How many actual words are in the English Dictionary?

Answer 1

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), and is one of the most successful dictionaries of the English language. (It should not be confused with the one-volume Oxford Dictionary of English, formerly New Oxford Dictionary of English, of 1998.) As of 30 November 2005 OED included about 301,100 main entries, comprising over 350 million printed characters. In addition to the headwords of main entries, it contains 157,000 combinations and derivatives in bold type, and 169,000 phrases and combinations in bold italic type, making a total of 616,500 word-forms. There are 137,000 pronunciations, 249,300 etymologies, 577,000 cross-references, and 2,412,400 illustrative quotations. The latest complete printed version of the dictionary (Second Edition, 1989) contained 21,730 pages, with 291,500 entries.

Answer 2

Spoken language is discussed in two modes. One is the
vernacular, some call that street, and an actual statistic
counted on a sample selected was 3100 in 2000. In the
totals also is a regional that is about twice or 6200. That is
defined as regular and nondisputed usages.