Why Some English Words Sound More Beautiful
B2 English listening practice · English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:00 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 232 words per minute, rated 4.8/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Language Learning - Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and real conversation practice.
From human1011↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
88.4%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common English words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday English.
General English frequency
85.6%
Top 1,000
88.4%
Top 2,000
93%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
90.1%
Top 1,000
96.2%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-English data than in general usage, so it may feel closer to everyday conversation.
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s B2 level.
euphonic
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
pleasant-sounding
vowels
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
letter sounds a,e,i,o,u
consonants
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
speech sounds excluding vowels
theoretically
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
in theory; on paper
tremulous
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
shaking or quivering
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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