people

Pronunciation: ['pi:pl]

Average Rank: 125

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 人, 人民, 民族, 平民 vt. 使住满人, 居住于

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
  • n. members of a family line
  • v. fill with people
  • v. furnish with people
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Plural: peoples
Present Participle: peopling
Past: peopled
3rd Person: peoples
Past Participle: peopled

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#89

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.1% (Top 99.1% most frequent)
99.1%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#151

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
#135

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 98.7% (Top 98.7% most frequent)
98.7%

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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