help

Pronunciation: [help]

Average Rank: 325

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 帮忙, 帮助者, 补救办法, 有益的东西 vt. 帮助, 帮忙, 接济, 治疗, 款待 vi. 有用, 救命, 招待 [计] 帮助, 帮助程序; DOS外部命令: DOS命令的电子文件帮助程序

Detailed Explanations:
  • v. give help or assistance; be of service
  • v. improve the condition of
  • v. be of use
  • v. contribute to the furtherance of
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Past Participle: helped
Present Participle: helping
Past: helped
3rd Person: helps
Plural: helps

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#483

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.2% (Top 95.2% most frequent)
95.2%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#148

Conversational and colloquial usage

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

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

Project Gutenberg
#344

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 96.6% (Top 96.6% most frequent)
96.6%

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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