family

Pronunciation: ['fæmәli]

Average Rank: 280

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 家庭, 家人, 族 a. 家庭的

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a social unit living together
  • n. primary social group; parents and children
  • n. people descended from a common ancestor
  • n. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: families

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#203

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.0% (Top 98.0% most frequent)
98.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#250

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 97.5% (Top 97.5% most frequent)
97.5%

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

Project Gutenberg
#388

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 96.1% (Top 96.1% most frequent)
96.1%

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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