This page is dedicated to listing collections of texts useful for the work of creating a dictionary. These collections are often known as "corpora" or less commonly "corpuses". Many of them feature functions like full-text search, term frequency information and collocation search.
For a more user-friendly introduction to some of the most prominent corpora, as well as other resources like dictionaries, see Wiktionary:Quotations/Resources. Another page, Wiktionary:Searchable external archives also contains information with a more specific focus on those which can solidly provide citations passing Wiktionary's criteria for inclusion.
Note that corpora that contain text in multiple languages but where English text makes up of a significant portion of the corpora are listed in the English table below with their "Dialect" in the listing including the word "Multilingual".
If there are any other resources that you know of which aren't listed here, please do add them or suggest them on the talk page.
Name | Resource Type | Size in words | Size in texts | Dialect | Start year | End year | Original Medium | Available Medium | Genre | Re-use restrictions | Access restrictions | Date of entry update |
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News on the Web (NOW) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^10 * 2 | 10^7 * 3 | (Various) | 2010 | Present | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | Nonfiction, News | None | Free registration required | 2022/10/31 |
iWeb: The Intelligent Web-based Corpus | Corpus, Tagged | 10^10 * 1 | 10^7 * 2 | (Various) | 2017 | 2017 | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | General, esp. Nonfiction | None | Free registration required | 2022/10/31 |
Global Web-Based English (GloWbE) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^9 * 2 | 10^5 * 2 | (Various) | 2012 | 2013 | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | General, esp. Nonfiction | None | Free registration required | 2022/10/31 |
Wikipedia Corpus | Corpus, Tagged | 10^9 * 2 | 10^6 * 4 | (Various) | 2014 | 2014 | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | Nonfiction, Encyclopedia | None | Free registration required | 2022/10/30 |
Coronavirus Corpus | Corpus, Tagged | 10^9 * 2 | 10^6 * 2 | (Various) | 2020 | 2022 | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | Nonfiction, News, COVID-19 | None | Free registration required | 2024/05/10 |
Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^9 * 1 | 10^5 * 5 | American | 1990 | 2019 | Multimedia | Written | General, esp. Nonfiction | None | Free registration required | 2023/03/27 |
Early English Books Online (EEBO) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 8 | 10^4 * 3 | British | 1470 (apprx.) | 1690 (apprx.) | Written, Books, Print | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2022/10/30 |
Early English Books Online (EEBO) TCP | Corpus, Untagged | - | 10^4 * 6 | British | 1475 | 1700 | Written, Books, Print | Written | General | None | None | 2022/10/31 |
Early English Books Online (EEBO, V2) | Corpus, Untagged | 10^8 * 6 | 10^4 * 1 | British | 1470 (apprx.) | 1690 (apprx.) | Written, Books, Print | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2022/11/02 |
Filmot | Library | - | 10^8 * 5 | (Various, Multilingual) | 2005 (apprx.) | Present | Spoken, General | Audio-visual | General, esp. Nonfiction | None | None | 2022/10/30 |
YouGlish | Library | - | 10^8 * 1 | (Various) | 2005 (apprx.) | Present | Spoken, Formal | Audio-visual | Nonfiction | None | None | 2022/10/30 |
TED Corpus Search Engine (TCSE) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^7 * 1 | 10^3 * 5 | (Various) | 2007 | 2023 | Spoken, Formal, Speeches | Audio-visual | Nonfiction | None | None | 2022/10/30 |
Archive-It Collections | Library | - | 10^6 * 2 | (Various) | 1996 | Present | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | General, esp. Nonfiction | None | None | 2022/10/30 |
ACL Anthology Reference Corpus (ARC) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^7 * 6 | 10^4 * 2 | (Various) | 1979 | 2015 | Written, Periodicals, Journals | Written | Nonfiction, Academic, NLP | None | None | 2022/10/30 |
COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^9 * 3 | 10^5 * 7 | (Various) | 1922 | 2020 | Written, Periodicals, Journals | Written | Nonfiction, Academic | None | None | 2022/10/30 |
