Assessment

How to measure your Turkish vocabulary and understand your test result

The test gives you a rough estimate of your Turkish vocabulary. To make sense of that number, it helps to know how the questions are chosen, how answers are checked and what the calculation leaves out.

• vocabulary size
• self-assessment
• test methodology

What the task actually checks

Each question shows a Turkish word and asks you to enter its translation in your chosen language. This checks whether you can remember a meaning without choosing from suggested answers. It does not show how fluently you speak, understand fast speech or build sentences with suffixes.

A high score means you translated many of the words you were shown. To find out whether you can use them in conversation, try a separate speaking task, such as describing your day without notes.

Where the questions come from

The current bank contains 100 unique words: 20 in each of five approximate frequency bands. The figures 1,000, 3,000, 5,000, 10,000 and 20,000 in the interface define the estimation scale. They do not mean that the test contains 20,000 words.

Questions are chosen randomly, so two attempts may contain different words from the same band. A word from a recent lesson, a forgotten meaning or an accepted synonym can noticeably affect a small sample.

Choosing a mode

Scores from different modes are not directly comparable because the number of questions and the bands covered differ. To track change, use the same mode under similar conditions.

How the estimate is calculated

For each band, the site applies your proportion of correct answers to its assumed size. For example, 6 correct answers out of 10 in the band ending at 3,000 contribute about 60% of the range 1,001–3,000, or roughly 1,200 words. Contributions from all tested bands are then added.

Why a reasonable translation may be rejected

The checker compares your answer with a list of accepted translations. It may reject a less common synonym, another shade of meaning, a typo or a translation that fits a different context. If an answer seems valid, note the word and your translation. Check which meaning and context a dictionary supports before treating the rejected answer as a gap in your knowledge.

What to do next

1. Identify the bands with more missed answers.
2. Choose a specific goal: travel, reading or everyday conversation.
3. Learn words with examples and use them in new sentences.
4. Repeat the same mode later and try a new reading task as well. Familiarity with the small question bank can improve your score without reflecting wider progress.

For your next step, consider how many words your goal calls for or build a routine for learning Turkish words.