Blog
Devlogs, release notes, and the occasional rant.
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Average vocabulary size by age, from toddler to adult
How many words a 2-year-old, a 5-year-old, a teenager and an adult native speaker actually know, why the published figures disagree so wildly, and where learners fit on the same scale.
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How many words does a B2 speaker know? Vocabulary size by CEFR level
A1 to C2, with the word counts behind each level, what those numbers let you actually do, and why two people at the same CEFR level can differ by thousands of words.
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Native speaker vs learner vocabulary: how big is the gap really?
A native speaker knows roughly four times more words than a strong learner, and it matters far less than that ratio suggests. What the gap is made of, and how much of it you actually need to close.
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How to learn all the flags of the world (that actually stick)
196 flags sounds impossible until you stop cramming and start spacing them out. Here's the method that works, plus a free flags quiz to test yourself right now.
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How to unblur a photo on Android (free, without uploading it)
Blurry photo you wish you could save? Here's what 'unblur' can and can't do, when AI actually helps, and how to sharpen a shot in your browser right now.
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Two new apps dropped (and nobody got hurt)
Fresh from the capybara labs: Logic Math: IQ Riddles and Cropzen, a no-nonsense video crop & trim tool. Two more reasons your home screen looks suspiciously calm.
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How many English words do I know? Vocabulary size by level
Native speakers, learners, kids, that one friend who says 'utilize'. What the research says about vocabulary size, what counts as knowing a word, and how to measure your own count in two minutes.
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Hello, world!
We're Dope Capybara, a tiny indie mobile studio shipping calm, useful and slightly weird apps. Here's the elevator pitch.