cannot

Pronunciation: ['kænɒt]

Average Rank: 468

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

aux. 无法, 不能

Detailed Explanations:
  • Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or
  • two.
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#460

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.4% (Top 95.4% most frequent)
95.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#706

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 92.9% (Top 92.9% most frequent)
92.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#237

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 97.6% (Top 97.6% most frequent)
97.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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