A-Z: General definitions: High frequency

Definition

High frequency words are those which are in regular use and would be widely known among all speakers of a language, e.g. ‘house’, ‘book’, ‘jump’. The term is used in relation to children’s acquisition of reading skills, as learning to read the high frequency words enables children to gain access to a large amount of written text.

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