Differential Rates of use of words may not be complemented by differential use or meanings.

Collocation Tables for Pattern: aim.*|ami[acest].*|amour.*

Simple frequency 5 word (left and right) span collocation, filtering function words (except for personal pronouns and possessives), ranked by frequency.

Collocates are very similar. Only 8 of the top 100 collocates in the female author table are not in the top 100 for male authors, from rank 80 down.

• Rank Word (freq)
• 80. étais (438)
• 81. passion (436)
• 83. crois (419)
• 84. ami (404)
• 86. mille (398)
• 90. besoin (379)
• 94. seule (369)
• 98. déjà (357)

More heavily used in female authors

• Rank Word (freq) [male rank]
• 30. beaucoup (997) [43]
• 35. avez (923) [58]
• 37. personne (821) [66]
• 42. bonne (750) [53]
• 43. fort (724) [60]
• 50. êtes (679) [73]
• 61. sais (555) [80]
• 62. avais (554) [79]
• 63. amitié (526) [100]
• 77. pourquoi (464) [96]