dear lazyweb: help, word lists

[rwx]

Hello, everyone

I need to get as many word lists as possible, preferably broken up by what grade level they're appropriate for. CC or PD licensing would be preferable. Any help/recommendations out there?

Comments

[kodi]

Kyōiku kanji is probably not what you were asking for, but I mention it because I don't know for certain that it won't be helpful.

[brassratgirl.livejournal.com]

frequency distributions: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists
by language: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Index:All_languages

random:
lists of english words:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_English_words
and lists of words: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_words

None of these are by grade level. IIRC there are books that have word lists, for teachers/spelling bees; these wouldn't be pd but on the other hand you can't exactly copyright words. Will see if I can figure out what they'll called. Teacher supply places might be able to help. One adult-level one is just called "20,000 words."

[brassratgirl.livejournal.com]

also, basic english lists x 2:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Basic_English_word_list
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~chogan/BasicEnglish.html