lexicometry

English

Etymology

From lexico- +‎ -metry.

Noun

lexicometry (uncountable)

1. The measurement of the frequency with which words occur in text.
   • 2009 May 8, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 October 2022:

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

Derived terms

• lexicometric
• lexicometrical