per

Pronunciation: [pә:]

Average Rank: 1397

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

prep. 每一, 通过, 经, 按照 [经] 每, 按照

Detailed Explanations:
  • prep. Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for
  • each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals;
  • per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also
  • sometimes used with English words.
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: gk ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: pers

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#242

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.6% (Top 97.6% most frequent)
97.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#3090

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 69.1% (Top 69.1% most frequent)
69.1%

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

Project Gutenberg
#859

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 91.4% (Top 91.4% most frequent)
91.4%

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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