Statistics for Languages with the Most Words in the Dictionary

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# of Words	Dictionary	Language	Speakers	% Correct
470,000	Merriam-Webster, Third Edition and Addenda Section	English	400,000,000	99%
330,000	Deutsches Wörterbuch	German	95,000,000	81%
500,000	Nihon Kokugo Daijiten	Japanese	125,000,000	81%
260,000	Grande dizionario italiano dell'uso	Italian	69,000,000	71%
442,000	Novo Dicionario Houaiss da Lingua Portuguesa	Portuguese	223,000,000	68%
400,000	Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal	Dutch	22,000,000	62%
1,100,373	우리말샘 (Woori Mal Saem, 2017)	Korean	77,200,000	60%
600,000	Svenska Akademiens ordbok, Swedish Academy	Swedish	10,000,000	58%
500,000	Norsk Ordbok	Norwegian	5,200,000	53%
200,000	Ordbog over det danske sprog, Dansk Sprognævn	Danish	5,500,000	49%
616,767	Büyük Türkçe Sözlük	Turkish	75,700,000	47%
560,000	Orðabók Háskólans	Icelandic	358,000	32%
250,000	cs:Příruční slovník jazyka českého	Czech	10,700,000	27%
223,000	Большой словарь белорусского языка	Belarusian	5,100,000	25%
500,000	Lietuvių kalbos žodynas	Lithuanian	3,100,000	15%
281,377	Bhagavadgomandal	Gujarati	55,000,000	12%