Usage categories

Usage categories refers to the categories which Linku has assigned words based on their annual surveys, starting from 2022. These are a more granular, more frequently updated replacement for the book presence categories.

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 (0.5% rounds to 1%).

2023 Category Users nSample size = 868 Core [90%, 100%] Widespread [70%, 90%) Common [50%, 70%) Uncommon [20%, 50%) Rare [10%, 20%) Obscure [2%, 10%)

2022 Category Users nSample size = 345 Core [90%, 100%] Widespread [70%, 90%) Common [50%, 70%) Uncommon [20%, 50%) Rare [10%, 20%) Obscure [1%, 10%)

Survey results

• 2023 survey results (868 responses)
• 2022 survey results (345 responses)
  The 2022 survey changed the methodology. It asks "do you use this word". Previous years asked "do you consider this word real". Because of this, results from 2022 and after cannot be directly compared to 2021 and before.
• 2021 survey results (152 responses)
• 2020 survey results (86 responses)