rife vs wide-spread

rife

adv
  • Plentifully, abundantly. 

adj
  • Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things). 

  • Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful. 

  • Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things). 

wide-spread

How often have the words rife and wide-spread occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )