The female participants in the study also knew certain words like kohl, chenille, verbena, sateen, voile and chambray better than men did.
However, the male participants were found to know several other words better than women - such as yakuza, teraflop, neodymium, parsec and bushido.
The data showed that men were also more likely to know words like azimuth, howitzer, millilamp, thermistor and femtosecond.
The Mirror UK reported that the results sparked confusion - and sometimes even heated debate.
One critic wrote, "I know all but one of the female list and all but three of the male list.
"If you know a bit about physics, hair and beauty, weapons, and dressmaking you're got most of both lists covered."
One man wrote: "Words men know but women don't and vice versa.
"As a man, I have to say … are those real words women know? I don't know a single one. I do know quite a few of the male words, but not all."
Professor Brysbaert, who is director of the Centre for Reading Research at Ghent University, first led a study in 2016 analysing how many words people know.
"At the Centre of Reading Research we are investigating what determines the ease with which words are recognised," he explained.
The test includes a list of 62,000 words that he and his team have compiled.
"As we made the list ourselves and have not used a commercially available dictionary list with copyright restrictions, it can be made available to everyone, and all researchers can access it."
The twenty words women are more likely to know
Peplum
Tulle
Chignon
Bandeau
Freesia
Chenille
Kohl
Verbena
Doula
Ruche
Espadrille
Damask
Jacquard
Whipstitch
Boucle
Taffeta
Sateen
Chambray
Pessary
Voile
