Word Prevalence

Meaning and example

treat or speak of with contempt

He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics

Plain-English interpretation

A prevalence score of 0.991 places deride in the uncommon range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 84.2% of people in the source dataset.

Related words

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Similar-prevalence words

assuageUncommon

Known by: 84.1%

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

banalUncommon

Known by: 84.1%

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

reprobateUncommon

Known by: 84.5%

a person without moral scruples

engenderUncommon

Known by: 84%

call forth

repudiateUncommon

Known by: 83.9%

cast off

Source attribution

Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.