User blog comment:SoPretentious/Selected List of Overused Words/@comment-25941663-20150524115109

In my opinion, a writer should always go for the simpler word instead of a more sophisticated one, unless he goes for a certain style or he has already overused the simpler word in his story.

Also, some of the words you mentioned have slightly different meanings (eg. 'notice' and 'focus').

But it's very interesting to see the numbers behind the words. I had no idea that 'uncomplicated' was never used in the wiki's stories. Weird.