EcoLexicon English | Corpus, Tagged | 10^7 * 2 | 10^3 * 2 | (Various) | 1973 | 2016 | Written | Written | Nonfiction, Academic, Environment | None | None | 2022/10/30 |
Lipstick Alley | Social Media | - | - | American, African | 2000 | Present | Written, Computer, Social Media, Forum | Written | General, esp. Nonfiction, Celebrity News | None | Free registration required | 2023/06/23 |
Corpus of Regional African American Language (CORAAL) | Corpus, Untagged | 10^6 * 1 | 10^2 * 2 | American, African | 1968 | 2017 | Spoken, Interviews | Audio | General, Sociolinguistic interviews | None | None | 2022/10/31 |
Google Trends | Trends | - | - | (Various, Multilingual) | 2004 | Present | Written, Computer, Internet Searches | Written | General | None | None | 2022/10/31 |
Google Ngrams | Trends | 10^7 * 2 | 10^12 * 2 | (Various, Multilingual) | 1470 | Present | Multimedia | Written | General | None | None | 2022/10/31 |
Google Books | Library | - | 10^7 * 4 | (Various, Multilingual) | 1400 (apprx.) | Present | Multimedia | Written | General | None | None | 2022/10/31 |
Google Scholar | Library | - | 10^8 * 1 | (Various, Multilingual) | 1700 (apprx.) | Present | Written, Periodicals, Journals | Written | Nonfiction, Academic; Law | None | None | 2023/01/19 |
Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse | Corpus, Untagged | - | 10^2 * 3 | Middle | 1000 | 1500 | Written, Books, Print | Written | General, esp. Nonfiction | None | None | 2022/10/31 |
Michigan Corpus of Upper-level Student Papers (MICUSP) | Corpus, Untagged | 10^6 * 3 | 10^2 * 8 | (Various, ESL) | 2002 | 2009 | Written, College Work | Written | Nonfiction, Academic | Restrictions on commercial use | None | 2022/12/28 |
Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English (MiCASE) | Corpus, Untagged | 10^6 * 2 | 10^2 * 2 | American (mostly) | 1998 | 2001 | Spoken, Formal, Speeches | Audio, Written | Nonfiction, Academic | Restrictions on commercial use | None | 2022/10/31 |
British Academic Spoken English Corpus (BASE) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^6 * 1 | 10^2 * 2 | British | 1998 | 2005 | Spoken, Formal, Speeches | Written | Nonfiction, Academic | None | None | 2022/11/02 |
British Academic Written English Corpus (BAWE) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^6 * 7 | 10^3 * 3 | British | 2000 | 2007 | Written, College Work | Written | Nonfiction, Academic | None | None | 2022/11/02 |
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States | Library | - | 10^2 * 1 | American | 1938 | 2002 | Multimedia | Written | Nonfiction, Politics | None | None | 2023/06/17 |
Google Groups | Social Media | - | - | (Various) | 1981 | 2024 | Written, Computer, Social Media, Usenet | Written | General, esp. Nonfiction | None | None | 2024/03/20 |
UsenetArchives.com | Social Media | - | 10^8 * 7 | (Various) | 1981 | Present? | Written, Computer, Social Media, Usenet | Written | General, esp. Nonfiction | None | None | 2024/03/20 |
Narkive | Social Media | - | 10^8 * 3 | (Various) | 1990 (apprx.) | Present | Written, Computer, Social Media, Usenet | Written | General, esp. Nonfiction | None | None | 2024/03/20 |
Europeana | Library | - | 10^7 * 2 | (Various, Multilingual) | 0400 (apprx.) | Present | Multimedia | Multimedia | General | None | None | 2022/10/31 |
Internet Archive | Library | - | 10^7 * 6 | (Various, Multilingual) | - | Present | Multimedia | Multimedia | General | None | Free registration required | 2022/10/31 |
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) TCP | Corpus, Untagged | - | 10^3 * 2 | (Various, Multilingual) | 1701 | 1800 | Written, Books, Print | Written | General | None | None | 2022/10/31 |
Old Bailey Corpus (OBC) 2.0 | Corpus, Tagged | 10^7 * 4 | 10^6 * 1 | British (various dialects) | 1720 | 1913 | Spoken, Formal, Court Proceedings | Written | Nonfiction, Law, Courts, Criminal | None | Free registration required | 2022/10/31 |
Old Bailey Proceedings Online | Corpus, Untagged | 10^8 * 1 | - | British (various dialects) | 1674 | 1913 | Spoken, Formal, Court Proceedings | Written | Nonfiction, Law, Courts, Criminal | None | None | 2022/10/31 |
Royal Society Corpus (RSC) 6.0.1 Open | Corpus, Tagged | 10^7 * 8 | 10^4 * 2 | British | 1665 | 1920 | Written, Periodicals, Journals, Print | Written | Nonfiction, Academic | None | Free registration required | 2022/10/31 |
