character

Pronunciation: ['kærәktә]

Average Rank: 938

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 个性, 字符, 人物, 性质, 品格, 资格 [计] 字符

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
  • n. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
  • n. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
  • n. good repute
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl
Word Forms:
Plural: characters
Present Participle: charactering
Past: charactered
3rd Person: characters
Past Participle: charactered

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#409

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.9% (Top 95.9% most frequent)
95.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#1960

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 80.4% (Top 80.4% most frequent)
80.4%

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

Project Gutenberg
#444

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 95.6% (Top 95.6% most frequent)
95.6%

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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