active · lexical · first recorded 2026-07-02 · registers: cooking, parenting
“usually”, “mostly”, “typically”, “generally”, “slightly” — each is normal English; the density is the tell. Models qualify nearly every claim with one. Any single match means nothing; several per paragraph reads as AI.
Density tell — scored very low per match by design.
model specificity: cross-model; rising across generations
◑ appears in good human writing too (collateral score 0.33 — the closer to 1, the more it also fires on acclaimed pre-AI prose)
…is usually the main factor… mostly a texture issue… typically fine at room temperature…
occurrences per 10k words, measured 2026-07-02 (run #3, 3 current + 3 vintage models)
| current AI | vintage AI (2024/25) | humans (matched) | canon (great pre-AI prose) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pooled | 25.70 | 16.02 | 14.42 | 7.96 |
| hn | 17.59 | — | 10.98 | |
| cooking | 49.21 | — | 28.62 | |
| parenting | 24.70 | — | 9.40 | |
| 4.62 | — | — |
| run | date | AI /10k | vs humans |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | 2026-07-02 | 23.91 | ×1.9 vs humans |
| #3 | 2026-07-02 | 25.70 | ×1.8 vs humans |
regex: \b(usually|mostly|typically|generally|slightly)\b