Royal Society Corpus (RSC) 6.0.4 Open with Topics | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 3 | 10^4 * 2 | British | 1665 | 1920 | Written, Periodicals, Journals, Print | Written | Nonfiction, Academic | None | Free registration required | 2022/10/31 |
Social Media | 10^12 * 3 | - | (Various, Multilingual) | 2005 | Present | Written, Computer, Social Media, Twitter | Written | General, esp. Nonfiction | None | None | 2022/10/31 | |
SocialGrep (Reddit) Corpora | Corpus, Untagged | - | 10^7 * 9 | (Various) | 2005 (apprx.) | Present? | Written, Computer, Social Media, Reddit | Written | General, esp. Nonfiction | None | None | 2022/10/31 |
Europarl 7 Sample, English | Corpus, Tagged | 10^7 * 2 | 10^3 * 8 | International/ELF | 2007 | 2011 | Spoken, Formal, Legislative Proceedings | Written | Nonfiction, Law, Legislatures | None | None | 2022/11/01 |
Europarl 3, English | Corpus, Tagged | 10^7 * 2 | 10^2 * 7 | International/ELF | 1996 | 2006 | Spoken, Formal, Legislative Proceedings | Written | Nonfiction, Law, Legislatures | None | Free registration required | 2022/11/01 |
TARA | Corpus, Tagged | 10^5 * 9 | 10^4 * 2 | British | 2006 (apprx.) | 2006 (apprx.) | Written, Periodicals, Newspapers, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None | Free registration required | 2022/11/01 |
British National Corpus (BNC) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 1 | 10^3 * 4 | British | 1960 | 1993 | Multimedia | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2022/11/01 |
British National Corpus (BNC) Sampler | Corpus, Tagged | 10^6 * 2 | 10^2 * 2 | British | 1975 | 1993 | Multimedia | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2022/11/01 |
Phrases in English (BNC) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 1 | 10^3 * 4 | British | 1960 | 1993 | Multimedia | Written | General | None | None | 2023/02/12 |
Just The Word (BNC) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 1 | 10^3 * 4 | British | 1960 | 1993 | Multimedia | Written | General | None | None | 2023/02/12 |
British English 2006 (BE06) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^6 * 1 | 10^2 * 5 | British | 2003 | 2008 | Written | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2022/11/01 |
American English 2006 (AME06) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^6 * 1 | 10^2 * 5 | American | 2006 (apprx.) | 2006 (apprx.) | Written | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2022/11/22 |
Hansard Corpus (British Parliament) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^9 * 2 | 10^6 * 8 | British | 1803 | 2005 | Spoken, Formal, Legislative Proceedings | Written | Nonfiction, Law, Legislatures | None | Free registration required | 2022/11/01 |
British Parliament Hansard | Library | - | - | British | 1800 | Present | Spoken, Formal, Legislative Proceedings | Written | Nonfiction, Law, Legislatures | None | None | 2022/11/01 |
Australian Parliament Hansard | Library | - | - | Australian | 1901 | Present | Spoken, Formal, Legislative Proceedings | Written | Nonfiction, Law, Legislatures | None | None | 2022/11/01 |
Canadian House of Commons Hansard | Library | - | - | Canadian | 2002 | Present | Spoken, Formal, Legislative Proceedings | Written | Nonfiction, Law, Legislatures | None | None | 2022/11/01 |
New Zealand Parliament Hansard | Library | - | - | New Zealand | 1854 | Present | Spoken, Formal, Legislative Proceedings | Written | Nonfiction, Law, Legislatures | None | None | 2022/11/01 |
GovInfo (United States) | Library | - | - | American | 1793 | Present | Multimedia | Written | Nonfiction, Law | None | None | 2022/11/01 |
Transgender Usenet Archive (TUA) | Corpus, Untagged | - | 10^5 * 4 | (Various) | 1994 | 2013 | Written, Computer, Social Media, Usenet | Written | General, Transgender Topics | None | None | 2022/11/01 |
Science Forums | Social Media | - | 10^5 * 1 | (Various) | 1992 | 2014 | Written, Computer, Social Media, BBS | Written | Nonfiction, Science | None | None | 2022/11/01 |
TextFiles.com | Library | - | - | (Various) | 1980 (apprx.) | 1995 (apprx.) | Multimedia | Multimedia | General, esp. Nonfiction, Technology | None | None | 2022/11/01 |
LDS General Conference Corpus | Corpus, Tagged | 10^7 * 3 | 10^4 * 1 | American | 1851 | Present | Spoken, Formal, Speeches | Written | Religious, Latter Day Saints | None | None | 2022/11/01 |
