Meaning and example
fraught with danger
Dangerous waters
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of -0.170 places parlous in the very rare range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 43.2% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
Similar-prevalence words
proprioceptiveVery rare
- Known by
- 43%
of or relating to proprioception
seminiferousVery rare
- Known by
- 43.4%
bearing or producing seed or semen
plenipotentiaryVery rare
- Known by
- 43.5%
a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government
penologyVery rare
- Known by
- 42.7%
the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
tutelaryVery rare
- Known by
- 42.2%
providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
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.
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