children

Pronunciation: ['tʃildrәn]

Average Rank: 389

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

pl. 孩子, 孩子们

Detailed Explanations:
  • n a young person of either sex
  • n a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
  • n an immature childish person
  • n a member of a clan or tribe
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Difficulty: ADVANCED
Exam Tags: ielts
Word Forms:
0: child
1: s
Plural: childrens

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#294

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.1% (Top 97.1% most frequent)
97.1%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#566

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 94.3% (Top 94.3% most frequent)
94.3%

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

Project Gutenberg
#306

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 96.9% (Top 96.9% most frequent)
96.9%

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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