FidoNet Echomail Archive | Social Media | - | - | (Various) | 1990 (apprx.) | 2016 (apprx.) | Written, Computer, Social Media, FidoNet | Written | General, esp. Nonfiction, Technology | None | None | 2022/11/01 |
FidoNet HolySmoke Archive | Library | - | 10^5 * 4 | (Various) | 1993 | 2004 | Written, Computer, Social Media, FidoNet | Written | Nonfiction, Religion | None | None | 2022/11/02 |
Dúchas Project | Library | - | 10^6 * 2 | Irish | 1900 (apprx.) | 1940 (apprx.) | Multimedia | Written | Fiction, Folklore | None | None | 2022/11/02 |
Freiburg-Brown Corpus of American English (FROWN) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^6 * 1 | 10^2 * 5 | American | 1992 | 1992 | Written, Print | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2022/11/02 |
Brown Corpus Family | Corpus, Tagged | 10^6 * 1 | 10^3 * 2 | - | - | - | Written, Print | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2022/11/02 |
Brown Family (C8 tags) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^6 * 6 | 10^3 * 2 | (Various) | 1931 | 1991 | Written, Print | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2022/11/02 |
Brown Corpus | Corpus, Tagged | 10^6 * 1 | 10^3 * 1 | American | 1961 | 1961 | Written, Print | Written | General | None | None | 2022/11/02 |
Corpus of English Dialogues | Corpus, Tagged | 10^6 * 1 | 10^2 * 2 | British(?) | 1560 | 1760 | Multimedia | Written | General, Dialogues | None | Free registration required | 2022/11/02 |
Florence Early English Newspapers (FEEN) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^5 * 3 | - | British(?) | 1620 | 1649 | Written, Periodicals, Newspapers, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None | None | 2023/03/27 |
Transhistorical Corpus of Written English | Corpus, Tagged | 10^5 * 5 | 10^2 * 8 | (Various) | 1405 | 2019 | Written | Written | General | None | None | 2022/11/02 |
Linguistic Landscape Corpus | Corpus, Tagged | 10^6 * 5 | 10^2 * 6 | (Various) | 1997 | 2018 | Written | Written | Nonfiction, Academic | None | Free registration required | 2022/11/02 |
ICNALE Online | Corpus, Tagged | 10^6 * 4 | 10^4 * 2 | (Various, ESL) | 2007 (apprx.) | 2022 (apprx.) | Multimedia, College Work | Multimedia | Nonfiction, Academic | None | None | 2022/11/02 |
European Football Championship Interpreting Corpus (EFCIC) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^4 * 1 | 10^1 * 1 | - | 2020 | 2020 | Spoken, Entertainment, Interpretation, Interview | Written | Nonfiction, Sports | None | None | 2022/11/02 |
UkWac Complete | Corpus, Tagged | 10^9 * 2 | 10^6 * 3 | British | 2005 (apprx.) | 2007 (apprx.) | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | General | None | None | 2022/11/02 |
UkWac Small | Corpus, Tagged | 10^7 * 8 | 10^5 * 1 | British | 2005 (apprx.) | 2007 (apprx.) | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | General | None | None | 2022/11/02 |
Postcard Archive @ Florida State University | Library | - | 10^3 * 3 | (Various) | 1829 (apprx.) | 2016 (apprx.) | Written, Postcards | Written | Nonfiction, Postcards | None | None | 2022/11/06 |
PlayPhrase.me | Corpus, Tagged | - | 10^6 * 8 | (Various) | 1970 (apprx.) | Present? | Spoken, Entertainment, Movies | Audio-visual | Fiction, Movies | None | None | 2022/11/07 |
European Union DGT-UD: English | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 1 | 10^4 * 5 | International/ELF | 1948 (apprx.) | 2016 | Written, Legislative Acts | Written | Nonfiction, Law, Legislatures | None | None | 2022/11/16 |
Opus-MontenegrinSubs 1.0: English | Corpus, Tagged | 10^5 * 5 | 10^2 * 2 | (Various) | 2007 | 2013 | Spoken, Entertainment, Television | Written | Fiction, Television | None | None | 2022/11/16 |
Archive of Our Own (AO3) | Library | - | 10^7 * 1 | (Various) | 2007 | Present | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | Fiction, Short Stories, Fan Works | None | None | 2022/11/22 |
SCP Foundation | Library | - | 10^3 * 2 | (Various) | 2007 | Present | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | Fiction, Short Stories, Sci-Fi | None | None | 2022/11/22 |
NEWS-GB (British newspapers) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 2 | - | British | 2004 (apprx.) | 2004 (apprx.) | Written, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None | None | 2022/11/22 |
INTERNET-EN | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 2 | 10^4 * 5 | (Various) | 2006 (apprx.) | 2006 (apprx.) | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | General | None | None | 2022/11/22 |
