Usage categories
Linku assigns words to broad usage categories based on annual surveys from 2022 onwards. These are a more granular, more frequently updated replacement for the book presence categories.[1]
nimi.li, a fork of 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 (0.5% rounds to 1%).
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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)
Notes
- ↑ In the 2023 results post, the obscure category is split into a high end [5%, 10%) and low end [2%, 5%) purely for readability.
- ↑ New words below 2% usage are considered not notable for inclusion in the dictionary. Words below this threshold that are already included are planned to be moved into a separate sandbox resource. As of the publication of the 2023 results, this is yet to be done.
References
- ↑ kala Asi (7 August 2023). wile sona nimi. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. YouTube. Retrieved 18 October 2023.