well

Pronunciation: [wel]

Average Rank: 84

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 井, 泉水, 源泉, 好 v. 涌出 a. 健康的, 良好的, 适宜的, 恰当的 adv. 很好地, 适当地, 好意地, 很, 完全 interj. 好啦

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
  • n. a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
  • n. an abundant source
  • n. an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk toefl
Word Forms:
Plural: wells
Present Participle: welling
Past: welled
3rd Person: wells
Past Participle: welled

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#100

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.0% (Top 99.0% most frequent)
99.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#35

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.7% (Top 99.7% most frequent)
99.7%

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

Project Gutenberg
#118

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 98.8% (Top 98.8% most frequent)
98.8%

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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