BLOGS-EN (Political blogs) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 5 | - | (Various) | 2008 (apprx.) | 2008 (apprx.) | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | Nonfiction, Politics | None | None | 2022/11/22 |
Manually Annotated Sub-Corpus (MASC) | Library | 10^5 * 5 | 10^2 * 4 | American | 1990 (apprx.) | 2010 (apprx.) | Multimedia | Written | General | None | None | 2022/11/23 |
Lancaster Newsbooks Corpus (1654 part) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^5 * 9 | 10^2 * 2 | British | 1653 | 1654 | Written, Periodicals, Newspaper, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None | Free registration required | 2022/11/23 |
The Mail Arcive | Library | - | 10^8 * 2 | (Various) | 1990 | Present | Written, Computer, Mailing List | Written | Nonfiction, esp. Coding and Computers | None | None | 2022/11/26 |
CataList (LISTSERV catalog) | Library | - | - | (Various) | 1990 (apprx.) | Present | Written, Computer, Mailing List | Written | Nonfiction | None | None | 2022/11/28 |
United Nations Digital Library | Library | - | 10^5 * 7 | (Various, International/ELF) | 1875 | Present | Multimedia | Multimedia | Nonfiction, Politics | None | None | 2022/11/29 |
Genius.com | Library | - | - | (Various, Multilingual) | 1900 (apprx.) | Present | Spoken, Entertainment, Music | Written | General, Music | None | None | 2022/12/06 |
Chronicling America | Library | - | - | American | 1777 | 1963 | Written, Periodicals, Newspaper, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None | None | 2022/12/06 |
Library of Congress | Library | - | 10^6 * 3 | (Various, Multilingual) | 1470 (apprx.) | Present | Multimedia | Multimedia | General | None | None | 2022/12/06 |
World Radio History | Library | - | 10^5 * 1 | (Various, Multilingual) | 1900 (apprx.) | Present | Written, Periodicals, Magazines, Print | Written | Nonfiction, Radio; Television; Music | None | None | 2022/12/06 |
Google News Newspapers Archive | Library | - | 10^6 * 6 | (Various, Multilingual) | 1738 (apprx.) | 2009 | Written, Periodicals, Magazines, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None | None | 2022/12/14 |
VESPA | Corpus | 10^6 * 2 | 10^2 * 9 | International/ESL | 2008 (apprx.) | 2008 (apprx.) | Written, College Work | Written | Nonfiction, Academic | Restriction to non-profit educational use only | Free registration required | 2022/12/28 |
I-EN (Internet English Corpus) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 2 | - | (Various) | 2005 | 2005 | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | Nonfiction, News? | None | None | 2022/12/28 |
I-EN-CC (Internet English Creative Commons Corpus) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 2 | - | (Various) | 2005 (apprx.) | 2005 (apprx.) | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | Nonfiction, News? | None | None | 2022/12/28 |
Springfield! Springfield! | Library | - | 10^5 * 2 | (Various) | 1910 (apprx.) | Present | Spoken, Entertainment, Movies and Television | Written | General | None | None | 2023/03/27 |
Issuu | Library | - | 10^7 * 5 | (Various, Multilingual) | 2000 (apprx.) | Present | Written, Periodicals, Magazines | Written | Nonfiction | None | Free registration required for full access | 2023/01/19 |
Smithsonian Transcription Center | Library | - | - | American | 1400 (apprx.) | Present | Written | Written | Nonfiction | None | None | 2023/01/22 |
Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories | Library | 10^4 * 7 | 10^1 * 3 | American, African | 1932 | 1975 | Spoken, Interviews | Audio | General, Anthropological interviews | None | None | 2023/01/28 |
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project | Library | - | 10^3 * 2 | American, African | 1936 | 1938 | Written | Written | Nonfiction, Biographies | None | None | 2023/01/28 |
Corpus of Historical American English (COHA) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 5 | 10^5 * 1 | American | 1820 | 2019 | Multimedia | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2023/02/14 |
The TV Corpus | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 3 | 10^4 * 8 | (Various) | 1950 | 2017 | Spoken, Entertainment, Television | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2023/03/27 |
The Movie Corpus | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 2 | 10^4 * 3 | (Various) | 1930 | 2018 | Spoken, Entertainment, Movies | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2023/03/27 |
