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orthographic neighborhood

orthographic neighborhood noun: the set of words that can be formed by changing one letter while maintaining letter positions.

Noun

orthographic neighborhood (plural orthographic neighborhoods)

  1. (US) The set of words that can be formed by changing one letter while maintaining letter positions.
    • In summary, the present experiments have shown that addition and deletion neighbors form part of a word’s orthographic neighborhood.2009, Colin J. Davis, “Re(de)fining the Orthographic Neighborhood: The Role of Addition and Deletion Neighbors in Lexical Decision and Reading”, in Journal of Experimental Psychology, Human...

Forms of orthographic neighborhood

pluralorthographic neighborhoods
alternative formorthographic neighbourhood

Questions about orthographic neighborhood

What does orthographic neighborhood mean?
Orthographic neighborhood means the set of words that can be formed by changing one letter while maintaining letter positions.
What part of speech is orthographic neighborhood?
Orthographic neighborhood is a noun.
What is the plural of orthographic neighborhood?
The plural of orthographic neighborhood is orthographic neighborhoods.

Words near orthographic neighborhood in the dictionary

  1. orthograph
  2. orthographer
  3. orthographers
  4. orthographic
  5. orthographic neighbor
  6. orthographic neighborhood
  7. orthographic neighborhoods
  8. orthographic neighbors
  9. orthographic neighbour
  10. orthographic neighbourhood
  11. orthographic neighbourhoods

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