Explore Movie Vocabulary
Learn English with movies. Discover how much of a movie’s vocabulary you already know and review unfamiliar words before watching.
What Happened Miss Simone
Unique vocabulary and phrases by level
How difficult is What Happened Miss Simone in English?
What Happened Miss Simone: 62.8% A1–A2 vocabulary; 16.4% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary. Vocabulary size: 1,595.
Unique vocabulary
- For A2 learners: 28.7% of unique vocabulary is above A2 or marked rare. Expect substantial preparation; start with short scenes and English subtitles.
- For B1 learners: 16.4% of unique vocabulary is above B1 or marked rare. Preview recurring words and use English subtitles.
- For B2 learners: 10.7% of unique vocabulary is above B2 or marked rare. Preview recurring words and use English subtitles.
8.5% Unclassified. Unclassified vocabulary has no reliable level assignment.
Vocabulary weighted by word occurrences
91.4% A1–A2 vocabulary; 2.8% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary; 3.0% Unclassified.
This counts repeated eligible words. Phrases are excluded from this calculation to avoid counting their component words twice.
Recurring words and phrases to preview
- care for (B1): 21 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
NINA: [SINGING] # My baby don't care for shows #
- interviewer (B1): 19 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
INTERVIEWER: What's "free" to you, Nina?
- civil (B1): 10 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
AL: As the civil rights movement really swung into high gear,
- career (B1): 9 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
He abandoned his own career as a sergeant of the police department
- singing (B1): 9 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
NINA: [SINGING] # Nobody's fault but mine #
Compare with titles in similar genres
- Cobain Montage of Heck: 16.8% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.4 percentage points more than What Happened Miss Simone).
- Searching for Sugar Man: 15.4% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (1.0 percentage points less than What Happened Miss Simone).
- George Harrison Living in the Material World: 15.3% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (1.1 percentage points less than What Happened Miss Simone).
These percentages describe vocabulary, not the proportion of dialogue you will understand. CEFR labels are estimates, not official film ratings. Accent, speed, songs, context, and your own vocabulary also affect comprehension. Repeated occurrences may include repeated dialogue or lyrics.
How we estimate vocabulary difficulty · Evidence generated: