orthographic neighbour
orthographic neighbour noun: a word that differs from another word of the same length by only one letter.
Noun
orthographic neighbour (plural orthographic neighbours)
- A word that differs from another word of the same length by only one letter.
- For example, given the word 'cat', the words 'bat', 'fat', 'mat', 'cab', etc. are considered orthographic neighbors.n.d. Wisconsin Medical College, "MCWord: An Orthographic Wordform Database" (Definitions)
- To go even further, the issue concerning the influence of the emotional characteristics of orthographic neighbours has never been investigated directly to our knowledge.2010 Pamela Gobin and Stéphanie Mathey, "The influence of emotional orthographic neighbourhood in visual word recognition," Current psychology letters [Online], Vol. 26, Issue 1, 2010 | 2010, Online...
Forms of orthographic neighbour
| plural | orthographic neighbours |
|---|---|
| alternative form | orthographic neighbor |
Words formed from orthographic neighbour
Questions about orthographic neighbour
- What does orthographic neighbour mean?
- Orthographic neighbour means a word that differs from another word of the same length by only one letter.
- What part of speech is orthographic neighbour?
- Orthographic neighbour is a noun.
- What is the plural of orthographic neighbour?
- The plural of orthographic neighbour is orthographic neighbours.
Words near orthographic neighbour in the dictionary
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