sometimes

Pronunciation: ['sʌmtaimz]

Average Rank: 418

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

adv. 有时, 时常, 往往

Detailed Explanations:
  • r. on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always; at other times for six months"
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#266

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.3% (Top 97.3% most frequent)
97.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#513

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 94.9% (Top 94.9% most frequent)
94.9%

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

Project Gutenberg
#476

Classical and literary usage

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

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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