{{tok|[[Linku]]}} assigns words to broadA '''usage categoriescategory''' is a criteria for [[word usage]] based on the annual surveys fromby 2022 onwards{{tok|[[Linku]]}}. These are a more granular, more frequently updated replacement for the [[book presence]] categories.<ref>{{tokcite YouTube|kala Asi}} (7 August 2023). [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrFB1ETL1Hg|title={{tp|wile sona nimi}}].|name={{tok|kala [Asi}}|channel={{tok|kala Asi}}|handle=kala_asi|date=2023-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018173305/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrFB1ETL1Hg Archived] from the original on 18 October |archive-date=2023. ''YouTube''. Retrieved -10-18 October |access-date=2023.-10-18}}</ref>
{{tok|[//nimi.li nimi.li]}}, a fork of {{tok|Linku}}, uses the term '''marginal''' to refer to words that are below these categories and thus deemed not notable for the dictionary project.
==Table of categories==
In the following tables, a bold line represents the cutoff for the categories that are selected by default. Numbers are rounded to the nearest percentage point. (0{{tok|[[nimi.5%li]]}}, roundsa fork of {{tok|Linku}}, uses the term ''marginal'' to 1%)refer to words that are below these categories and thus deemed not notable for the dictionary project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nimi.li/about|title=about|website=nimi.li|author={{tok|jan Tani}}|access-date=2024-01-17}}</ref>