WordPrevalence

Word familiarity list

Words known by about 50 percent

Words where reader familiarity is genuinely uncertain.

Words in list36
Known range45.3%-53.8%
Average known49.8%
Dominant labelRare
insoucianceRare
Known by
50%

the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you

concatenationVery rare
Known by
49.9%

the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series

abstruseVery rare
Known by
49.8%

difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

numinousVery rare
Known by
49.8%

evincing the presence of a deity

capacitanceRare
Known by
50.4%

an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored

profanationRare
Known by
50.7%

blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character

meretriciousRare
Known by
50.8%

like or relating to a prostitute

pusillanimousVery rare
Known by
48.8%

lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

percutaneousVery rare
Known by
48.7%

through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)

perfidyRare
Known by
51.3%

betrayal of a trust

fomentVery rare
Known by
48.6%

try to stir up public opinion

puerilityVery rare
Known by
48.5%

the state of a child between infancy and adolescence

quaternaryRare
Known by
51.5%

last 2 million years

disputatiousRare
Known by
51.6%

inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

isomerismVery rare
Known by
48.1%

the state of being an isomer; the complex of chemical and physical phenomena characteristic of isomers

inimicalVery rare
Known by
48%

not friendly

atavismVery rare
Known by
47.9%

a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

reliquaryRare
Known by
52.1%

a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)

solipsismRare
Known by
52.1%

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist

execrableRare
Known by
52.3%

of very poor quality or condition

rascalityRare
Known by
52.3%

the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks

subornationRare
Known by
52.4%

underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful

insouciantRare
Known by
52.6%

marked by blithe unconcern

lacrimationRare
Known by
52.7%

shedding tears

equitationRare
Known by
52.8%

the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements

penuriousVery rare
Known by
47.2%

not having enough money to pay for necessities

usuriousVery rare
Known by
47.1%

greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

nectarousVery rare
Known by
46.8%

extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant

debarkationRare
Known by
53.3%

the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft

excoriationRare
Known by
53.3%

an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

cabalismRare
Known by
53.8%

the doctrines of the Kabbalah

imbroglioVery rare
Known by
46.2%

an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation

servomechanismVery rare
Known by
46.2%

control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system

nihilityVery rare
Known by
45.8%

the state of nonexistence

adiposityVery rare
Known by
45.7%

having the property of containing fat

medullaryVery rare
Known by
45.3%

containing or consisting of or resembling bone marrow