The following is a sample of some words that are at least three times as frequent (per million words) in the spoken part of COCA (95 million words) as in the soap opera corpus (100 million words). As this list indicates, there is still a lot of fairly formal or technical language in COCA Spoken that is not found in the soap opera corpus, which deals more with informal interaction between people. Click on any of these words to see them in the COCA or the soap opera corpus. If you click on the entry inthe frequency listing (the frame above this), you will see theword in context. Just click the BACK button in your browser tocome back to this page. |
Number of tokens (click to see) | Per million words | |||
COCA | SOAP | COCA | SOAP | |
VERBS | ||||
export | 730 | 7 | 7.6 | 0.1 |
impeach | 780 | 8 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
govern | 1533 | 19 | 16.0 | 0.2 |
underscore | 520 | 7 | 5.4 | 0.1 |
ratify | 388 | 6 | 4.1 | 0.1 |
abolish | 499 | 8 | 5.2 | 0.1 |
tax | 1784 | 31 | 18.7 | 0.3 |
denounce | 799 | 14 | 8.4 | 0.1 |
range | 904 | 16 | 9.5 | 0.2 |
enact | 791 | 14 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
forecast | 428 | 8 | 4.5 | 0.1 |
contrast | 309 | 6 | 3.2 | 0.1 |
outlaw | 418 | 9 | 4.4 | 0.1 |
unify | 440 | 10 | 4.6 | 0.1 |
average | 351 | 8 | 3.7 | 0.1 |
exempt | 262 | 6 | 2.7 | 0.1 |
estimate | 2220 | 52 | 23.2 | 0.5 |
veto | 1544 | 38 | 16.2 | 0.4 |
vaccinate | 322 | 8 | 3.4 | 0.1 |
modernize | 235 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.1 |
re-elect | 887 | 23 | 9.3 | 0.2 |
narrate | 263 | 7 | 2.8 | 0.1 |
regulate | 1529 | 42 | 16.0 | 0.4 |
mandate | 392 | 11 | 4.1 | 0.1 |
surge | 504 | 15 | 5.3 | 0.2 |
subsidize | 601 | 18 | 6.3 | 0.2 |
depict | 587 | 18 | 6.1 | 0.2 |
dominate | 1696 | 53 | 17.7 | 0.5 |
erode | 372 | 12 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
disperse | 275 | 9 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
emphasize | 1797 | 60 | 18.8 | 0.6 |
censor | 956 | 32 | 10.0 | 0.3 |
deploy | 1457 | 49 | 15.2 | 0.5 |
portray | 1844 | 64 | 19.3 | 0.6 |
combat | 937 | 34 | 9.8 | 0.3 |
ADJECTIVES | ||||
unidentified | 44783 | 64 | 468.6 | 0.6 |
economic | 16303 | 75 | 170.6 | 0.8 |
racial | 3150 | 17 | 33.0 | 0.2 |
ethnic | 2273 | 16 | 23.8 | 0.2 |
presidential | 12092 | 86 | 126.5 | 0.9 |
moderate | 2173 | 18 | 22.7 | 0.2 |
terrorist | 4366 | 38 | 45.7 | 0.4 |
liberal | 5159 | 45 | 54.0 | 0.5 |
affirmative | 1927 | 17 | 20.2 | 0.2 |
nuclear | 11912 | 118 | 124.6 | 1.2 |
African-american | 2713 | 32 | 28.4 | 0.3 |
involved | 10991 | 142 | 115.0 | 1.4 |
Jewish | 3566 | 49 | 37.3 | 0.5 |
constitutional | 3420 | 48 | 35.8 | 0.5 |
political | 35457 | 529 | 371.0 | 5.3 |
controversial | 3540 | 54 | 37.0 | 0.5 |
conservative | 6876 | 113 | 71.9 | 1.1 |
widespread | 1216 | 20 | 12.7 | 0.2 |
commercial | 21622 | 403 | 226.2 | 4.0 |
unprecedented | 1351 | 26 | 14.1 | 0.3 |
military | 26354 | 509 | 275.8 | 5.1 |
tribal | 775 | 15 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
atomic | 762 | 15 | 8.0 | 0.2 |
civilian | 2581 | 51 | 27.0 | 0.5 |
increasing | 1318 | 28 | 13.8 | 0.3 |
reserve | 839 | 18 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
homosexual | 681 | 15 | 7.1 | 0.2 |
comprehensive | 1409 | 32 | 14.7 | 0.3 |
Hispanic | 1582 | 36 | 16.6 | 0.4 |
fundamental | 2813 | 65 | 29.4 | 0.7 |
diverse | 902 | 21 | 9.4 | 0.2 |
fiscal | 1597 | 38 | 16.7 | 0.4 |
veteran | 833 | 21 | 8.7 | 0.2 |
cultural | 2238 | 57 | 23.4 | 0.6 |
environmental | 3082 | 79 | 32.2 | 0.8 |
NOUNS | ||||
administration | 25384 | 152 | 265.6 | 1.5 |
nation | 29722 | 215 | 311.0 | 2.2 |
troop | 16752 | 227 | 175.3 | 2.3 |
government | 60358 | 916 | 631.6 | 9.2 |
region | 6840 | 104 | 71.6 | 1.0 |
economy | 21755 | 340 | 227.6 | 3.4 |
consumer | 7130 | 117 | 74.6 | 1.2 |
missile | 5879 | 98 | 61.5 | 1.0 |
leader | 24226 | 410 | 253.5 | 4.1 |
critic | 6642 | 118 | 69.5 | 1.2 |
tax | 34434 | 647 | 360.3 | 6.5 |
poll | 14750 | 285 | 154.3 | 2.9 |
voter | 12607 | 267 | 131.9 | 2.7 |
author | 8627 | 186 | 90.3 | 1.9 |
majority | 10317 | 224 | 108.0 | 2.2 |
terrorist | 6147 | 135 | 64.3 | 1.4 |
official | 18996 | 427 | 198.8 | 4.3 |
leadership | 8517 | 205 | 89.1 | 2.1 |
representative | 4848 | 132 | 50.7 | 1.3 |
capital | 8205 | 224 | 85.9 | 2.2 |
individual | 7670 | 221 | 80.3 | 2.2 |
debate | 16513 | 482 | 172.8 | 4.8 |
housing | 3127 | 97 | 32.7 | 1.0 |
reporting | 3064 | 101 | 32.1 | 1.0 |
broadcast | 3816 | 129 | 39.9 | 1.3 |
criticism | 4009 | 137 | 41.9 | 1.4 |
ambassador | 2745 | 94 | 28.7 | 0.9 |
income | 6360 | 218 | 66.5 | 2.2 |
coverage | 7013 | 241 | 73.4 | 2.4 |
juror | 5347 | 184 | 55.9 | 1.8 |
religion | 4581 | 158 | 47.9 | 1.6 |
unemployment | 3761 | 130 | 39.4 | 1.3 |
supporter | 4884 | 169 | 51.1 | 1.7 |
policy | 24923 | 878 | 260.8 | 8.8 |
scientist | 6601 | 234 | 69.1 | 2.3 |