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Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ... by berns on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @04:19PM (#11441702)
The very popular Oxford Learner's Dictionary uses a limited vocabulary of 3 500 words for its definitions.
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Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ... by cpeterso on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @06:23PM (#11442686)
The "Simple English" version of Wikipedia uses the Basic English 2000 and Voice of America's Special English 1500 word list:

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia

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