Word Prevalence

Meaning and example

habitual relapse into crime

The passage used "recidivism" to mean habitual relapse into crime.

Plain-English interpretation

A prevalence score of 0.292 places recidivism in the rare range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 61.6% of people in the source dataset.

Related words

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Similar-prevalence words

canalizationRare

Known by: 61.6%

the production of a canal or a conversion to canals

punctiliousRare

Known by: 61.5%

marked by precise accordance with details

irascibleRare

Known by: 61.5%

quickly aroused to anger

abrogateRare

Known by: 61.4%

revoke formally

mendaciousRare

Known by: 61.9%

given to lying

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.