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Collocation Tables for Pattern: femme.*
Simple frequency 2 word (left and right) span collocation, filtering function words (except for personal pronouns and possessives), ranked by frequency.
General agreement (by rank and number in top 100 collocates for each). Nouns, thus select adjectives.
| Word | Female Rank | Female Freq | Male Rank | Male Freq |
| jeune | 1 | 457 | 1 | 819 |
| pauvre | 2 | 397 | 2 | 505 |
| vielle | 3 | 228 | 3 | 364 |
| bonne | 4 | 199 | 4 | 287 |
| belle | 5 | 138 | 7 | 168 |
| petite | 6 | 120 | 6 | 187 |
| jolie | 7 | 112 | 5 | 196 |
| jeunes | 8 | 102 | 12 | 94 |
| seule | 9 | 82 | 13 | 80 |
| première | 10 | 66 | 14 | 80 |
| jolies | 11 | 60 | 11 | 107 |
| honnête | 12 | 66 | 8 | 132 |
| excellente | 13 | 54 | 21 | 41 |
| vieilles | 14 | 53 | 9 | 124 |
| pauvres | 15 | 49 | 16 | 71 |
| grande | 16 | 38 | 17 | 53 |
| belles | 17 | 34 | 15 | 72 |
| aimable | 18 | 32 | -- | -- |
| noble | 19 | 66 | 26 | 27 |
| méchante | 20 | 26 | 27 | 26 |
The only adjective not appearing in the male author collocation list, aimable, is found 12 times within the 2 words of femme*.
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