why en
Word token #154
Lemmas using this token
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| Lemma | POS | Definition | Via | Grammatical form | Freq. share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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why
base
P99_005
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pronoun | used to ask for a reason or explanation; for what cause or purpose (e.g., “Why did you leave?”). | form | lemma |
100.0%
None
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Corpus frequency
| Corpus | Rank | Freq. / M | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20th_books | 149 | 903.0 | Word frequency data from 20th century books |
| 19th_books | 154 | 801.5 | Word frequency data from 19th century books |
| eu_parliament_debates | 165 | 754.1 | Word frequency data from European Parliament debates, 1996-2011 |
| openstax_society | 273 | 428.2 | Word frequency data from OpenStax social science and history textbooks |
| wpa_life_histories | 274 | 445.2 | Word frequency data from WPA Federal Writers' Project life-history interviews, 1936-1940 |
| religious_translated | 324 | 336.0 | Word frequency data from old religious works in English translation |
| early_modern_science | 367 | 292.7 | Word frequency data from early modern science writing, Boyle to Osler |
| openstax_science | 558 | 247.8 | Word frequency data from OpenStax science and computing textbooks |
| cooking | 829 | 147.4 | Word frequency data from Cookbooks |
| wiki_society | 1139 | 116.7 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia Level 4 society, philosophy and religion articles |
| wiki_arts | 1497 | 88.2 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia Level 4 arts articles |
| wiki_history | 1517 | 85.6 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia Level 4 history and biography articles |
| wiki_linguistics | 1580 | 75.3 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia Level 5 language articles |
| wiki_math | 1646 | 65.2 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia mathematics articles |
| wiki_physical_science | 1655 | 87.5 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia Level 4 physical science and molecular biology articles |
| wiki_biology | 2712 | 49.6 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia organism and anatomy articles |
| wiki_modern_life | 3706 | 37.7 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia everyday-life and technology articles |
Learner tiers
| Source | Tier | POS hint | Sense hint |
|---|---|---|---|
| cambridge_yle | movers | int | — |