Meaning and example
the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
He was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 2.075 places prevalence in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 98.6% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 98.6%
large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
- Known by
- 98.6%
a reciprocal relation between two or more things
- Known by
- 98.5%
someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
- Known by
- 98.5%
avoiding waste
- Known by
- 98.6%
marked by active interest and enthusiasm
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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