Corpus of American Soap Operas (CASO) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 1 | 10^4 * 2 | American | 2001 | 2012 | Spoken, Entertainment, Movies | Written | Fiction, Television, Soap Operas | None | Free registration required | 2023/03/27 |
Corpus of US Supreme Court Opinions | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 1 | 10^4 * 3 | American | 1790 (apprx.) | 2019 (apprx.) | Written | Written | Nonfiction, Law, Courts, Constitutional | None | Free registration required | 2023/02/16 |
TIME Magazine Corpus | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 1 | 10^5 * 3 | American | 1923 | 2006 | Written, Periodicals, Magazines, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None | Free registration required | 2023/02/16 |
Corpus of Online Registers of English (CORE) | Corpus, Tagged | 10^7 * 5 | 10^4 * 5 | (Various) | 2013 (apprx.) | 2016 (apprx.) | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2023/02/16 |
Strathy Corpus of Canadian English | Corpus, Tagged | 10^7 * 5 | 10^3 * 1 | Canadian | 1921 | 2011 | Multimedia | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2023/02/16 |
Biodiversity Heritage Library | Library | - | 10^5 * 3 | (Various, Multilingual) | 1400 (apprx.) | Present | Written | Written | Nonfiction, Academic, Biology | None | None | 2023/02/23 |
African American Writers, 1892-1912 (AAW) | Corpus, Untagged | 10^5 * 5 | 10^0 * 8 | American, African | 1892 | 1912 | Written | Written | General | None | None | 2023/03/15 |
Children's Literature (ChiLit) | Corpus, Untagged | 10^6 * 4 | 10^1 * 7 | (Unclear) | ? | ? | Written | Written | Fiction, Children | None | None | 2023/03/15 |
The Philadelphia Neighborhood Corpus of LING560 Studies (PNC) | Corpus | 10^6 * 2 | 10^2 * 3 | American | 1972 | Present? | Spoken, Interviews | Written | (Unclear) | Restrictions on excerpt size | Yes | 2023/03/15 |
British Pathé | Library | - | 10^5 * 2 | British | 1896 | 1984 | Spoken, Formal | Audio-visual | Nonfiction, News | None? | None | 2023/04/06 |
Newspapers.com | Library | - | 10^5 * 8 | (Various) | 1690 | Present | Written, Periodicals, Newspaper, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None | Wikipedia Library access available. Paid subscription otherwise required. Free trials are available. | 2023/04/30 |
NewspaperArchive | Library | - | 10^7 * 2 | (Various, Multilingual) | 1607 | Present | Written, Periodicals, Newspaper, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None | Wikipedia Library access available. Paid subscription otherwise required. Free trials are available. | 2024/06/16 |
PressReader | Library | - | ? | (Various) | ? | Present | Written, Periodicals, Newspaper, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None | Some snippets freely visible, most content requires paid subscription. Free trials are available. | 2023/05/31 |
ProQuest | Library | - | ? | (Various) | ? | Present | Written, Periodicals, Newspaper, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None | Wikipedia Library access available. Some snippets freely visible, most content requires paid subscription. Free trials are available. | 2023/05/31 |
Welsh Newspapers | Library | - | ? | Welsh, Multilingual | 1804 | 1919 | Written, Periodicals, Newspaper, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None? | None | 2023/08/08 |
Welsh Journals | Library | - | ? | Welsh, Multilingual | 1735 | 2007 | Written, Periodicals, Print | Written | General | None? | None | 2023/08/08 |
Crime and Punishment Database | Library | - | - | English? | 1730 | 1830 | Written, Formal, Court Records | Written | Nonfiction, Law, Courts, Criminal | None? | None | 2023/08/08 |
American Archive of Public Broadcasting | Library | - | 10^5 * 1 | (Various, Multilingual) | 1931 | Present | Spoken, esp. Formal | Audio-visual | General, esp. Nonfiction | None | None, additional content available on-site at GBH or the Library of Congress. | 2023/11/01 |
Buckeye Speech Corpus | Corpus, Tagged | 10^6 * 3 | 10^2 * 4 | American | 1999 | 2000 | Spoken, Interviews | Audio, Written | General, Sociolinguistic interviews | Restriction to educational and research use only | Free registration required | 2024/02/19 |
Westminster Detective Library | Library | 10^7 * 5 | 10^4 * 2 | American | 1818 | 1891 | Written, Periodicals, Newspapers, Print | Written | Fiction, Short Stories, Detective Stories | None | None | 2024/02/26 |
