Word Prevalence

Meaning and example

liveliness and eagerness

He accepted with alacrity

Plain-English interpretation

A prevalence score of 0.669 places alacrity in the uncommon range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 75.1% of people in the source dataset.

Related words

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Similar-prevalence words

asceticRare

Known by: 74.6%

someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

truculentRare

Known by: 74.4%

defiantly aggressive

vitriolicUncommon

Known by: 75.8%

harsh or corrosive in tone

acerbicUncommon

Known by: 76%

sour or bitter in taste

torpidRare

Known by: 73.9%

slow and apathetic

Source attribution

Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.