This section has information on the most frequently used vocabulary in Latin literature. For more information on how the vocabulary was identified, see the main menu “Vocabulary Home.” The vocabulary is divided into 16 groups, based in part on frequency and in part on groupings of similar kinds of words (see below). The first 6 groups contain almost all of the top 300 most frequently used words. The exceptions are some pronouns, which have been spaced out to avoid confusion.
Here is a table of how the vocabulary is grouped:
| Group | Category | Category | Category |
| Group 1 | masc. nom. sing. pronoun | ||
| Group 2 | feminine nouns | neuter nom./acc. pronoun | |
| Group 3 | neuter nouns | genitive pronoun | |
| Group 4 | masculine nouns | acc. and abl. pronoun | |
| Group 5 | feminine nouns | dative pronoun | |
| Group 6 | neuter and masc. nouns | ||
| Group 7 | 1st decl. fem.; (-t)ia | 1st conj. verbs (causative suffix) | 3rd decl. adjectives; -(i)ter adverbs |
| Group 8 | 2nd decl. masc.; 3rd masc. -tor | 3rd conj. | 1st/2nd decl. adj. |
| Group 9 | 3rd decl. masc. -or; 2nd nt. | 2nd conj.; in- | 1st/2nd dec. adj.; indef. pronoun |
| Group 10 | 3rd decl. fem. ;-tās | deponent; -scō | adj. in-; -ālis/-ilis, -e |
| Group 11 | 3rd decl. m/f; 4th decl. | 3rd conj.; con- | 3rd decl. adj; indefinite -que |
| Group 12 | 3rd decl. neuter | 1st conj.; prae- | 1st/2nd adj. |
| Group 13 | 1st and 5th decl. fem. | 3rd -iō; ex- | 1st/2nd decl.; numbers |
| Group 14 | neuter 2nd (and 3rd) | irregular; 3rd; pro- | 1st/2nd, indeclinable adj. |
| Group 15 | 4th decl; 3rd masc.;(common gender) | 2nd and 4th conj; per- | 1st/2nd decl. adj.; numbers |
| Group 16 | 3rd decl. fem. | frequentative -tō/-sō 3rd conj.; con- (intensive); trans-, ab- | 1st/2nd decl. adj. |