Meaning and example
something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation
The weather is one variable to be considered
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 2.576 places variable in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 100% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
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- 100%
no longer in use
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a listing of the words used in some enterprise
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- 99.8%
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an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
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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