little

Pronunciation: ['litl]

Average Rank: 177

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 一点点, 少许, 一会儿, 短时间 a. 小的, 很少的, 幼小的, 琐碎的, 短暂的, 矮小的 adv. 很少, 稍微, 完全不

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a small amount or duration
  • a. (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
  • s. (of children and animals) young, immature
  • s. (of a voice) faint
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#350

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 96.5% (Top 96.5% most frequent)
96.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#105

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.0% (Top 99.0% most frequent)
99.0%

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

Project Gutenberg
#77

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.2% (Top 99.2% most frequent)
99.2%

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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