lexicometry

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noun

The measurement of the frequency with which words occur in text.

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Meanings

nounlexicometry (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe measurement of the frequency with which words occur in text.

    Various textual analyses are provided by a criminologist, an anthropologist, a researcher in lexicometry and a Talmudic exegete.

    2009 May 8, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times

Origin

From lexico- + -metry.

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Cite this entry
APA

lexicometry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lexicometry

MLA

“lexicometry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lexicometry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lexicometry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lexicometry.

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