common

Pronunciation: ['kɒmәn]

Average Rank: 732

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 通常的, 共同的, 通俗的, 公共的 [计] 公用块

Detailed Explanations:
  • a. belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
  • a. having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
  • s. common to or shared by two or more parties
  • s. commonly encountered
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#155

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.5% (Top 98.5% most frequent)
98.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#1587

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 84.1% (Top 84.1% most frequent)
84.1%

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

Project Gutenberg
#454

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 95.5% (Top 95.5% most frequent)
95.5%

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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