| 100% | FLUENT | 6 | Able to speak a foreign language like a native |
| 56% | FLUENCY | 7 | The ability to accurately speak a foreign language |
| 55% | FLUENT | 6 | Able to speak easily, as a language |
| 51% | FLUENCY | 7 | Ability to speak and understand a foreign language |
| 46% | FLUENT | 6 | Person who speaks a foreign language perfectly |
| 46% | TRILINGUAL | 10 | Able to speak 3 languages |
| 46% | BILINGUAL | 9 | Able to speak two languages |
| 45% | FAUXAMIS | 8 | Words in a foreign language that bear a deceptive resemblance to those in another, like the French "décevoir" ("disappoint") and the English "deceive" |
| 43% | ORAL | 4 | Spoken exam, as in a foreign language class |
| 43% | STAGFRIGHT | 10 | Cause of a groom not being able to speak? |
| 42% | VENOMOUS | 8 | Able to secrete poison, like a cobra |
| 41% | TOLD | 4 | Sang like a canary, so to speak |
| 41% | ASLEEP | 6 | Out like a light, so to speak |
| 41% | ENDEMIC | 7 | Native to a certain region, like some diseases |
| 40% | MOTILE | 6 | Like organisms that are able to traverse their environment, biologically speaking |
| 40% | BEIRUT | 6 | Foreign capital whose name sounds like a water passage to San Francisco |
| 39% | SEEME | 5 | “I’d like to speak with you,” on a returned exam |
| 37% | MUTED | 5 | Like a video-call participant who appears to be speaking but can’t be heard, often |
| 37% | BORNANDBRED | 11 | Like a native |
| 37% | FLUENT | 6 | Able to speak well |
| 37% | FLUENTLY | 8 | Like a native speaker |
| 36% | FLUENT | 6 | Able to speak very well |
| 36% | FREE | 4 | Able to accept a date |
| 36% | QUAKEPROOF | 10 | Able to withstand a temblor |
| 36% | AGILE | 5 | Able to dance a jig, say |
| 36% | SPRY | 4 | Able to do a cartwheel, perhaps |
| 35% | LANGUAGE | 8 | Speaking a foreign __ might help you abroad |
| 35% | LITERATE | 8 | Able to read a letter I rewrote |
| 35% | ALLTERRAIN | 10 | Able to cover a lot of ground? |
| 35% | FLUENTLY | 8 | Naturally, like a native speaker |