Usenet Archive (UTZOO Wiseman/Zach Barth) | Social Media | - | 10^6 * 2 | (Various) | 1981 | 1991 | Written, Computer, Social Media, Usenet | Written | General, esp. Nonfiction | None | None | 2024/03/20 |
Searchids.com | Library | 10^7 * 7 | 10^7 * 2 | (Various) | 2006 | 2006 | Written, Computer, Internet Searches | Written | General | Restriction to non-commercial research use only | None | 2024/04/11 |
Freiburg Corpus of English Dialects (FRED) - Interactive Database | Corpus, Untagged | 10^6 * 1 | 10^2 * 1 | British (various dialects) | 1970 | 2000 | Spoken, Interviews | Audio, Written | Nonfiction, History, Oral History | None | None | 2024/05/09 |
Name | Language | Language Code | Resource Type | Size in words | Size in texts | Start year | End year | Original medium | Available medium | Genre | Use restrictions | Access restrictions | Date of entry update |
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Czech National Corpus | Czech | cs | Corpus, Tagged | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Multimedia | General | None? | None | 2024/06/18 |
Polish National Corpus | Polish | pl | Corpus, Tagged | 10^9 * 2 | ? | ? | ? | ? | Written | General | None? | None | 2023/02/12 |
Russian National Corpus | Russian | ru | Corpus, Tagged | 10^9 * 2 | 10^6 * 5 | 1100 | Present | Multimedia | Written | General | Restriction to non-commercial linguistic use only | None | 2023/02/12 |
Turkish National Corpus | Turkish | tr | Corpus, Tagged? | 10^7 * 5 | 10^3 * 6 | 1990 | 2009 | Written | Written | General | Restriction to educational use only | Free registration required | 2023/02/12 |
Bruno Corpus | Spanish | es | Corpus, Untagged | 10^6 * 1 | 10^2 * 5 | ? | 2010 (apprx.) | Written | Written? | General | None | None | 2023/02/12 |
Braun Corpus | German | de | Corpus, Untagged | 10^6 * 1 | 10^2 * 5 | ? | 2008 (apprx.) | Written | Written? | General | None | None | 2023/02/12 |
Corpus del Español: Genre/Historical | Spanish | es | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 1 | 10^4 * 1 | 1200 (apprx.) | 2000 (apprx.) | Multimedia, esp. Written | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2023/03/24 |
Corpus del Español: Web/Dialects | Spanish | es | Corpus, Tagged | 10^9 * 2 | 10^6 * 2 | 2010 (apprx.) | 2014 | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | General | None | Free registration required | 2023/03/24 |
Corpus del Español: NOW | Spanish | es | Corpus, Tagged | 10^9 * 7 | 10^7 * 1 | 2012 | 2019 | Written, Computer, Internet | Written | Nonfiction, News | None | Free registration required | 2023/03/24 |
Corpus del Español del Siglo XXI (CORPES) | Spanish | es | Corpus, Tagged | 10^8 * 4 | 10^5 * 4 | 2001 | 2022 | Multimedia, esp. Written | Multimedia, esp. Written | General | None? | None | 2023/03/24 |
Lemko and Karpatska Rus’ Archive | Carpathian Rusyn | rue | Library | - | 10^3 * 2 | 1928 | 1989 | Written, Periodicals, Newspaper, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None? | None | 2024/06/18 |
Spauda | Lithuanian | lt | Library | - | ? | 1886 | 2015 | Written, Periodicals, Newspaper, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None? | None | 2023/04/04 |
Gallica | French | fr | Library | - | 10^7 | ? | ? | Written, Periodicals, Newspaper, Print | Written | General, esp. Nonfiction, News | None | None | 2023/05/31 |
RetroNews | French | fr | Library | - | ? (>10^6 * 3) | 1631 | 1951 | Written, Periodicals, Newspaper, Print | Written | Nonfiction, News | None | None | 2023/05/31 |
The Database of Early Cantonese Bible | Cantonese | yue | Corpus, Untagged? | - | 10^0 * 7 | 1863 | 1927 | Written, Religious Text | Written | Religious, Christianity, Bible Passages | None? | None | 2023/12/10 |
The Database of Early Christian Literature | Cantonese | yue | Corpus, Untagged? | - | 10^0 * 5 | 1845 (apprx.) | 1906 | Written, Books, Print | Written | Religious, Christianity | None? | None | 2023/12/10 |
A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM) | Tocharian B, Tocharian A | txb, xto | Corpus, Tagged | 10^5 * 2 | 10^3 * 2 | 500 (apprx.) | 700 (apprx.) | Written | Written | General, esp. Religious, Buddhism | None? | None | 2024/05/05 |
The following is a brief explanation of how various terms are used in describing and categorizing the corpora on this page.
