Word Prevalence

Meaning and example

the relation between causes and effects

The passage used "causality" to mean the relation between causes and effects.

Plain-English interpretation

A prevalence score of 1.581 places causality in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 94.8% of people in the source dataset.

Related words

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Similar-prevalence words

disseminateCommon

Known by: 94.8%

cause to become widely known

ferventCommon

Known by: 94.6%

characterized by intense emotion

refuteCommon

Known by: 94.9%

overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

tenuousCommon

Known by: 95%

having thin consistency

chastiseCommon

Known by: 95%

censure severely

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.