than

Pronunciation: [ðæn]

Average Rank: 94

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

conj. 比, 除...外 prep. 比

Detailed Explanations:
  • conj. A particle expressing comparison, used after certain
  • adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more,
  • better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the
  • object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object
  • compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered
  • by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed
  • in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer
  • than that you should want.
  • adv. Then. See Then.
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating:
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#47

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.5% (Top 99.5% most frequent)
99.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#169

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.3% (Top 98.3% most frequent)
98.3%

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

Project Gutenberg
#65

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.4% (Top 99.4% most frequent)
99.4%

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.