> ## Knowledge Base Index > Fetch the complete knowledge base index at: https://help.readable.com/sitemap.xml > Use this file to discover available pages before exploring further. > Pure-Markdown content can be obtained by appending a '.md' suffix to the content URLs listed in the sitemap (without the trailing slash). # Dale-Chall Words List The Dale-Chall readability formula developed by Edgar Dale and Jeanne Chall is calculated by counting difficult words in a piece of text, where those words are simply those not found on a list of common words - much like the Spache Readability Formula. Those common words are a list of words with which 80% or more of fourth-grade students are familiar. That word list has been modified over time, and the current version of the formula - the New Dale-Chall Readability Formula - uses about 3,000 words in its list. For your reference, here they are! Texts written using just these words are likely to be easy to read for fourth-grade students and higher. * a * able * aboard * about * above * absent * accept * accident * account * ache * aching * acorn * acre * across * act * acts * add * address * admire * adventure * afar * afraid * after * afternoon * afterward * afterwards * again * against * age * aged * ago * agree * ah * ahead * aid * aim * air * airfield * airplane * airport * airship * airyalarm * alike * alive * all * alley * alligator * allow * almost * alone * along * aloud * already * also * always * am * America * American * among * amount * an * and * angel * anger * angry * animal * another * answer * ant * any * anybody * anyhow * anyone * anything * anyway * anywhere * apart * apartment * ape * apiece * appear * apple * Aprilapron * are * aren't * arise * arithmetic * arm * armful * army * arose * around * arrange * arrive * arrived * arrow * art * artist * as * ash * ashes * aside * ask * asleep * at * ate * attack * attend * attention * August * aunt * author * auto * automobile * autumn * avenue * awake * awaken * away * awful * awfully * awhile * ax * axebaa * babe * babies * back * background * backward * backwards * bacon * bad * badge * badly * bag * bake * baker * bakery * baking * ball * balloon * banana * band * bandage * bang * banjo * bank * banker * bar * barber * bare * barefoot * barely * bark * barn * barrel * base * baseball * basement * basket * bat * batch * bath * bathe * bathing * bathroom * bathtub * battle * battleship * bay * be * beach * bead * beam * bean * bear * beard * beast * beat * beating * beautiful * beautify * beauty * became * because * become * becoming * bed * bedbug * bedroom * bedspread * bedtime * bee * beech * beef * beefsteak * beehive * been * beer * beet * before * beg * began * beggar * begged * begin * beginning * begun * behave * behindbeing * believe * bell * belong * below * belt * bench * bend * beneath * bent * berries * berry * beside * besides 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