How long does it take to learn 1,000 words?
Learning 1,000 words at 10 new words a day takes 100 days to add, about 14 weeks. The time is the word count divided by your daily pace, rounded up. On the last day of adding you would have about 60 reviews (8 minutes at 8 seconds each), because every earlier word keeps coming back on the spaced repetition schedule. Enter your own target and pace below.
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Adding 1,000 words at 10 a day takes 100 days, about 14.3 weeks. On the last day of adding you have 60 reviews, about 8 minutes at 8 seconds a review. Once you stop adding words, reviews fall to about 12.9 a day by day 130.
- Days to add every word
- 100
- 14.3 weeks
- Busiest day
- Day 65
- 60 reviews, 8 min
- Last day of adding
- 60
- reviews, 8 min
- Study time in total
- 12.6 h
- over 130 days
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Words divided by new words per day, rounded up. Weeks are the days divided by 7.
| Words to learn | 5 a day | 10 a day | 20 a day | 30 a day | 50 a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | 100 days (14.3 weeks) | 50 days (7.1 weeks) | 25 days (3.6 weeks) | 17 days (2.4 weeks) | 10 days (1.4 weeks) |
| 1,000 | 200 days (28.6 weeks) | 100 days (14.3 weeks) | 50 days (7.1 weeks) | 34 days (4.9 weeks) | 20 days (2.9 weeks) |
| 2,000 | 400 days (57.1 weeks) | 200 days (28.6 weeks) | 100 days (14.3 weeks) | 67 days (9.6 weeks) | 40 days (5.7 weeks) |
| 3,000 | 600 days (85.7 weeks) | 300 days (42.9 weeks) | 150 days (21.4 weeks) | 100 days (14.3 weeks) | 60 days (8.6 weeks) |
| 5,000 | 1000 days (142.9 weeks) | 500 days (71.4 weeks) | 250 days (35.7 weeks) | 167 days (23.9 weeks) | 100 days (14.3 weeks) |
Assumptions
- You add the same number of words every day, including weekends, and review every card on the day it is due.
- Every review is Got it unless you set an Again percentage. A new word's first look counts as a review.
- The simulation runs the days it takes to add the words plus 30 more, up to 365 days.
Frequently asked questions
- How long does it take to learn 1,000 words?
- Adding 1,000 words takes 1,000 divided by your daily pace: 200 days at 5 a day, 100 at 10, 50 at 20 and 20 at 50. This counts when each word is added and first reviewed, not when you can use it in conversation.
- How long does it take to learn 3,000 words?
- At 10 words a day, 300 days (about 43 weeks); at 20 a day, 150 days; at 30 a day, 100 days. The table above gives the days for other targets and paces.
- Does adding a word mean I know it?
- No. The calculator measures when words enter your review schedule and the work that follows. Whether you can recall or use a word depends on your reviews, exposure and practice, which a calculator cannot predict.
- Why do reviews grow as I add more words?
- Each word is reviewed again after 1 day, then about 2.5, 6.25 and 15.6 days at the default ease, so every day's new words add reviews to the following weeks. The load levels off while you keep adding and falls once you stop.
- Which scheduler does this use?
- The one in VocaDeck: SM-2-style, with an ease factor per card and four ratings. It does not use FSRS and is not Anki's scheduler, so use it to see the shape of the workload.