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type-token ratio

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
type---to-ken ra-tio
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ratio of the number of different words (types) occurring in a text or corpus to the overall number of words (tokens) in the same text or corpus.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

type-token ratios (plural) TTR (alternative)

Phrases

type-token distinction

Frequently Paired Words

type-token distinction

Questions

What does type-token ratio mean?
The ratio of the number of different words (types) occurring in a text or corpus to the overall number of words (tokens) in the same text or corpus.

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