`frequency`

Pack: wordnik · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wordnik/mcp

Return year-by-year corpus frequency counts for a word from Wordnik; optionally constrain to a startYear–endYear range.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required
`word`	string	yes
`useCanonical`	boolean	no
`startYear`	number	no
`endYear`	number	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "word": "algorithm"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wordnik/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"frequency","arguments":{"word":"algorithm"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('frequency', {
  "word": "algorithm"
});

More examples

{
  "word": "internet",
  "startYear": 1990,
  "endYear": 2020
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`word`	string	The word
`frequency`	array	Frequency data by year
`totalCount`	number	Total frequency count

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "word": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The word"
    },
    "frequency": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "year": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Year"
          },
          "count": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Usage count"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Frequency data by year"
    },
    "totalCount": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total frequency count"
    }
  }
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wordnik": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wordnik/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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