Learn Romanian by reading at your level
Romanian is the most widely spoken Romance language in Eastern Europe, and if you already know some French, Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese, you'll spot familiar words from your very first page. The challenge—as with any language—is finding texts that are neither so easy they bore you nor so dense they leave you stranded in a dictionary. That's where Beeblio comes in: every Romanian word on the platform is ranked by real-world frequency, so you can see at a glance which words you need most and which ones can wait.
Beeblio organises Romanian vocabulary into frequency bands—the 300 most common words, then up to 800, 1,500, 3,000, and beyond—so your reading practice is always anchored to something measurable. Master the top 1,500 words and you'll understand roughly 80% of everyday Romanian text. Use the level test to find out where you stand today, run any Romanian article or passage through the difficulty checker, or dive straight into the library of graded readings matched to your current level.
Free tools
- Romanian reading level test — 24 words, two minutes.
- The 1,000 most common Romanian words — grouped by band.
- Romanian text difficulty checker — paste anything.
Word lists by band
- First words — words 1–300
- Getting by — words 301–800
- Everyday — words 801–1,500
- Confident — words 1,501–3,000
- Fluent reader — words 3,001–5,000
- Advanced — words 5,001–8,000
- Near-native — words 8,001–12,000
Graded readings
- First words band — 0 readings
- Getting by band — 0 readings
- Everyday band — 0 readings
- Confident band — 0 readings
- Fluent reader band — 0 readings
- Advanced band — 0 readings
- Near-native band — 0 readings
Questions
How does Beeblio decide which Romanian words are 'common'?
Every word is ranked using the wordfreq corpus, a large collection of real Romanian text drawn from books, news, and the web. A lower rank means the word appears more often in everyday Romanian, so the frequency bands reflect the words you're most likely to encounter when reading or listening in the real world.
I'm a complete beginner—where should I start?
Start with the level test, which places you in a frequency band based on the words you already recognise. Even if you're brand new to Romanian, working through the top 300-word list gives you a solid core of high-value vocabulary before you move on to graded readings.
Can I check whether a Romanian text I found online is right for my level?
Yes—paste any Romanian text into the difficulty checker and Beeblio will colour-code each word by frequency band, so you can see instantly how many words fall inside your comfort zone and how many are unfamiliar. A good comprehensible-input text typically has most words within your known bands, with just a handful of new ones to stretch you.