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thegman
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 Posted: 07/29/04 - 15:45 Post subject: An interesting flash site.
If you're a word geek, anyway.
WORDCOUNT is a list of almost 87,000 English words, ranked in order of commonality.
By typing a word, you'll see its frequency of usage, from 1 (“the”) to 86800 (“conquistador”), along with words of similar frequency.
It's a bit of a challenge to see if you can think of a word that's close to 86,800. The least common I could think of was "prostheses", which was 85,425.
Of course, you can type in a number, but that isn't much of a challenge. 
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Noley
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Posted: 07/29/04 - 16:01 Post subject:
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 07/29/04 - 16:06 Post subject:
This is going to provide me with a lot of entertainment...
My most obscure word thus far has been ramekins, at 80,238.
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Noley
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Posted: 07/29/04 - 16:07 Post subject:
| MechEngDropout wrote: |
My most obscure word thus far has been ramekins, at 80,238. |
Jeez, I left that word out.
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gretriever
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Posted: 07/29/04 - 16:08 Post subject: Re: An interesting flash site.
| thegman wrote: | | By typing a word, you'll see its frequency of usage, from 1 (“the”) to 86800 (“conquistador”). |
And if Procol Harum didn't have that song, that word would not have even made the list.
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marathonrnr262
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Posted: 07/29/04 - 16:23 Post subject:
counterintuitive 79017.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 07/29/04 - 16:23 Post subject:
Tarantella at 83,687.
I will beat you gman if it takes all day. 
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Posted: 07/29/04 - 16:24 Post subject:
I put in Tourette's Syndrome and it came bock with Noley. 
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Noley
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Posted: 07/29/04 - 16:39 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | I put in Tourette's Syndrome and it came bock with Noley. |
Sorry.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 07/29/04 - 16:39 Post subject:
Wo0ho0! Go math terms!
Conic at 85,674.
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Noley
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Posted: 07/29/04 - 16:40 Post subject:
But that wasn't nice either.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 07/29/04 - 16:45 Post subject:
So it's true... people say "no" more often than"yes."
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Posted: 07/29/04 - 16:50 Post subject:
My first two picks weren't great, but give perspective. Don't choose terms the government would use because they are ranked higher than I would have though.
microbiology 33784
plenipotentiary 52079
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Posted: 07/29/04 - 16:55 Post subject:
I lot of words aren't listed, so don't beat yourself up over it.
Examples: spelunking, copesetic
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Posted: 07/29/04 - 18:05 Post subject:
perfume = 10569
parfum=86286.
who knew it would help to be looking at Vogue before doing this?
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