Name | Language | Language Code | Size in corpora | Date of entry update |
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Corpus Resource Database (CoRD) | Translingual, esp. English | mul, en | 10^2 * 1 | 2023/02/13 |
Czech National Corpus KonText interface | Translingual | mul | 10^3 * 1 | 2023/02/13 |
English-Corpora.org | English | en | 10^1 * 2 | 2023/02/13 |
Leipzig Corpora Collection | Translingual | mul | 10^3 * 1 | 2023/02/13 |
Lextutor Web Concordance English | English | en | 10^1 * 5 | 2023/02/13 |
Lextutor Web Concordance French | French | fr | 10^1 * 2 | 2023/02/13 |
LINDAT/CLARIAH-CZ Corpora | Translingual | mul | 10^2 * 7 | 2023/02/13 |
Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC) | Translingual | mul | 10^3 * 1 | 2023/02/13 |
Martin Weisser's On-line Corpora of English | Translingual, esp. English | mul, en | 10^1 * 2 | 2023/02/13 |
SketchEngine | Translingual | mul | 10^1 * 2 | 2023/02/13 |
University of Warwick list of free online corpora | English | en | 10^1 * 2 | 2023/02/13 |
University of Edinburgh Scots and Scottish English corpora | Scots, English | sco, en | 10^1 * 3 | 2023/02/13 |
Translingual | mul | 10^3 * 2 | 2024/04/22 | |
CLARIN.SI Online Concordancers | Translingual, esp. Slovene | mul, sl | 10^2 * 2 | 2023/02/26 |
CLARIN.SI Corpus Repository | Translingual, esp. Slovene | mul, sl | 10^2 * 2 | 2023/02/26 |
CLARINO Corpuscle | Translingual, esp. Norwegian | mul, no | 10^1 * 6 | 2023/02/26 |
CLARINO Corpus Repository | Translingual, esp. Norwegian | mul, no | 10^1 * 4 | 2023/02/26 |
Online Resources for African American Language (ORAAL), external data sources | English | en | 10^1 * 1 | 2023/03/15 |
Online Resources for African American Language (ORAAL), supplements | English | en | 10^0 * 4 | 2024/05/08 |
Corpus Linguistics in Context (CLiC) | English | en | 10^0 * 5 | 2023/03/15 |
The Spanish Coprus | Spanish | es | 10^0 * 4 | 2023/03/24 |
Pennsylvania State University scripts and transcripts of popular film, TV, and sports | English | en | 10^1 * 2 | 2023/04/02 |
/r/Screenwriting Guide to Finding Scripts Online | English | en | 10^1 * 2 | 2023/04/02 |
BBC.com | Translingual | mul | 10^1 * 3 | 2024/04/22 |
Corpus4U.org | English, Chinese | en, zh | 10^2 * 2 | 2023/06/17 |
Beijing Foreign Studies University CQPweb | Translingual | mul | 10^2 * 2 | 2023/06/17 |
Lancaster Univerity CQPweb | Translingual, esp. English | mul, en | 10^2 * 1 | 2023/06/17 |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Resources for Chinese Linguistics | Chinese, esp. Cantonese | zh, yue | 10^0 * 3 | 2023/12/10 |
PolyU Corpus of Spoken Chinese, links to other corpora and databases | Translingual, esp. Chinese | mul, zh | 10^2 * 1 | 2024/01/13 |
Duke University list of collections of African American oral histories | English | en | 10^1 * 1 | 2024/05/08 |
OPUS Open Parallel Corpus Collection | Translingual | mul | 10^3 * 1 | 2024/06/18 |
OPUS Multilingual Search Interface | Translingual | mul | 10^2 * 4 | 2024/06/18 |
See also Wiktionary:Searchable external archives and Wiktionary:Quotations/Resources.