what en
Word token #40
Lemmas using this token
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| Lemma | POS | Definition | Via | Grammatical form | Freq. share |
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what
base
P99_002
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pronoun | (pronoun) Used to ask for information about something or to request specification or identification (e.g., “What is your name?” “What did you say?”). | form | lemma |
100.0%
None
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Corpus frequency
| Corpus | Rank | Freq. / M | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20th_books | 43 | 3325.8 | Word frequency data from 20th century books |
| religious_translated | 49 | 2782.6 | Word frequency data from old religious works in English translation |
| openstax_society | 51 | 1993.5 | Word frequency data from OpenStax social science and history textbooks |
| eu_parliament_debates | 54 | 2223.7 | Word frequency data from European Parliament debates, 1996-2011 |
| early_modern_science | 68 | 1696.7 | Word frequency data from early modern science writing, Boyle to Osler |
| wpa_life_histories | 68 | 2019.6 | Word frequency data from WPA Federal Writers' Project life-history interviews, 1936-1940 |
| legal_scotus | 101 | 1004.8 | Word frequency data from Supreme Court opinions, 1997-2006 |
| wiki_society | 101 | 870.0 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia Level 4 society, philosophy and religion articles |
| wiki_arts | 137 | 707.6 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia Level 4 arts articles |
| wiki_history | 137 | 678.9 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia Level 4 history and biography articles |
| wiki_linguistics | 204 | 583.2 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia Level 5 language articles |
| cooking | 321 | 478.4 | Word frequency data from Cookbooks |
| wiki_modern_life | 332 | 322.8 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia everyday-life and technology articles |
| wiki_math | 348 | 413.2 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia mathematics articles |
| wiki_geography | 413 | 276.8 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia Level 4 geography articles |
| wiki_physical_science | 461 | 296.2 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia Level 4 physical science and molecular biology articles |
| wiki_biology | 621 | 207.2 | Word frequency data from Wikipedia organism and anatomy articles |
Learner tiers
| Source | Tier | POS hint | Sense hint |
|---|---|---|---|
| cambridge_yle | starters | int | — |