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type-token ratio

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: corpus linguistics

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