Is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz hard to read? Its reading level from A1 to C2
How many words in every 100 you will probably not know, at each level from A1 to C2. Estimated over the whole book with Solaread’s own word-difficulty model.
- Author
- L. Frank Baum
- First published
- 1900
- Length
- About 37,700 words
- Copyright
- Public domain
Short answer
Just right from B2: 3.6 new words in every 100. At B1 it is a little hard, 6.9 in 100. It is the easiest of the 20 English classics we measured.
New words per 100, by level
Estimated over all 37,719 running words. Character names are left out. The labels follow Solaread’s difficulty scale: Easy means knowing 98 of every 100 words, Just right 95, A little hard 90, and below that Too hard.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz vocabulary by level
At A2
- tin139×
- witch140×
- wicked73×
- emerald70×
- reply55×
- monkey43×
- beast44×
- mouse38×
- shoe37×
- cry41×
- tree64×
- winged32×
The 12 words an A2 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 11% of the new words at this level.
At B1
- tin139×
- witch140×
- emerald70×
- wicked73×
- winged32×
- monkey43×
- traveler24×
- cowardly23×
- straw31×
- balloon25×
- crow22×
- throne31×
The 12 words a B1 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 17% of the new words at this level.
At B2
- emerald70×
- winged32×
- tin139×
- cowardly23×
- traveler24×
- witch140×
- exclaim13×
- good-bye12×
- wicked73×
- inquire14×
- oil-can10×
- cyclone14×
The 12 words a B2 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 14% of the new words at this level.
The opening lines
Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles. There were four walls, a floor and a roof, which made one room; and this room contained a rusty looking cookstove, a cupboard for the dishes, a table, three or four chairs, and the beds. Uncle Henry and Aunt Em had a big bed in one corner, and Dorothy a little bed in another corner.
Open the free EPUB in Solaread and the words it marks follow your own level, with glosses in the language you choose.
Books with a similar level
- Alice in Wonderland7.1 new words per 100 at B1
- Dracula7.8 at B1
- The Secret Garden8.3 at B1
Questions
Is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz hard to read?
At B1 it is a little hard, with 6.9 new words in every 100 (about one in 14). It is just right from B2, and easy at C2.
What is the reading level of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
On Solaread’s scale it is just right from B2, and the easiest of the 20 English classics we measured. At B2, 3.6 in every 100 words are new.
Where can I get The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for free?
It is in the public domain. Project Gutenberg has a free EPUB you can import into Solaread.
Read it with help only where you need it
Import the free EPUB. Solaread marks the words you probably don’t know, at your level.