would

Pronunciation: [wud]

Average Rank: 56

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

aux. 将, 愿意

Detailed Explanations:
  • imp. of Will
  • v. t. Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past
  • tense or in the conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will.
  • n. See 2d Weld.
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#49

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
#72

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.3% (Top 99.3% most frequent)
99.3%

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

Project Gutenberg
#46

Classical and literary usage

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

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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