lexis

About 0.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language.
2. noun Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations.
3. noun The vocabulary used by a writer.

   In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand.

Similar words

nexis vocabulary lexicon lexicology language lexicography syntax lexicalism defining vocabulary linguistic landscape

Often followed by

and is of in nexis or law as

Word family

lexes