, lemma id=1015)
2 'towel' (noun, lemma id=1027)
3 'buy' (verb, lemma id=1479)
[flyers] expected band 16-30
highest DB difficulty in flyers:
31 'date' (noun, lemma id=2414)
31 'date' (noun, lemma id=2587)
31 'jam' (noun, lemma id=2583)
31 'key' (noun, lemma id=2447)
31 'key' (noun, lemma id=2532)
31 'lie' (verb, lemma id=2629)
31 'ring' (noun, lemma id=2418)
31 'stamp' (noun, lemma id=2471)
31 'spring' (noun, lemma id=2452)
31 'spring' (noun, lemma id=2459)
lowest DB difficulty in flyers:
1 'fire station' (noun, lemma id=676)
1 'glove' (noun, lemma id=1154)
1 'hotel' (noun, lemma id=672)
1 'museum' (noun, lemma id=675)
1 'restaurant' (noun, lemma id=671)
1 'salt' (noun, lemma id=1067)
1 'sugar' (noun, lemma id=1066)
2 'bicycle' (noun, lemma id=591)
2 'fork' (noun, lemma id=1012)
2 'key' (noun, lemma id=1017)
=== Skipped (proper names) ===
[starters] Alice (proper_name)
[starters] Ann/Anna (proper_name)
[starters] Alex (proper_name)
[starters] Bill (proper_name)
[starters] Dan (proper_name)
[starters] Eva (proper_name)
[starters] Grace (proper_name)
[starters] Hugo (proper_name)
[starters] Jill (proper_name)
[starters] Kim (proper_name)
[starters] Lucy (proper_name)
[starters] Mark (proper_name)
[starters] Matt (proper_name)
[starters] May (proper_name)
[starters] Nick (proper_name)
[starters] Pat (proper_name)
[starters] Sam (proper_name)
[starters] Sue (proper_name)
[starters] Tom (proper_name)
[movers] Charlie (proper_name)
[movers] Clare (proper_name)
[movers] Daisy (proper_name)
[movers] Fred (proper_name)
[movers] Jack (proper_name)
[movers] Jim (proper_name)
[movers] Jane (proper_name)
[movers] Julia (proper_name)
[movers] Lily (proper_name)
[movers] Mary (proper_name)
[movers] Paul (proper_name)
[movers] Peter (proper_name)
[movers] Sally (proper_name)
[movers] Vicky (proper_name)
[movers] Zoe (proper_name)
[flyers] Betty (proper_name)
[flyers] David (proper_name)
[flyers] Emma (proper_name)
[flyers] Frank (proper_name)
[flyers] George (proper_name)
[flyers] Holly (proper_name)
[flyers] Helen (proper_name)
[flyers] Harry (proper_name)
[flyers] Katy (proper_name)
[flyers] may (proper_name)
[flyers] Michael (proper_name)
[flyers] May (proper_name)
[flyers] Oliver (proper_name)
[flyers] Robert (proper_name)
[flyers] Richard (proper_name)
[flyers] Sarah (proper_name)
[flyers] Sophia (proper_name)
[flyers] William (proper_name)