See how many words you can actually use
Spark tracks two numbers: the words you recognize and the words you can use. A word only counts as active once you've proved it, never because you said so.
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What is the difference between passive and active vocabulary?
Passive words are ones you recognize when you read them. Active words are ones you can produce: recalled without help, used on your own, or still known a week later.
What is the Spark 75 challenge?
75 days of daily goals, tracked from what you already do: read 25 minutes, listen 25, speak 5 and write 5. Miss a day and your streak resets, not the challenge.
Progress tracking at a glance
| Passive words | Words you recognize when you read them |
|---|---|
| Active words | Recalled without help, used on your own, or still known a week later |
| Dashboard | Active words, their change this month, and today's three steps |
| Spark 75 | Four daily goals, a leaderboard and a certificate at day 75 |
Questions about tracking progress
How does a word become active?
When you type it correctly without help, use it on your own in a chat or your journal, or still know it 7 days later.
Does marking a word as known make it active?
No. Marking a word known makes it passive. Active has to be earned.
Can I share my progress?
Yes. The Spark 75 challenge has a public share page, and you get a certificate at day 75.
Does Spark count streaks?
Yes. It counts days in a row, and LingQ streak days can come with you.
Keep going
Feel yourself getting better.
Watch the words you can use grow, week by week.
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