Meaning and example
make obscure or unclear
The passage used "obfuscate" to mean make obscure or unclear.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 0.626 places obfuscate in the rare range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 73.7% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
convivialRare
- Known by
- 73.6%
occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
torpidRare
- Known by
- 73.9%
slow and apathetic
intransigentRare
- Known by
- 73.2%
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
harangueRare
- Known by
- 73.1%
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truculentRare
- Known by
- 74.4%
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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.
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