rather

Pronunciation: ['ræðә]

Average Rank: 420

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

adv. 宁可, 稍微, 相当

Detailed Explanations:
  • r. on the contrary; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"
  • r. to some (great or small) extent
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 cet6 ky

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#254

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

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

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#743

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 92.6% (Top 92.6% most frequent)
92.6%

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

Project Gutenberg
#263

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 97.4% (Top 97.4% most frequent)
97.4%

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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