Meaning and example
appearing as such but not necessarily so
For all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 1.108 places ostensible in the uncommon range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 87% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 86.7%
temperamentally disinclined to talk
- Known by
- 87.4%
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- Known by
- 87.4%
not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature
- Known by
- 87.5%
show the form or outline of
- Known by
- 86.4%
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
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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