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 New York Times‎^[1]:

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

Derived terms

• lexicometric
• lexicometrical